2005 New Orleans Trip

Crystal, at left, and Lee, at right, during a meeting with T.A.P.S. technical manager and case manager, Brian Harnois, on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the Park Plaza Hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans. Brian and other T.A.P.S. (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) members, who can be seen regularly on the Sci-Fi Channel program, "Ghost Hunters," were in New Orleans to investigate sites in "America's Most Haunted City." Brian is a former Air Force MP, "who carries the bags, sets up the equipment and considers it his duty to protect everyone in the group."

Picture of Lee with New Orleans vampire expert Jonathan Weiss on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at Jean Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Phillip Street in New Orleans' French Quarter. Lafitte's, named after the famous New Orleans pirate, was built sometime before 1772, and is one of four remaining original French architecture structures in the French Quarter. For the past several decades, Lafitte's, privately owned, is operated as a bar and restaurant, and is a favorite haunt for tourists and locals alike. Weiss can be seen in the movies "Silent Scream," "Secrets of the Sisterhood," and in the soon to be filmed, "House of Shadows." Lee roamed the night with Weiss and visited sites throughout the French Quarter, including the St. Louis Cathedral, Boutique du Vampyre, the Ursuline Convent (the oldest building in New Orleans) and Madame John's Legacy (as seen in the movie "Interview With The Vampire").

Picture of Lee with New Orleans historian Midian Von Thorne on Saturday, March 5, 2005 in front of the Faulkner House at 624 Pirate's Alley in New Orleans. Nobel Laureate William Faulkner lived at the residence, now a national literary landmark, in 1925 while writing his first novel, "Soldiers' Pay." Von Thorne also took Lee around to other sites in the French Quarter, including the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, the LaLaurie Mansion, the Beauregard-Keyes House, Muriel's Restaurant, the Place d'Armes Hotel, the Royal Cafe and Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre.

Picture of Lee with Priestess Miriam Williams on Friday, March 4, 2005 at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple at 828 Rampart Street in New Orleans. The temple, founded by Williams and her late husband Priest Oswan Chamani, has a lavishly decorated working altar room and is used for meditation, readings, rituals and ceremonies. Each month, Williams receives thousands of visitors from around the world, and she is in high demand as a reader, diviner, healer, counselor and teacher. Williams, a native of Pochohantus, Miss., has been the subject of more than a few newspaper and magazine articles, including features in Playboy, Star, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Washington Post. She has also appeared in documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the Sci-Fi Channel. Shortly before meeting Williams, Lee visited the Tomb of Marie Laveau (the most famous Voodoo Queen of all) at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.

Picture of Lee relaxing in the private outdoor courtyard at Deril's Oasis at 717 St. Peter Street in New Orleans' French Quarter on Thursday, March 3, 2005. Lee said that he was especially impressed with Deril's bacon cheeseburger, cheese fries, draft beer and six flat-screen televisions.

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