• Necropolis: New Orleans | City of the Dead

  • Nov 6 2023
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Podcast

Necropolis: New Orleans | City of the Dead

  • Summary

  • New Orleans is a beloved and complex city that has a reputation for being obsessed with joy and death in equal measure. Haunted by alleged ghosts and it's very real past, the morbid history of NOLA is endlessly fascinating. This series will focus on how it first gained it's reputation as "a city of the dead."

    • The New Orleans Cemetery Database
    • "How Yellow Fever Intensified Racial Inequality in 19th-Century New Orleans" By: Karin Wulf | April 19, 2022 | Smithsonian Magazine
    • Epidemic in New Orleans | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
    • The Cemetery Under The French Quarter | WWNO
    • "New Orleans’ Grave Traditions Unearthed : Customs: The many elaborate sculptures and unusual layouts of the city’s cemeteries make them an interesting tourist attraction." | BY CHARLES HILLINGER | Los Angeles Times
    • "How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead'" Code Switch : NPR
    • "In the late 1800s, devastating yellow fever epidemics forced New Orleans to confront its sanitation problem" | The Historic New Orleans Collection

    THANKS TO OUR TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS! We couldn't do this without you. Extra special thanks to the following patrons for their exceptional support:

    Matthew Aronoff

    Dennis Barette

    Rob Emmett

    Haley Lamp

    Become an official Morbuddy: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum

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    Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com

    Artwork: Brittany Schall

    Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod

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