A Rising Star’s Tragic Fall
During the 1860s, one performer was quickly becoming a rising star in the American opera scene. Her name was Marguerite. Interestingly, she wasn’t a note-worthy opera singer, but she was getting increasingly popular due to her natural beauty.
However, her stardom started to slip as she aged. What’s more, she fell into financial despair after her husband died in an accident. She left the singing scene and decided to open up a bakery. To try and secure her success as a bakery owner, she recruited one of the best pastry chefs in Paris.
Soon enough, they transitioned from a professional to a romantic relationship. It appeared to be a match made in heaven in Marguerite’s eyes. Unfortunately, the young pastry chef eventually had his eyes on a younger, more attractive woman.
Upon suspecting that her young lover was losing interest, she followed him out one night only to find him having an affair. Out of spite, she snuck into the apartment and suffocated the two using the gas line in the fireplace.
After realizing what she had just done, she hung herself in the New Orleans Opera house in a state of shock. Since then, people claim to have heard strange wailing and screams coming from the theater. The once rising opera star Marguerite had now become the Witch of the Opera.
Even though the opera house burned down, her spirit still lurks around the site. Where the New Orleans opera house once stood is now occupied by bars and restaurants. Some people claim that you can encounter the witch nightly.
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