Guta reNew Orleans rinozivikanwa nemumhanzi we jazz, mapato anopenga, chikafu checreole, havana hunhu. Nekudaro, zvisingazivikanwe nevashanyi vazhinji vanodirana kuguta rino gore rega rega kuti nguva dzakanaka dzipere, iyo Big Easy ine yakasviba kwazvo. Kunyangwe sekuNew Orleans kunokwezva avo vari kutsvaga nguva yakanaka, zvakare inokwezva avo vane zvakasviba zvinangwa.

Guta reCrescent rakagara riine mweya wechisimba uye zvakavanzika nezvazvo, pamwe neyakaipisisa yapfuura. Ine kudeuka kweropa mumigwagwa panguva yehondo uye nhoroondo yakapfuma mune hunyanzvi hwerima, Nawlins idutu rakakwana kune avo vanombundira iro rakasviba rehupenyu. Kunyangwe sekuda kweguta rinobereka hunyanzvi, zvakare inobereka mhondi.
Delphine LaLaurie             

 

Imwe yenyaya dzinozivikanwa dzechipoko kutiza Crescent Guta iri rakadzika midzi muhuwandu hwakanaka hwechokwadi. Nepo nyaya yaDelphine LaLaurie neimba yake yekutyisa yachinja makore apfuura semutambo wakashata wefoni, mapfupa asina chinhu achiri kutyisa.

Kubva pasocialite kusvika kune sociopath, LaLaurie akapona nevarume vaviri asati aenda kuimba yake yemba kuRoyal Street muFrance Quarter. Iyo aura yekufungira pamusoro pekufa kwevarume vake vaviri vekutanga aigara achitevera LaLaurie, sekuitawo kwekubvunzwa kurapwa kwevaranda vake.

Chii chakaitika kuseri kwemadziro edzimba remba yake yakasimbiswa? Runyerekupe rwekusabatwa zvakanaka kwevaranda vake rwakazadza migwagwa uye makuhwa pamiromo yemunhu wese, asi hapana humbowo hwakaunzwa mberi kutsigira izvi zvirevo. Kusvikira moto waputika munzvimbo yekugara muna 1834.

Vachipinda mumba vakapindura vakawana kwakatangira rimi remoto ratanga mukicheni. Mubiki wemhuri, muranda wemakore makumi manomwe, akasungirirwa pachoto neketani yake. Akabvuma kuisa moto semuedzo wekuzviuraya nekuda kwekutya kuendeswa kukamuri repamusoro sechirango. Akatsanangura kana iwe waendeswa kuimba yepamusoro hauna kuzomboonekwa zvakare.

Ivo vakapindura vakaita nzira yavo kune yepamusoro imba yemumba, uye izvo zvavakawana zvaive zvinopfuura zvinotyisa. Maakaunzi anotiudza kuti varanda vanomwe vakawanikwa mudenga remba, vazhinji vacho vakamitiswa nemitsipa yavo, vese vakagurwa neimwe nzira kana imwe. Makumbo avo akatambanudzwa uye zviratidzo zviri pachena zvekuonda uye kushungurudzwa mumuviri zvakaratidza miviri yavo. Vamwe vaitopfeka makora akasungirirwa kuti vachengete musoro wavo wakamira. Vaongorori pavakaongorora nzvimbo yeimba iyi miviri miviri yevakafa yakafukunurwa, mumwe wacho ari mwana.

Pakunzwa nezvekushungurudzwa kwakaitika mukati memba yaLaLaurie, vagari vakatsamwa vakaita bope ndokurwisa imba yacho. Mhomho yacho inoparadza zvese zviri mukati memadziro. Nehurombo mhuri yakatiza kutonga kwenzvimbo ndokutizira kuParis uko chero imwe nhoroondo yehupenyu hwavo yakaenda isina magwaro.

 

Iyo Axeman yeNew Orleans

 

Iyo Axeman yeNew Orleans mhondi yekupedzisira yaityisa migwagwa yeBig Easy kubva muna Chivabvu 1918 kusvika Gumiguru 1919, ichikuvadza nekuuraya kusvika gumi nevaviri vakaurayiwa.

Zvishoma kwazvo zvinozivikanwa nezve iyo Axeman. Vazhinji veavo vakaurayiwa vakasangana nekufa kwavo, iwe wakazvifungidzira, demo. Kazhinji chombo chemhondi chaishandiswa mumhosva idzi yaive demo remunhu akabatwa. Vamwe vakasangana nemagumo avo nechisvo chakananga. Zvinotoshamisa kuti hapana kana chinhu chakambotorwa kubva kwaigara akabatwa, izvo zvaireva kuti kurwiswa kwacho hakuna kukonzerwa nekubirwa.

Imwe yekubatanidza mapurisa akagadzira yaive yekuti vazhinji vevakabatwa vaibva kuItaly vatorwa, kana maItari-maAmerican, iyo yakaratidza chinangwa chine hukama nedzinza. Dzimwe nyanzvi mumunda dzakafungidzira kuti umhondi hwaikurudzirwa nebonde. Vanotenda kuti chinangwa chaAxeman chaive chekutsvaga mukadzi kuti auraye, uye varume vakaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa mumba zvaingova zvipingamupinyi panguva iyoyo.

Nokukurumidza sezvo mhondi dzakatanga dzakamira. Kunyangwe kune vanamazvikokota vanhasi mumunda chinangwa hachina kujeka, asi chinhu chimwe ndechechokwadi; iyo Axeman haisati yambozivikanwa uye nyaya dzayo dzekuuraya uye mayhem dzichiri kutenderera mumigwagwa yeNew Orleans.

 

Iyo Vampire Kuuraya

 

Nepo uku kuponda kwakatevera kusiri kuitika muNew Orleans, mhondi yakatizira kuCrescent City nevampire yake ichangotanga uye nhengo dzemhuri. Ndizvozvo, panguva yemhosva yake Rod Ferrell akatenda kuti aive makore mazana mashanu vampire, uye iye, nemhuri yake yevamwe vampire, akatizira kumba kwerima, chakavanzika, nerudo zvinoratidzwa mumanonyorwa avo avanofarira. Vampire Makoronike rakanyorwa naAnn Rice.

Mhosva yaPerrell yaive yekuuraya vaviri vabereki vevadiki vake Heather Wendorf. Wendorf akaudza Ferrell kugara pamba nevabereki vake kwaive "gehena" uye aida kutiza naye, asi aiziva kuti vabereki vake havaizombomurega aende.

Kuti asunungure mwana wake mudiki kubva kumisungo yake yekumba, Ferrell uye mumwe wevampire nhengo yechinamato Howard Scott Anderson vakapinda mumusha weWendorf uko kwaakarova vese vabereki vaHeather kufa. Rod akabva apisa 'V' muna Richard Wendorf, baba vaHeather, mushure mekunge ashambidza musoro wake zvine mutsindo.

Vachifunga kuti vaizowana kugamuchirwa muNew Orleans, mhuri iyi yakatiza kubva kunzvimbo yematsotsi muEustis Florida kuenda kuBig Easy mumotokari yavakaba kubva munzvimbo yematsotsi. Mere mamaira kubva kwavaienda vakasungwa pane imwe hotera yeHoward Johnson apo imwe yenhengo dzakadaidza amai vavo kuti vapiwe mari, ivo vakazopa nyepera mapurisa kwaive neboka iri.

Kubudikidza neshoko risina kutsigirwa, avo vakataura naFerrell kubva panguva yake kuseri kwemabhawa vanoti achiri kutenda kuti haafi.

 

Iyo Bayou Bhuruu Serial Muurayi

 

Ronald Dominique, anozivikanwawo seBayou Blue Serial Killer, akashandisa mukana wekugamuchira uye kuvhura nharaunda yevanhurume muNew Orleans. Dominique akanyangira mabhawa uye makirabhu muguta, achiashandisa senzvimbo yake yekuvhima kubva 1997 kusvika kusungwa kwake kusingadzivisike muna 2006. Akatsvaga varume vaaifunga kuti vangangoda kurara naye nemari.

Dominique anoti chinangwa chake chekutanga chaingove chekubata chibharo varume ava, asi kuti arege mhedzisiro yekubatwa nekutambudzwa nemutemo, akafunga kuvauraya kunovimbisa kunyarara kwemhosva yake. Akauraya vanosvika makumi maviri nevatatu vakaurayiwa mukati megumi ramakore asati abatwa nezviremera musi waZvita 1, 2006. Dominique akapikira mhosva yekuponda kwekutanga kuti adzivise mutongo werufu.