Attic Delphine Lalaurie House
Through the years the tale of her brutality has grown and shifted and today it is difficult to discern fact from fiction in the story of delphine la laurie and her house of horrors.
Attic delphine lalaurie house. Over 200 years ago a torture chamber was discovered in the attic of a wealthy socialite. On the morning of april 10 1834 a fire broke out. Louis delphine lalaurie resided in 1832. Supposedly the souls of the deceased slaves still torment the home.
The lalaurie mansion from a 1906 postcard marie delphine macarty or maccarthy march 19 1787 december 7 1849 more commonly known as madame blanque or after her third marriage as madame lalaurie was a new orleans creole socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slaves in her household. Her story is one of the most popular ghost stories on ghost tours in new orleans. The new orleans mansion that was occupied by delphine lalaurie in the 1800 s still stands today. Marie delphine lalaurie 1780 1849 was a new orleans creole socialite born during the spanish colonial period.
The lalauries maintained several black slaves in slave quarters attached to the royal street mansion. The lalaurie mansion was home to delphine lalaurie. For fear of being taken to the torture chamber lalaurie had kept in the attic of this house.