#Storyville

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James Spader in Storyville (1992) dir. Mark Frost

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Storyville Portraits: photographs from the New Orleans red-light district, E.J. Bellocq, 1912

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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, exterior set design by Mara Lepere-Schloop

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he’s so twin peaks

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STORYVILLE (1992)

dir. Mark Frost

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Ernest J. Bellocq (1873-1949, New Orleans), "Storyville”

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Interview with a Vampire capturing early 20th century New Orleans Storyville society.

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JAMES SPADER, Storyville (1992).

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It’s finally here, I’m so happy about it ♥️

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Are you kidding me? Anderson???

One of the historical photographs of Storyville, New Orleans, features Jacob's name??? 😭

Can't make this sh*t up.

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STORYVILLE (1992)

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When the woman who would become Josie Arlington was 14 years old she ran off with a scoundrel who put her to work in some of New Orleans’ finest high-end brothels. As it turned out, she was quite good at the oldest profession, so good, in fact, that between that and her savvy financial management, it wasn’t long before she’d gone from working in brothels to owning them. She ended up the proprietress of 4 of Storyville’s finest houses of ill repute.

With her hard earned fortune, Josie began acquiring the trappings of society to go along with it, including a mansion on Esplanade Ave, and, naturally, a fine tomb in Metairie Cemetery. It is indeed a glorious tomb, carved from red marble and granite, topped with a pair of stone flames. The entrance to the tomb is guarded by a pair of copper doors, and at its entrance stands the bronze statue of a girl carrying a bouquet of flowers.

They say that the night Josie died, the flames atop her tomb suddenly turned to real fire (although unimaginative people suggested that it was just an illusion caused by the nearby traffic signal.) That was Valentine’s Day, 1914. After the proper ceremonies were performed, her body was laid to rest in her tomb.

For about a year.

You see, one of Josie’s heirs was her lover, Tom Brady. Seems dear Tom had a secret - he’d been having an affair for some time with another of Arlington’s heirs - her niece, Anna. The two of them burned through Josie’s fortune, and then some. To settle some financial affairs, the pair would sell both Josie’s mansion on Esplanade, and her tomb in Metairie. A year and a day after her death, Josie Arlington’s remains were removed from her tomb, and relocated to an undisclosed part of the cemetery. Today, the Morales family lays in what had been her not-so-final resting place.

As you might imagine, this does not sit well with Josie.

They say that every year since then, on Valentine’s Day, the stone flames atop her tomb once again burst into real fire. What’s more, if you’re there at the right time, you’ll see that bronze girl from the front of the tomb start walking around. This might sound crazy, but they’ve found her in different spots all over the cemetery. It seems she’s still looking for the madam she once guarded.

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Natasha Trethewey (Bellocq’s Ophelia, 2002)

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Storyville Portraits © E.J. Bellocq – Courtesy Deborah Bell Photographs