Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson roamed the mid-1800s red light area of New Orleans known as Gallatin Street was a notorious figure among the thieves and murderers that lived there. “Bricktop,” (so named for her sturdy build and bright red hair) and the stories of her infamous fights with and murders of men and women alike, have made her one of the most colorful characters from the city’s long history. On this episode, we take listeners on a tour of those dark streets and find out which crime finally sent Mary Jane to a prison cell.

We all know the Pontalba Buildings that run along the sides of the St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square, but do you know the story of the woman who built them?

The Baroness survived death, a barrage of bullets and much adversity before leaving her mark on New Orleans and beyond!

What do a Kansas City business man, Chicago millionaire and a railroad tycoon all have in common? Death, poison and Minnie Wallace.

But was this New Orleans Creole beauty really a cold-blooded killer? Or was she just unlucky in love?

An immortal vampire that found his way to New Orleans? Some believe that the mysterious former New Orleans resident Jacques St. Germain and the infamous Comte de Saint Germain share more than just a bloodline...

"When I die, I'm going to take the whole town with me." What is the story behind this haunting message? And who was Julia Brown?

On this Halloween, our friend Poppy Tooker shares all of her ghostly encounters at the popular Tujaque's Restaurant. From drag queens to child ghosts, Poppy has a story for everyone! 

As if 1930s Depression Era New Orleans wasn't stressful enough, two brothers terrified New Orleanians as they fed their way through the French Quarter. Though caught, hanged and buried; years later the bodies of John and Wayne Carter mysteriously disappeared. Were they really the Vampire Brothers after all? And if so, where are they now?

In December 2015, Lisa Walley Staggs posted on her Facebook page that a "tree" had been lit on a random floor of the abandoned Charity Hospital. Abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the typically dark building sported holiday cheer, but why? Who or what was in there?