The St. Roch Cemetery Is One Of Louisiana's Spookiest Cemeteries

It’s also one of the most underrated. It’s not as popular as the other cemeteries in the city, but it has a very unique history behind it.

During one of New Orleans’ Yellow Fever outbreaks in 1867, Reverend Thevis prayed to St. Roch to protect his congregation during the epidemic, promising that if St. Roch would keep his people safe, he would build a chapel to honor the patron saint of the sick. Miraculously, no one in his congregation died of Yellow Fever.

The Gothic-style chapel was dedicated in 1875. The name Campo Santo was given to the cemetery as a nod to the Campo Santo dei Tedeschi, a cemetery, church, and hospice located on the south side of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

It's a beautiful space that's just as peaceful as you'd think... and maybe a little spooky.

Decorated with countless gifts of gratitude and offerings, many have stopped by over the last century to pay their respects and ask for protection from the patron saint of the sick.

The cemetery has had ghost stories swirling around it ever since it opened.

While that may seem like it would be easy to debunk considering the cemetery is open to the public, this shadowy figure walks right through walls and tombstones. Seeing someone walk through a wall would certainly make you do a double-take!

Perhaps the most popular spirit of this particular cemetery isn't even a person, but a dog. Described as an overly-large black dog, most people would agree that's it's not uncommon to see a stray dog wandering around. However, when you approach this dog, rather than the dog approaching you (or running away), it vanishes into thin air.

A ghost dog? Seems fitting, considering St. Roch is also the patron saint of dogs.

Maybe it's St. Roch himself guarding the gates.