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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 socialite and serial killer who was believed to have tortured and murdered enslaved people in her household.
Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. While many of the most notorious killers are men, Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie earned the title of the Savage Mistress, thanks to the brutalization of her slaves.
Delphine LaLaurie: United States: 1831–1834: 2–4: New Orleans socialite who tortured and maimed slaves. Seven chained and mutilated slaves were rescued after a fire broke out in LaLaurie's mansion, of which two died of their injuries shortly after, and three buried skeletons were later discovered on her property (according to witnesses, one ...
At Marie Laveau's, Delphine is being held in a cage and scoffs at Marie's taunts. Marie hacks off Delphine's hand as a warning. That evening, an attack is carried out when an unseen witch hunter shoots and kills Joan Ramsey and injures Luke. The next morning, Fiona finds Delphine LaLaurie's head in a box on the porch.
Isobel Lewis and Louis Chilton select a list of the finest dramatic portrayals of real-life killers in film and TV
The Big Easy’s legendary Lalaurie mansion has listed for sale -- with its perks now including a speakeasy accessed through the primary suite. Haunted New Orleans mansion that Nicolas Cage lost ...
Delphine LaLaurie is central to the novel's climax. Graveyard Dust Benjamin's sister Olympe is accused of murder and Benjamin must find the real killer in order to prevent her execution. Olympe's role as a voodoo practitioner is used against her to raise suspicion, and voodoo plays an important part in the mystery.
A man accused of murdering a teenager has told a court he heard "screaming" but did not see the killing happen. Jamie Meah, 18, was stabbed to death and a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured ...