article_snippet.sent: This haunted mirror (left) is said to contain the trapped souls of the wife and children of a Louisiana slave master while Bruno Amadio’s portrait of a weeping child (right) was thought to have been cursed .
article_snippet.sent: A grisly story is behind a haunted mirror kept in Louisiana. 
article_snippet.sent: Tradition dictated that when a family member died, all mirrors should be covered to allow the soul to pass over to the other side.
article_snippet.sent: But one mirror in the house on Myrtles Plantation in St Francisville was left uncovered and ever since visitors have reported seeing a dark-skinned ghost wearing a turban, while a mirror at the house - which is now a bed and breakfast - is said to contain the trapped souls of the wife and children.