Pharmacy Museum
honored with his own funerary second line after he passed away in 2019 at age 80 .
During a 1996 private afternoon Ghost Expedition for a group of physicians , I was speaking to my party on an upper floor of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum building , sharing Larry ’ s information about French-born pharmacist Dr . Dupas , who died in 1867 of syphilis complications after a decade of experimenting on female slaves . Speaking to the group , I could feel the negative ghost in the room . When I mentioned his disturbing presence , he rushed at me . According to the group , I lost all color in my face and passed out in the arms of a doctor , who moved quickly enough to catch me before I hit the floor .
Larry Montz had the trust of the Bourbon Orleans Hotel when the General Manager brought the parapsychologist in for a professional investigation , years before it was cool for a building to be known as haunted . Larry then convinced the manager to go public with his findings , guaranteeing the hotel would net vast profits with a haunted reputation . Larry was correct then , as he is now . After my 1997 move to L . A ., I placed winners in a haunted NOLA B & B , choosing to stay at the Bourbon Orleans while fulfilling the week-long Ghost Expeditions Secret Square Prize I had created for Hollywood Squares . Each night , I was awakened multiple times as unseen hands loudly disturbed my personal belongings . They would stop when I yelled at them , “ Please stop !” but only temporarily . Did I keep the lights on all night ? Of course not ! I used the TV .
Now to address the questions posed . Truthfully , the answers to each would depend upon your intuitive feelings and scholarly or religious teachings of each individual . I have never felt sufficiently motivated to thrust my own opinions upon anyone else . But I will say this : the Vieux Carré has intriguingly concentrated paranormal activities because of more than three centuries of intense living and death in an extremely dense area . In addition , this has created layers of energy that doesn ’ t necessitate being a psychic to feel the weight and sensation shifts of the French Quarter — both from earthbound entities and residual energies .
Answers these questions yourself by seeking out and exploring the Other Side of the French Quarter with your own eyes . Amis , laissez les bons moments rouler avec les fantômes du quartier français !
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