Is Myrtles Plantation The Most Haunted Home in America?
Some say nine different ghosts walk the grounds of the Louisiana bed-and-breakfast.
BY MARIA CARTER
There are lots of supposedly haunted places in the South, but Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, roughly 30 miles north of Baton Rouge, may just be home to the region’s most alleged ghosts per square foot. In fact, the mansion’s former owner, Frances Kermeen, takes it a step further, calling the house the most haunted in America.
Frances and her former husband, James, bought the plantation-turned-inn in 1980 after visiting it while on vacation. They were in their 20s at the time and knew little about the property’s history. By the time they would leave, more than 10 years later, Frances would have a trove of otherworldly encounters to rehash and her marriage would be over. Frances chronicled the frightening ordeal in her 2005 book, The Myrtles Plantation: The True Story of America’s Most Haunted House.
Frances moved down to Louisiana first; James stayed behind in California to tie up loose ends. During the transition between owners, the…
