Set in the French Quarter with a past that’s included a ballroom/theatre and later a convent and orphanage, the Bourbon Orleans leans hard into “multiple eras under one roof” hauntings. The hotel’s own lore centres on children and nuns (linked to the convent/orphanage years), a Confederate soldier sometimes reported in upper-floor corridors, and a “lonely dancer” said to appear in the ballroom beneath the chandeliers. Room 644 is the one most often singled out in guest lore as a “nun room,” with reports typically describing late-night movement/door activity and the feeling of someone present.