"We always tell Wednesday, --- college first..."

 --- From "The Addams Family"...

Morticia: "Wednesday's Great Aunt Calpurnia danced naked in the town square and seduced a minister.

But, we always tell, Wednesday, --- college first."

The Myrtles plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana, --- one of the most haunted houses in the U.S.: Part 1 ... (with tour video, - Oct. 2020)

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The Myrtles, St. Francisville, Louisiana, - one of the most haunted houses in America, [Part 1]...

The Myrtles, an antibellum plantation of St. Francesville, Louisiana, is one of the most haunted houses in the United States.  It's a magnificent southern mansion with 91 ancient oak trees on lovely grounds, that is the site of a least 10 horrific murders...

The apparitions: one of the most often seen, --- a slave woman in a green turban goes from room to room, looking for folks to tuck into their beds, a naked Native American girl sits by a pool, 2 little girls in white dresses who were poisoned in 1824 romp in the gardens and stop occasionally to talk with a guest, a grumoy old overseer, murdered in the 1920s, warns and tries to shoe visitors away  from the grounds.

In a book published in 1882 it was suggested that a light should always remain burning in the Myrtles at night.  And, to this day, that advice is followed, even to this day.

The Greek Revival plantation house sits gracefully  among 91 century-old oaks.  The ceilings are festooned with orate plaster work reminding people of a icing on a wedding cake.  Cut glass drops as big as eggs hang from the immense chandeliers.  There is hand-painted and hand-etched glass is the windows and french doors.  Lacy ironwork bounds the 100-foot long galleries.

The history of the Myrtles is full of romance, mystery, violence and intrigue.  General David Bradford, who led the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, built the house in 1796.  With a Spanish land grant he bought 500 prime acres for $1.40 an acre.  His daughter Sarah Matilda inherited the mansion and married Judge Clarke Woodruff.

Sarah suspected that her husband was having an affair with Chloe, a beautiful mulatto slave.  Such affairs were common in the South at this time.  The Judge would sneak the girl up the backstairs to one of the mansion's bedrooms.

The slave was afraid that she would one day be cast aside so she thought of a way to cement herself into the family's affections.  She figured that she would nurse them back to health after a mild sickness.  She cooked a bit of oleander blossoms in some food and served the dish to the family, thinking that they would have mild flu-like symptoms. 

Sarah and her 2 daughters died that night and the pathetic slave was hung the next morning. Chloe, in a green turban, is the ghost who tries to tuck visitors into their beds at night.

The new owner of the Myrtles was Ruffin Gray Stirling, a Scot, who bought the plantation in 1834.  He was a jovial, kind and bold man who fell off a steamboat one night and almost drowned, but he increased the acres to almost 5,000 and bought hundreds more slaves.  Indigo and cotton were the main crops.  Ruffin and his wife had 9 children, 8 boys and 1 girl, Sarah.

During the Civil War, which started in 1864, all but one of the Stirling boys were killed.  The surviving son, Lewis, was shot in the dining room.
Their daughter Sarah led a sheltered and privileged life.  She eventually met and married an attorney, William Winter.  William and Sarah had 3 children and lived happily until William was unexpected gunned down in 1871 in the parlor of the house.  He managed to stagger up the main stairs, 17 steps, to die in his wife's arms. 

(Enjoy the video, above)

