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The Other Side of The French Quarter : Ethereal or Wicked ?

BY DAENA SMOLLER
There ’ s no question that the French Quarter sphere of existence unrivaled by other haunted is haunted . It ’ s interesting , however , to ponder the locales . paranormal state of the port city ’ s heart and soul : The Vieux Carré ’ s paranormal nature is is it a spiritually sacred , or spiritually damaging ? ethereal ( unearthly and airy ) or wicked ( sinful
The French Quarter was designed in a and nefarious ) depending on the perspective and military-style grid of 70 squares and founded in circumstance . Pestilence presented years death and 1718 as the first colony in the territory . The ensuing suffering in the French Quarter until science and three centuries have born witness to pervasive modern medicine turned the tables during the natural and man-made events that have incessantly early 20th century . With centuries of pestilence manipulated how life is lived in one of the world ’ s attacks in the form of smallpox , yellow fever , and most famous social microcosms . Many of these other infectious disease outbreaks , the death toll events , along with the unknown components that BY KIM rose quickly WELSH . How many of the tens of thousands of concern those of a more scientifically-minded paranormal bent , have amassed a supernatural
14 | The French Quarterly victims died but stayed earthbound in their Vieux Carré homes ? How many remained earthbound