Her new orleans mansion became a house of horrors used for disturbing experiments and unspeakable acts of cruelty.
Madame delphine lalaurie attic.
She was born on march 19 1787 to louis chevalier barthelemy de macarty and marie jeanne lerable.
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.
Lalaurie gave birth to a daughter marie en route.
The lalaurie mansion shrouded in a fire in 1834.
Step inside madame lalaurie s house of horrors in 19th century new orleans where she reportedly gouged out slaves eyes and sewed their mouths shut.
Lalaurie was born around 1775 after her family moved from ireland to new orleans.
Madame delphine lalaurie was a woman of propriety in cajun high society in 1830 s louisiana.
However it is quickly revealed that she has a much darker heinous side.
She has an obsession with her appearance smearing herself in her slaves blood in a superstitious attempt to maintain her youth.
Madame delphine lalaurie a wealthy woman of new orleans is most famous for the torture and murder of her slaves.
Slaves were discovered in chained mutilated and in a starving situation.
Early portraits of the infamous mad madame delphine lalaurie the woman who became infamous as the cruel mistress of the haunted house was born marie delphine macarty.
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.
She has a sharp tongue and a sadistic streak.
Behind closed doors she was known to be quick of temper and lashed out.
The most evil woman in new orleans the secret locked in her mansion attic was so vile it inspired decades of ghost stories crime books and even a character on american horror story.
Madame delphine lalaurie was a beautiful charming woman who purchased the mansion in 1832 and maintained the household herself.
Her husband had little to do with the property and its affairs.
People filled with rage at delphine lalaurie since she refused to open her attic to emancipate her slaves and what they saw was appalling.
Over 200 years ago a torture chamber was discovered in the attic of a wealthy socialite.
She married in 1800 to a spanish officer and in 1804 they went to spain.
That incident is well documented in the newspapers.
