Attic Delphine Lalaurie House

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.

Attic delphine lalaurie house.

Madame delphine lalaurie is a once wealthy socialite known throughout new orleans later discovered to be a nefarious serial killer who tortured and murdered her black slaves. Madame marie delphine lalaurie née mccarty was a high society creole socialite in 1830s new orleans. For nearly two centuries this infamous grey mansion has fascinated and terrified residents and visitors in new orleans. Her love of hosting elegant parties is matched.

1140 royal st new orleans la 70116 united states small description. Over 200 years ago a torture chamber was discovered in the attic of a wealthy socialite. She is a character in american horror story portrayed by kathy bates. Nicholas cage indeed owned this house for a short time it is also true that he managed his money as well as he acts and no longer owns the house.

The attic was the infamous spot of the mansion where no slave wished to go. Many have reported seeing the phantom of that young slave girl fleeing across the lalaurie roof. The 12 000 square foot mansion was built in 1831 for marie delphine macarty lalaurie and her third husband the french native dr. It was meant for all kinds of gruesome tortures that lalaurie carried on and included hangings by chains mutilating disemboweling and starvation.

On the morning of april 10 1834 a fire broke out. The attic was a house of horror as the bodies of the dead slaves were left to rot. The new orleans mansion that was occupied by delphine lalaurie in the 1800 s still stands today the lalauries maintained several black slaves in slave quarters attached to the royal street mansion. In the late 1930s an old cracked copper plate was found in new orleans saint louis cemetery bearing the name lalaurie madame delphine mccarty lalaurie s maiden name.

It was a saloon and a girl s school a music conservatory an apartment building and a furniture store. The inside of delphine lalaurie s house was filmed at the hermann grima house museum on st. The lalaurie mansion and delphine lalaurie played a big part in the american horror story franchise but no the house was not where they filmed. 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.

The lalaurie mansion at night. The twisted tale of delphine lalaurie and her house of horrors. Born during the spanish colonial period lalaurie married three times in louisiana and was twice widowed. Louis street in the french quarter.

September 1 2014 melissa 4 comments. The inscription on the plaque in french claims that madame lalaurie died in paris on december 7 1842. The stories began almost immediately.