Entry No. 10 — the New Orleans file — filed under: haunted

Beauregard-Keyes House

An 1826 raised center-hall mansion that Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard rented after the Civil War and that novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes later restored. In 1908 it belonged to the Giacona family, wine merchants tied to New Orleans' early Sicilian "Black Hand," and a confrontation with extortionists ended in a deadly shootout on the back gallery that left three men dead. Keyes claimed to see Beauregard's apparition wandering the house at night, and it remains one of the few storied haunted homes you can actually tour inside.

The move: Catch an on-the-hour house-and-garden tour, then sit in the walled courtyard and trade theories about the mafia shootout that happened steps away.

📍 Before you go Closed Wednesdays and Sundays; tours run on the hour between 10am and 3pm.

• 📍 French Quarter
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 1113 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Hours: Added 2026-06-22 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-22