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Stories about ghosts in this city were popularized by Helen Pitkin Schertz, including a tale about how a sultan massacred his brother and many servants here. A poetry collection by Brenda Marie Osbey includes a poem narrated by the ghostly head of Louis Congo, an executioner who died in this city. Delphine Macarty supposedly fled this city after torturing enslaved people at the supposedly haunted (*) LaLaurie (“luh-LOE-ree”) Mansion. A legendary pirate based (10[1])out of this city and nearby Barataria went on to found the pirate colony of Campeche (“kahm-PAY-chay”) by Galveston. This city’s Mystick Krewe (“KROO”) popularized krewes often named for mythological figures that lead floats during Carnival season. For 10 (10[1])points, name this former home base of Jean Lafitte (“ZHAHN luh-FEET”), where Marie Laveau (“luh-VOE”) was a leader of Louisiana Voodoo. ■END■

ANSWER: New Orleans
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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