Saturday May 24, 2013
Kala Ambrose
Tonight we welcomed to the show author Kala Ambrose.
Spirits of New Orleans and Ghosthunting North Carolina. As Kat indicated one could tweet to us on Twitter, to which Henry referred to it as "Tweeter"...
We started out discussing Saint Louis Cemetary (there are thirteen Saint Louis cemetaries), and that Saint Louis Cemetary #1 is the most famous as the most haunted. The Super Dome from where one of the cemeteries had been moved and it wasn't until after Katrina, that the Saints there always lost.
Also mentioned were the famous grave of Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau, who was so deeply spiritual and beloved, that Kala devoted much of the chapter to her, and how she spelled a trial case to free a man's son on trumped up charges, and the father's gratefulness spread her reputation of her abilities. CC asked about Laveau's husband Dr. John.
After a quick discussion on the concept of Voodoo Dolls and the Voodoo Museum, next up was about the Old Ursuline Convent and that the story goes that the French women who came across with caskets, and that this may have been how the first vampires came across to America, and how New Orleans is all but a Mecca for Witches, Vampires, et al, and her having been to the house in which the recent season of American Horror Story was filmed.
She spoke about the famous 24-hour establishment Cafe Du Monde at which Kala would often see a ghost seeking out her lost love.
After the first break, after CC anounced our having listersn in the US, the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Puerto Rico, discussed was the celebration of life rather than somberness when it comes to New Orleans funereal rites.
Kala went into some detail of where to go, such as restaurants in the very haunted French Quarter. She went into detail about Delphine LaLaurie, who was fictionally portrayed by Kathy Bates in the third season of American Horror Story, her mansion of which Nic Cage bought but after one night never returned, it's so haunted.
She spoke of having one hotel, since changed hands and names, in which she has vivid dreams of visiting ghosts and talking cats, one of which advised her to find Yesteryears, which Kala managed to do.
After the second break we started speaking of her other book, Ghosthunting North Carolina. We started out speaking at length about the famous lost colony of Roanoke mystery. She added that often with re-enactments, ghosts show up.
Henry asked about Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, about which he mentioned Confederate Mound; she spoke that it's one of the most haunted shorelines due to the shoals constantly shifting and causing shipwrecks.
Henry brought up the Battleship North Carolina and its haunted reputation; Kala experienced a more malevolent entity on the ship apart from the deceased sailors. She also spoke of the Flaming Ship of New Bern and the Devil's Tramping Ground: within the forest being a barren circle in which nothing grows, but being Private Property she couldn't officially investigate.
Kala also discussed were the famous Brown Mountain Lights, using an excellent analogy in refering to the brilliant series Babylon 5.
With a few minutes left, Henry asked about the Bellamy Mansion and that the wrought iron fence would contain spirits.
Kala gave out her official website and her radio show information thereon, and Facebook page.
Henry indicated June 2nd we'd be broadcasting from Bell Nursing Home.
I gave out the Paranormal View hub page on my website, indicating people from there can find the show's respective report pages, that we're very findable on Facebook, the official Paranormal View page page. Kat provided her own websites, and her Miss Grey Smashword site, and that The Paranormal View being now on Twitter under the name @paraviewradio, et al, as well as an article on her at the Word Writes Guild site.