The conversation revolves around two individuals, Shane and Ryan, who are exploring the Dauphine Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are investigating the hotel's history and rumored paranormal activity. The hotel, which is rich in history, used to be a bordello and private residences. The duo explores various parts of the hotel, including room 101 and the hotel bar, May Baily's Place. They report strange occurrences such as footsteps, doors locking and unlocking, and shadows following them. They also discuss the history of the city, including the infamous Storyville district where prostitution and gambling were legal. They mention the presence of ghosts, such as May Baily, the madam of the bordello, and Millie, her sister, who is said to wear her wedding dress even after her fiance was shot on their wedding day. The duo spends the night in the hotel, and Ryan stays back to investigate the rooms above theirs. They hear footsteps and strange voices but are unable to definitively confirm any paranormal activity.
1. The text is a dialogue from a paranormal investigation at the Dauphine Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2. The investigation is part of an ongoing series by Buzzfeed Unsolved, which explores the question, "Are ghosts real?"
3. The hotel is rich in history and is said to be haunted by various entities.
4. The hotel was built on the site of the Dauphine Orleans, which may date back as far as 1775, with parts of the hotel that exist today built in the early 1800s.
5. Many of the buildings that today comprise the Dauphine Orleans Hotel used to be private residences, as well as a bordello.
6. The hotel is said to be active, with visitors and employees claiming that doors lock themselves shut, footsteps can be heard, and shadows follow you.
7. The hotel bar, May Baily's Place, was a well-known bordello at the edge of Storyville, a district known for its brothels and gambling houses.
8. The hotel's most haunted area is said to be the bordello suite, where it is reported that the girls would take patrons to perform services.
9. The hotel's investigation involved spending the night in the hotel and listening for any paranormal activity.
10. The investigators reported hearing footsteps, seeing shadows, and experiencing unexplained occurrences.
11. The investigators also mentioned hearing a strange voice speaking something unknown, which they speculated might be the voice of May or Millie, the madam of the bordello, or perhaps one of the Civil War soldiers who frequented the bordello.
12. Despite the reported paranormal activity, the investigators concluded that whether or not the Dauphine Orleans Hotel is definitively haunted remains unsolved.