A favorite whacky NOLA hotel incident before I work for a bit and get lunch: In 1935 at Le Pavillon, Huey P Long had one of his goons hang out of a high-storey window with a microphone attached to a long pole to record the conversations of his political opponents.
This is the most cartoonish thing I can imagine. Kind of backfired as Huey P was assassinated soon after, for presumably just this kind of hi-jinx.
Which delivers this NOLA urban legend: on his deathbed, Huey P's handlers were desperate to know where he kept his box of purloined cash (aka, the 'deduct box'), said to contain $1million. "I'll tell you later," he said, and then he promptly passed away.
The box is said to be hidden somewhere in the Roosevelt Hotel, but I suspect they might get mad if you go there and just start turning over furniture to look for it.
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