***Great Movies To Watch At Halloween Time!!!...

    ***GREAT HALLOWEEN TIME MOVIES TO WATCH: THE WIDOW PARIS (MARIE LAVEAU MOVIE, ON YOUTUBE), THE HAUNTING (LIAM NEESON, CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND OWEN WILSON), THE BEGUILED (A GOTHIC CIVIL WAR TALE OF JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE, CLINT EASTWOOD IN HIS PRIME, AT HIS HANDSOMEST, AND BRILLIANT GERALDINE PAGE), BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE (A COMEDY, - JAMES STEWART, KIM NOVAK, JACK LEMMON, HILARIOUS HERMOINE GINGOLD AS A "MAIL ORDER SORCERESS", ERNIE KOVACS AS A WACKY WRITER), EVE'S BAYOU (SAMUEL JACKSON, DIANE CARROLL VERY COOL AS A HOODOO PRIESTESS), VERTIGO & THE BIRDS (WONDERFUL CLASSIC ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIES), THE SKELETON KEY (EXTREMELY EVIL HOODOO, KATE HUDSON) , HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (BETTY DAVIS AS A VERY CREEPY, INSANE FADED SOUTHERN BELLE), QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (STUART TOWNSEND AS HOT ROCKER VAMPIRE LESTAT), INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (TOM CRUISE, BRAD PITT, AND KIRSTEN DUNST, STUNNING AS A LITTLE GIRL VAMPIRE), MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, THE CORPSE BRIDE, SLEEPY HOLLOW (JOHNNY DEPP, NATASHA RICHARDSON, CHRISTINA RICCI), THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (DISNEY ANIMATED), PRACTICAL MAGIC, HOCUS POCUS, LIVE AND LET DIE (A JAMES BOND MOVIE, JEFFERY HOLDER OUTSTANDING AS THE VOUDON LOA BARON SAMEDI, AND JANE SEYMOUR IN HER MOVIE DEBUT AS THE LOVELY, INNOCENT  CLAIRVOYANT SOLITAIRE), THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO (TONY RANDALL), PENNY DREADFUL (SENSATIONAL T.V. MINI SERIES, WITH THE ELEGANT AND UNIQUE EVA GREEN), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (ANIMATED), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, BEETLEJUICE, THE WITCHES (THE MOST HIDEOUS WITCHES EVER, ANGELICA HUSTON), VAN HELSING (HUGH JACKMAN, IN HIS SEXY PRIME, KATE BECKINSALE AND RICHARD ROXBURGH AS THE BEST DRACULA EVER, AND THREE BEAUTIFUL VAMPIRE LADIES), THE HOUSE OF WAX (VINCENT PRICE), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AND THE ADDAMS FAMILY & THE ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (ANJELICA HUSTON, RAOUL JULIA).

(THE BEGUILED)

( THE SKELETON KEY)

(QUEEN OF THE DAMNED)

                                              (THE HAUNTING)

                                              (VAN HELSING)

The King Of Black Cats...

 

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HE IS THE KING OF BLACK CATS!!!

You never know if it will be the last time...

 

YOU NEVER KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE A PLACE OR A PERSON. (OR, A PET) 😸😻😼😿

Real Housewives Of Transylvania...

 

Heh-heh-heh...

Baron Sanedi...

(THIS WAS THE MOVIE DEBUT OF JANE SEYMOUR, AS THE LOVELY CLAIRVOYANT SOLITAIRE.)

   

   BARON SAMEDI (SAMEDI = SATURDAY, IN FRENCH) IS A LOA OF VOUDON, OR AS MANY KNOW IT "VOODOO". HE IS A LOA OF THE DEAD, AND ACCORDING TO VOUDON, IS VERY POWERFUL, ABLE TO HEAL WOUNDS AND WARD OFF DEATH, IF HE WANTS TO. HE'S THE HUSBAND OF MADAME BRIGETTE.

   THE BARON USUALLY WEARS A SILK TOPHAT, FANCY TAIL COAT AND SILK VEST, STRIPED TUXEDO TROUSERS, ETC. YOU GET THE PICTURE... HE'S A WELL DRESSED, COOL DUDE. HE DRINKS WHISKEY, SMOKES CIGARS AND LAUGHS A LOT AT JOKES THAT ARE GRRRRUE-SOMELY FUNNY.  HE HANGS OUT IN SPOOKY OLD GRAVEYARDS AND MAKES SURE THAT CORPSES ROT, AS THEY SHOULD, SO THEY CAN'T BECOME ZOMBIES.

   IF YOU SAW THE GREAT JAMES BOND MOVIE, "LIVE AND LET DIE," YOU SAW SIX FOOT, FOUR INCH JAMES HOLDER'S IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE AS BARON SAMEDI. (BELOW)

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BTW, --- THE SONG, "LIVE AND LET DIE" WAS SUNG BY PAUL MC CARTNEY AND HIS BAND "WINGS,"WRITTEN OVER ONE WEEKEND. THE PRODUCERS OF THE FILM CALLED HIM AND SAID THEY NEEDED A FABULOUS SONG FOR THEIR NEW JAMES BOND MOVIE. PAUL ASKED, "WHEN DO YOU NEED IT?" THEY SAID, "SOON." PAUL REPLIED, "SEND ME THE SCREENPLAY." THE CATCHY DELIGHTFULLY SINISTER SONG WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR. >>>

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