Louisiana

Louisiana
Nicknames:	The Bayou State
Category:	U.S. State
Continent:	North America
Country:	United States of America
Points of interest:	Aberrance City; Baton Rouge; Bon Temps; Bunkie; Houma; Honey Island Swamp; Jefferson Parish; Lacombe; Monroe; New Orleans; Shreveport; St. Tammany Parish
Appearances:	Mayfair Witches; Swamp Thing; True Blood

Louisiana is a U.S. State located in the Southeastern United States. More than most states in the U.S., Louisiana has a long and rich history in the horror genre. One of its most populous riverside ports is the city of New Orleans, whose culture and haunted history has contributed greatly to the spirit of Louisiana. Louisiana has been used as the primary setting for several genre projects, not the least of which includes Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series of novels. Louisiana is also the main setting from the 1990 Swamp Thing television series. More recently, it has been used as the backdrop for the HBO series True Blood, which takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps.

According to folklorist Robert Damon Schneck, the legend of the Bye Bye Man began with a blind albino from Louisiana, who was born in the 1920s. He would travel from town to town on a train with his dog-like companion Gloomsinger, which was a creature composed of the eyes and tongues of its victims. The Bye Bye Man carried a "sack of gore", wherein he would place body parts from his victims. As the legend progressed, the Bye Bye Man would hone in on those who spoke its name, selecting them as his next victim.

In film

Shark Night 3D

In the 2011 film Shark Night 3D, a group of seven college students from Tulane University in New Orleans take a summer vacation out on Lake Pontchartrain. Their plans for a fun-filled weekend of motorboating and wakeboarding turns to carnage as the students are attacked by hungry schools of sharks of varying species.

Points of Interest

Aberrance City

Aberrance City was originally established on the site of an old abandoned nuclear testing ground. Following a senate subcommittee hearing relating to illegal scientific experimentation taking place at Lafayette Air Base in Louisiana, the government decided to show kindness towards the aberrations the facility created by granting them this swatch of land as a reservation. Although the site served as something of a sanctuary for these so-called "Un-Men", it also became a refuge for those who felt like "freaks" on the inside, as well as on the outside. One of the residents was neophyte Un-Man Damien Kane. Damien erected a grave for his fallen ally Scylla, who was shot to death by U.S. Army guards during the Un-Men's final stand against the military.

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is the capital and second largest city in Lousiana.

Bon Temps

Bon Temps is a small town in Louisiana and the primary setting of the HBO series True Blood. It is the sight of Merlotte's Bar and Grill as well as the Compton, Stackhouse and Thornton residences.

Bunkie

This was the town where Drew Marshall and his sister Cindy lived for a time. Sookie Stackhouse and Sam Merlotte traveled to Bunkie after Sookie experienced visions of Cindy's death. They visited Big Patty's Pie House, where Cindy worked as a waitress, and the Bunkie Sheriff's Department.

Elmendorf

A bayou town in Southern Louisiana, this was the location of a run-down motel operated by a man named Judd. Judd preyed on motel guests, which he murdered with a scythe and fed to his pet alligator.

Houma

Houma is a wetlands region located in the Louisiana bayou. It is the home of the Swamp Thing and his wife Abigail Arcane. In the Swamp Thing television series, it is the home of the Kipp family.

Monroe

Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. In the True Blood mythos, Monroe is not far away from the fictional town of Bon Temps in the equally fictional Renard Parish in Northwestern Louisiana. This was where Lorena Krasiki turned Bill Compton into a vampire in 1862. In the modern era, Tara Thornton once went to a party in Monroe with her cousin, Lafayette Reynolds.

New Orleans

New Orleans is one of the most heavily visited tourist spots in the United States. It is the home of voodoo, Mardi Gras and Louie Armstrong. New Orleans is the principal setting in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles.

Renard Parish

Renard Parish is a fictional parish located in Northwestern Louisiana. In the television series True Blood, the town of Bon Temps is located in Renard Parish.

Shreveport

Shreveport is also a locale featured in the TV series True Blood. It is the home of the vampire bar known as Fangtasia.

