VOODOO ON THE BAYOU
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome to another episode of one thousand one heroes of legends, histories, and mysteries. |
| 0:35.6 | This story is about voodoo, what it really is, where it came from, and why New Orleans sees it as |
| 0:42.5 | a misunderstood past they like to keep out of the tourist brochures, either by defining it as |
| 0:47.8 | just another local religion, or limiting its appeal by passing it off as pure tourist kitsch. |
| 0:54.4 | But for years the public perception of voodoo has been one of secret rituals, |
| 0:58.9 | the casting of spells, the more entertaining ones involving a piece of hair of the intended victim, |
| 1:04.7 | or better yet a miniature likeness of them wearing a piece of their clothing, |
| 1:09.4 | calling back to dead, wild orgies, and all kinds of suspected paranormal mayhem from levitation |
| 1:16.3 | to exorcism. Websites are out there today promising to soften the heart of a loved one |
| 1:22.3 | with a twenty five dollar love spell, or blaze a path for you to instant riches with an instant |
| 1:27.9 | wealth spell for only thirty five dollars. And did I mention the revenge spell, the one that brings |
| 1:34.5 | instant misfortune to that person who fired you, for only fifty dollars. If you dig deep enough, |
| 1:41.1 | it all exists under the cover of darkness in New Orleans, some of it is pure kitsch, |
| 1:46.8 | and much more of it real and kept far from sight. A big piece of the story starts at cemetery |
| 1:53.6 | one in New Orleans, and the tomb of the biggest baddest voodoo mama that ever graced New Orleans, |
| 1:59.6 | Marie Leboe, and we'll get to her story in a moment, but first we need to set the stage for you |
| 2:05.1 | and explain what makes New Orleans and its people so different from other cities and cultures, |
| 2:10.9 | and it's definitely unique. New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most fascinating cities in the |
| 2:17.1 | world, and regardless of who you ask, you'll get a different reason from them as to why they do |
| 2:22.6 | or don't like it. Some say they love it. Others say it changed after Katrina, and there are parts |
| 2:28.7 | of New Orleans you used to be able to go to after dark, but no longer. These days the convention |
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