Madame Lalaurie Attic

The public went berserk and broke the doors themselves.

Madame lalaurie attic. Delphine and louie were the belles of new orleans society hosting frequent balls that everyone in town clamored over for an invitation. The fire when it broke out at madame lalaurie mansion took the lives of many innocent slaves who were caught up inside their quarters. As many society women did at the time madame lalaurie kept slaves. We visited the lalaurie mansion as part of a walking ghost tour and heard an incredible story involving madame lalaurie.

Lalaurie was born around 1775 after her family moved from ireland to new orleans. Losing her family and being buried for centuries has drained lalaurie of her will to live as is made apparent when she asks fiona goode to use her powers to end her torture. Born during the spanish colonial period lalaurie married three times in louisiana and was twice widowed. Madame delphine lalaurie a wealthy woman of new orleans is most famous for the torture and murder of her slaves.

For nearly two centuries this infamous grey mansion has fascinated and terrified residents and visitors in new orleans. The lalaurie mansion at night. The 12 000 square foot mansion was built in 1831 for marie delphine macarty lalaurie and her third husband the french native dr. Would have been nice if the house was open to the public.

Many onlookers tried to save the slaves from the attic but lalaurie and her husband refused to give them the keys to open up the attic. Those that weren t invited were said to stand across the street hoping for a merest glimpse of the elegance twirling about inside. She married in 1800 to a spanish officer and in 1804 they went to spain. 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.

An early portrait of madame delphine lalaurie. On april 10 1834 a fire at the lalaurie mansion in new orleans louisiana leads to the discovery of a torture chamber where enslaved workers are routinely brutalized by delphine lalaurie. The new orleans aristocrat madame lalaurie possessed a cruel darkness. She was born in new orleans circa 1780 to an irish gentleman and a french lady of upper society.

In 1831 madame lalaurie purchased a three story mansion at 1140 royal street in the french quarter. The history of the lalaurie mansion. Delphine lalaurie also known as madame lalaurie was a wealthy and powerful slave owner during the early 1800s at her new orleans royal street mansion.