E-716 Dauphine Street, ekhoneni le-Orleans Avenue eFrance Corner , imisa izindlu zezindlu ezinezintambo ezineghost ezingavamile kakhulu, ngisho namazinga eNew Orleans. Ungu "Sultan." Indlu yakhiwa ngo-1836 nguJean Baptiste LaPrete, owayenezilimo ePalaquemines Parish. Kwakungavamile ukuthi abanikazi bezolimo babe namakhaya emzini ukuze basebenzise phakathi nezinyanga ezipholile zonyaka.
Esikhathini esithile emva kokuba iNyunyana iqale ukuhlala eNew Orleans eMpini Yombango, uLapret wabona ukuntuleka kwemali futhi waphoqeleka ukuqasha indlu yakhe yedolobha.
Umqashi waba yindoda, uPrince Suleyman, oTurk owabiza ukuthi yi-sultan, noma owayengu-sultan, wezwe langasempumalanga. I-Sultan yayinamakhosikazi amaningi namalungu omndeni, ngaphezu kokuphindwa kwezigqila / izinceku. Indlu yavuselelwa kabusha, ngezindwangu ezinzima ngokushesha zihlanganisa wonke amafasitela. Izicabha zangaphambili ezipakiwe zazivikelwe izigqila zaseTurkey ezaziphethe izicabha. Iphunga elimnandi lempepho lalikhishwa ngabadlulile-noma nini lapho kuvulwa umnyango.
Amahemuhemu Qala
Kwabikwa ukuthi izindlu zikaSultan azihlanganisi kuphela abesifazane abaningi kodwa nabafana abancane. Izindaba zezinkolelo zazivamile, njengama-akhawunti wokuthunjwa kwabesifazane, amantombazane nabafana, konke okungenzeka ukuthi ukujabulisa kukaSultan. Kungaba nzima ukutshela ukuthi lokhu kwakungakanani ukucatshangelwa, futhi kungakanani okungokoqobo, akukhona yini ukutholakala okunzima okwenziwe umakhelwane othile ekuseni.
Ehamba ngelinye ilanga ekuseni, umakhelwane wabona ukuthi le ndlu yayithulile ngokweqile, bese ibona igazi liphuma egalari elingenhla, futhi liphuma emnyango wangaphambili.
The Scene
Amaphoyisa athola ukwesaba okungenakucabanga lapho. Izingxenye zomzimba zazifakwe emndenini yonke indlu, eyayisigxile ngegazi kulo lonke. Abesifazane, abantwana, nabalindi babulawa futhi banqunywa ikhanda.
Kwakunomzimba owodwa owodwa ongakahlelwa - lowo weSultan. Wayengcwatshwe esaphila, ngesandla esisodwa esondela emhlabathini, njengokungathi ukuhlanza indlela yokuphuma. Wangcwatshwa emidlalweni yendabuko yomngcwabo yamaSulumane. Ubunikazi bombulali buyimfihlo.
Kungani?
Ngaleso sikhathi, amaphoyisa anquma ukuthi izigebengu endaweni yalesi sigameko, kodwa lesi senzakalo asizange sifane nalokhu kuchazwa. Kamuva kwafunyanwa ukuthi iNkosana Suleyman yayingeyena u-sultan nhlobo, kodwa kunalokho yayingumfowabo womunye. Kwakusolakala ukuthi uSouleyman uzobe eshonile ezweni lakhe, ngakho-ke wayefihle lapha. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi u-Suleyman utshontshe umcebo kumfowabo.
Kwakukhona isisusa esingaphezu kokwanele sokuphetha ngokuthi abaholi bakaSultan balandela uSuleyman phansi, bambulala kanye nabo bonke abendlu.
The Ghosts
Izakhamuzi zendlu ziye zabika ukuthi zibona uSultan ngokwakhe, noma ezinye izibalo emgqeni waseMpumalanga. Ukubika nokumemeza kwabikwa, noma imisindo yezingxenye zomzimba ezishaya phansi ebusuku. Umculo wokuqhaqhazela okumangalisayo nokuphunga kwempepho kuye kwabikwa ngabadlula. Kuye kwabonakala indoda enesihe ehlezi efasitela, kodwa izokuphela ngokuzumayo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokhu kungukuthi "i-sultan" encane, cishe ngeke sazi ukuthi yini ayifunayo. Kodwa imibiko ye-hauntings lapho iyaqhubeka.