10 Reasons New Orleans Is Master of the Macabre

ARTICLE BY WILLIAM BRYAN LAYTON VIA LISTVERSE.COM

The roots of New Orleans run deep into the banks of Lake Pontchartrain—and for nearly three hundred years, their soil has been fertilized by blood. Initially a French penal colony, it seems that the city has never really strayed too far from its nefarious roots. Settlers gave it Christianity, slaves gave it voodoo, and the turbulence of the two religions gave New Orleans much of its rich culture. Ravaged by time and weather, today’s New Orleans...