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Stories Set in Louisiana
New Orleans jazz funerals, bayou gothic and French Quarter vampires — Louisiana is America's most haunted story-state. Its tales simmer with music, myth and mystery.
Open Louisiana on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Louisiana
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Browse 343 books, 321 movies, 15 TV shows and 45 games set in Louisiana.

The Green Mile
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard Paul Edgecomb recognizes Coffey's…

12 Years a Slave
In the pre-Civil War United States Solomon Northup a free black man from upstate New York is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive but…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man like any of…

Palmer
After 12 years in prison former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to…

Emancipation
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter an enslaved man risks his life to escape and return to his family he embarks on a perilous journey of love…

The Princess and the Frog
A waitress desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

10 Cloverfield Lane
After getting in a car accident a woman is held in a shelter with two men who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Interview with the Vampire
A vampire relates his epic life story of love betrayal loneliness and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

The Originals
A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Now Klaus must take down his…

Focus
Nicky an accomplished con artist gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
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