LaLaurie's house was subsequently sacked by an outraged mob of New Orleans citizens. They discovered bound slaves in her attic who showed evidence of cruel, violent abuse over a long period. She maintained her position in New Orleans society until April 10, 1834, when rescuers responded to a fire at her Royal Street mansion.
Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (Ma– December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slaves in her household.īorn during the Spanish colonial period, LaLaurie married three times in Louisiana and was twice widowed.
The LaLaurie mansion, from a 1906 postcard
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