A stadium that may still be sitting on human remains. A Civil War stunt that ends on a gallows. A Cajun “werewolf” story that doubles as a cultural rulebook. New Orleans doesn’t just have spooky tales, it has history with teeth, and we go looking for it on the ground instead of only behind a microphone.

We kick things off with our CREEP at the Caesars Superdome, digging into the creepy claim that it was built over the old Girod Street Cemetery and that not every body was fully relocated. From the Saints “curse” jokes to the very real Hurricane Katrina aftermath, we talk about why certain places in New Orleans feel charged, even before you add ghosts. We also get into the nasty legacy of John B. Weller, a name tied to violence in the 1800s that some people still connect to the Superdome’s uneasy vibe.

Then we head to the old U.S. Mint building (today the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Museum) for a true CRIME moment from 1862: William Bruce Mumford climbs the building, rips down the American flag, and hands out pieces like souvenirs before the Union finds him and makes a brutal example out of it. It’s a reminder that the city’s haunted reputation often comes from what happened in public, not what happened in the dark.

Finally, we bring it home with Louisiana folklore with this week's CRYPTID: the Rougarou legend. We trace its loup-garou roots, how it travels with Acadian migration into Cajun culture, and the Catholic Lent rules that helped keep the story alive.

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Creeps, Crimes & Cryptids is a podcast by Ghost City Tours, exploring the strange, sinister, and unexplained history lurking beneath America’s most haunted cities. If you'd like to take a ghost tour in this episode's featured city, or to find tours in a city nearest you, visit www.ghostcitytours.com!