Wicked New Orleans
The Dark Side of the Big Easy
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Troy Taylor
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The author of Haunted New Orleans digs up NOLA's long and lawless history—from pirates and prostitutes to mobsters and murderers.
Since as early as the 1700s, New Orleans has been a city filled with sin and vice. Those first pioneering citizens of the Big Easy were thieves, vagabonds, and criminals of all kinds. By the time Louisiana fell under American control, New Orleans had become a city of debauchery and corruption camouflaged by decadence. It was also considered one of the country's most dangerous cities, with a reputation of crime and loose morals. Rampant gambling and prostitution were the norm in nineteenth-century New Orleans, and over one-third of today's French Quarter was considered a hotbed of sin.
Tales in this volume include that of the notorious axman who plagued the streets of the Crescent City in the early 1900s and Kate Townsend, a prostitute who was murdered by her own lover, a man who later was awarded her inheritance. Troy Taylor takes a look back at New Orleans's early wicked days and historic crimes.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
New Orleans - the Big Easy, the birthplace of jazz, home of Cafe du Monde, and what some call the most haunted city in America. Beneath the indulgence and revelry of the Crescent City lies a long history of the dark and mysterious. From the famous "Queen of Voodoo," Marie Laveau, who is said to haunt the site of her grave, to the wicked LaLauries, whose true natures were hidden behind elegance and the trappings of high society, New Orleans is filled with spirits of all kinds. Some of the ghosts in these stories have sordid and scandalous histories, while others are friendly specters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unique Culture & Hauntings of New Orleans
- De Admiralu en 08-20-22
De: Troy Taylor
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Empire of Sin
- De: Gary Krist
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 282
Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' 30-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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very interesting
- De Claireoline en 02-20-15
De: Gary Krist
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Hidden History of New Orleans
- De: Josh Foreman, Ryan Starrett
- Narrado por: Josh Foreman
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12
The history of New Orleans is one of contrasts: Heroes and villains, catastrophe and celebration, sinners and saints. In this New Orleans, a serial-killing axeman threatens to murder anyone not playing jazz. A fearless band of missionary nuns pushes to civilize the frontier. During World War II, Nazi U-boats lurk off the coast, while Denton Crocker's battle with local mosquitoes contributes to victory in the Pacific.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Please Re-record This One
- De Meghan Richardson en 10-10-23
De: Josh Foreman, y otros
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The Last Madam
- A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
- De: Christine Wiltz
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 296
1916: Norma Wallace, age 15, arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. Shortly before she died in 1974, she tape-recorded her memories. With those tapes and original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles Norma's rise and fall with the social history of New Orleans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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pronunciations
- De lynda en 07-29-19
De: Christine Wiltz
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The Magic of Marie Laveau
- Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
- De: Denise Alvarado
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 417
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 354
Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. Author Denise Alvarado explores Marie Laveau's life and work - the fascinating history and mystery. This book gives an overview of New Orleans Voodoo, its origins, history, and practices. It contains spells, prayers, rituals, recipes, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cuts through the myths and reveals a multidimensional woman
- De Amazon Customer en 04-29-20
De: Denise Alvarado
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The World That Made New Orleans
- From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
- De: Ned Sublette
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 219
Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation. Focused on New Orleans' first century of existence, a comprehensive, chronological narrative of the political, cultural, and musical development of Louisiana's early years is presented.
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2 out of 5 stars
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great book; terrible "performance"
- De WGNYC en 11-28-17
De: Ned Sublette
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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess
- The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
- De: Carolyn Morrow Long
- Narrado por: Ian Eugene Ryan
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
Against the backdrop of 18th and 19th-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary celebrity whose sorcery-fueled influence extended widely from slaves to upper-class whites.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book, problematic reader.
- De KJ in Chicago en 05-16-11
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A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz
- American Made Music
- De: Samuel Charters
- Narrado por: Marcus D. Durham
- Duración: 15 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Samuel Charters has been studying and writing about New Orleans music for more than 50 years. A Trumpet around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz is the first book to tell the entire story of a century of jazz in New Orleans. Although there is still controversy over the racial origins and cultural sources of New Orleans jazz, Charters provides a balanced assessment of the role played by all three of the city's musical lineages - African American, white, and Creole - in jazz's formative years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great piece of history
- De Carlos ferreyra en 06-22-19
De: Samuel Charters
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Nine Lives
- Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
- De: Dan Baum
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do not miss if you're interested in New Orleans
- De Kelly en 03-22-18
De: Dan Baum
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Spectacular Wickedness
- Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans
- De: Emily Epstein Landau
- Narrado por: Lee Ann Howlett
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans' longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of characters who reflected the cultural milieu and complex social structure of turn-of-the-century New Orleans, a city infamous for both prostitution and interracial intimacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular Wickedness is fascinating
- De Midwestbonsai en 02-02-16
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The Devil Came to St. Louis
- The Uncensored True Story of the 1949 Exorcism
- De: Troy Taylor
- Narrado por: Charles Huddleston
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Listen to new interviews, never-before-published details, and chilling accounts to decide for yourself from this new evidence what you choose to believe about the time when the Devil came to St. Louis!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De Brian Hill en 11-02-24
De: Troy Taylor
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Draining New Orleans
- The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
- De: Richard Campanella
- Narrado por: Chris Abernathy
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1
In Draining New Orleans, renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City. With forays into geography, public health, engineering, architecture, politics, sociology, race relations, and disaster response, he chronicles the herculean attempts to "reclaim" the city's swamps and marshes and install subsurface drainage for massive urban expansion.