Films that take place in Louisiana

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Autopsy Beyond, The Black as Night Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh Cat People (1982) Cry of the Werewolf Demonic Dracula 2000 Dracula II: Ascension Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Eaten Alive Evil Eye Green Mile, The Happy Death Day Happy Death Day 2U Hatchet Hatchet II Haunted Mansion (2023) Hell Baby Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Last Exorcism, The Man-Thing Mirrors 2 Mummy's Curse, The Nocturna Reaping, The Renfield Savage Bees, The Shark Night 3D Son of Dracula (1943) Stay Alive Sugar Hill Swamp Thing Texas Chainsaw Venom Victor Crowley Xtinction: Predator X

TV programs that take place in Louisiana

• 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails
• American Horror Story: Coven
• Mayfair Witches
• Originals, The
• Scream Queens
• Swamp Thing
• True Blood

Episodes that take place in Louisiana

• Tales from the Crypt: Staired in Horror

Books that take place in Louisiana

• Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
• Interview with the Vampire
• Southern Vampire Mysteries: Dead Until Dark
• Southern Vampire Mysteries: Living Dead in Dallas

Comics that take place in Louisiana

• American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men
• Dark Days
• Ghost Rider Vol 2 74
• Hack/Slash vs. Chucky 1
• Tales of the Zombie Vol 1

Characters from Louisiana

Alcide Herveaux Alec Holland Alex Olsen Alicia Mayfair Allie Kruglov Andy Bellefleur Arlene Fowler Authority gate guard Avery Axeman, The Bastien Benny Lafitte Bill Compton Billy-Bob Bobbs Borquita LaLaurie Brian Stockwood Brutus Howell Bucky Featherstone Bud Dearborne Caldwell, Colonel Carson O'Conner Cindy Marshall Claire Caldwell Clayton Danvers Cletus Bodehouse Coby Fowler Cortland Mayfair Cricket Marlowe Crystal Norris Damian Ridge Daniel Robitaille Dean Stanton Deirdre Mayfair Delphine LaLaurie Detective Harker Dolly Jean Mayfair Donna Garth Duane Mellor Eddie Gauthier Eden Hamby Elijah Stormer Ellie Fielding Elsbeth Bellum Frank Stanley Gene Griggs George Fowler Gina Harcourt Good old boy vampire Gyps Hadley Hale Harry Terwilliger Hido Takahashi Holly Cleary Hoyt Fortenberry J.D. Carson Jack Cracker Jane Bodehouse Jason Stackhouse Jessica Hamby Jim Maguire Joan Ramsey Judith Ali Kevin Ellis La Donna Lafayette Reynolds Lara Featherstone Layton Lettie Mae Thornton Linda Olsen Lisa Fowler Lorrie Bobbs Louis de Pointe du Lac Louis LaLaurie Man at bar Man with beer Marie Jeanne LaLaurie Marie L'Angell Maxine Fortenberry Michael Sloane Mikey Bellefleur Mrs. Hamby Nancy LeGuare Nate Keller Nick Maguire Papa Sugar Paul Edgecomb Paul McClatchy Pauline LaLaurie Percy Wetmore Portia Bellefleur Rikki Naylor Rowan Mayfair Sabina Boyd Sam Jagger Sara Maguire Simon Garth Sookie Stackhouse Spalding Susan Maguire Sweetie Des Arts Tara Thornton Teenage customer Tefé Holland Terrell Terry Bellefleur Tessa Mayfair Toad Boy Trashy blonde Truman Burrell Victor Crowley Viktor Kruglov Will Kinney Willa Burrell Woman with fries Zoe Benson

People who were born in Louisiana

Anne Rice Billy Slaughter Bob Clark Deneen Tyler Ed Nelson Eric Laneuville Guy Gallo Ian Somerhalder John Mese Judi Ann Mason

Louis Edmonds Louis Herthum Michael Kenworthy Nancy Barrett Paul Rae Phil Fondacaro Pruitt Taylor Vince Sam Trammell Shelley Hennig Ted Ferguson Victor Miller

Notes & Trivia

• Shreveport was the birth place of Dark Shadows star Nancy Barrett.

• The 2011 film Shark Night 3D was filmed on location in Shreveport, Louisiana.

External Links

• Louisiana at Wikipedia
• Louisiana at the TV Database

References

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