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Kathy Bates Actress for Madame LaLaurie 

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Kathy Bates Actress for Madame LaLaurie 

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Becoming a very popular interest in pop culture, a famous TV show called American Horror Story based one of their seasons on the story and twisted nature of Madame LaLaurie.(Gay, Verne) In the show they even included the rumors of her being known as "New Orleans voodoo queen"because of her strange practices on her slaves, which the show switched up having her rivals as black voodoo women who were out to get her.

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Fearing her capture Delphine fled, leaving her daughters behind. (Historic Mysteries) In order to escape the daughters had to climb out the window to get away from the mob. Because of her fleeing she was never convicted or put on trial for any of the acts she had done. It is said that LaLaurie fled all the way to France where she sat sulking and under a false name, supposedly being told to leave. It is said that she died on December 6th, of 1842 and that her body was taken back to New Orleans to be properly buried in the Saint Louis Cemetery. Some rumors were even claiming that her body was never found and her death was a mystery which was proved to be false.

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The day the search party went to scout the attic was truly something that no one would ever forget after the horrifying things they would witness. (Historic Mysteries) A report from New Orleans Bee, on April 11th 1834, that upon entering the attic they found "seven slaves more or less horribly mutilated were seen suspended by the neck, with their limbs apparently stretched and torn from one extremity to the other." Another report from Katy Frances Marlas, for her thesis paper for Louisiana State University she stated: "The New Orleans Advertiser described finding one of the male slaves with ‘a large hole in his head; his body from head to foot was covered with scars and filled with worms…those who have seen the others represent them to be in a similar condition. " As for the man with the hole in his head the report had claimed that there was a spoon nearby that was being used to stir up his brains. Various other claims were that they were found bruised, beaten bloodied, and some even with their eyes gouged out, skin flayed, and one slave even found with his mouth sewn shut with feces inside. One of the most descriptive and disturbing of the reports was of a woman whose bones were broken and had been placed in a formation for her to resemble a crab and many more about slaves who had their intestines and other insides gouged out and wrapped around themselves or hanging from the floor. These only cover some of the things that were seen in that torturous attic.

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On April 10th, 1834, at the mansion on Royal Street, when neighbors noticed the commotion authorities were contacted and Madame LaLaurie was claimed to be rushing to collect her belongings and furniture, though the fire did not spread for long once it was under control. (All That's Interesting) While this was happening the crowd was wondering where her slaves were, so they took it upon themselves to go search the house to receive the slaves. Upon walking in they found a slave chained to the stove where she was to endure torture by preparing extravagant meals for the people of the house but not to eat herself. She then proceeded to tell the authorities that she started the fire in hopes of killing herself so she didn't have to endure anymore torture enforced by Madame LaLaurie. She also proceeded to tell them that anytime a slave was taken to the attic they never came back, which then lead a party to the upper levels where they came to find the doorway locked. After asked to hand over the key Madame LaLaurie and her husband refused, so they pushed on breaking door the door, where they would see scenes so gruesome LaLaurie would never be looked at the same again.

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Outside of her house, Madame LaLaurie was always seen treating her  slaves extremely nice and even welcomed some into her family, which was thought to be really strange at the time considering the circumstances of the era. Suspicions were raised on two accounts. These suspicions were a male slave who jumped from the attic window which was then cemented shut and another of a woman who apparently was chased up to the roof where she jumped to her death as well. She was seen burying the woman which then witnesses notified the police and they fined her $300 and made her give away nine of her slaves. Which she then schemed with her family members and bought them all back. This lead people to believe she was actually a very sadistic and violent woman indeed, but at the time it wasn't considered wrong and she went unbothered by the police afterwards. (All That's Interesting)

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Distraught from so many deaths, she remained widowed for 9 years after her last marriage until she married for a third time to Dr. Leonard Louis Nicolas LaLaurie,who was  twenty years younger than Delphine. He came to New Orleans from Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, ready to setup a practice. Despite the age different they got married on June 12, 1825.(The Scare Chamber) In 1831 she purchased a three-story mansion at 1140 Royal Street in the French Quarter, complete with attached slave quarters. (All That's Interesting) She lived there with Leonard and her two daughters, but with her husband always gone, busy with work, she was mostly left alone. Her neighbors claimed had always heard yelling and fighting coming from the house.

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After her husband died she was then widowed and alone with her newborn baby, because of this inconvenience she moved back to New Orleans to continue her life in her mansion.(Historic Mysteries)  In 1808 she decided to marry again to a man named Jean Blanque, who bought her a house on Royal Street, which became known as Villa Blanque. In the time they were together they had four children, Marie Louise Pauline, Louise Marie Laure, Marie Louise Jeanne, and Jeanne Pierre Paulin Blanque. Still a member of high society she continued to spend a lot of time with the other socialites. Though their marriage lasted longer than hers with Don Ramon, Blanque died just 8 years into their marriage.

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In her younger years, Delphine  didn't have much of an interesting life or very known background of it. (The Scare Chamber) Delphine was even known to be quite beautiful so when it came time for marrying it wasn't hard for her family to find her someone to wed.

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On March 19th, 1787, Delphine LaLaurie, was born as Marie Delphine Macarty in New Orleans, Louisiana in a Spanish occupied territory. (Historic Mysteries) Her father was an Irish immigrant and her mother was French, after her father shortened their surname to Macarty they all moved to the United States where they settled into a White Creole Community in 1730 and made a lot of money. Her family was very wealthy and most positions of her family included her uncle esteban Rodriguez Miró was a governor, and her cousin, Augustin de Macarty became Mayor of New Orleans from 1815 to 1820. Other family memebers were also known as wealthy mercants, army officials, and slavers which would soon be known as her quite horrifying obsession.

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Delphine's first marriage was in 1800, when she turned thirteen, to a high ranking Spanish official by the name of Don Ramon de Lopez y Angulo. (Historic Mysteries) When Don Ramon was appointed to consul general of Spain she became one of the most powerful and highly looked upon women in state. Needing to travel to take his new position Dan Ramon and his, at the time, pregnant wife Marie left United States. During their travels they made a stop in Havana, Cuba where Ramon fell ill and eventually died just days before the birth of his daughter Marie Delphine Borja Lopez y Angula de Candelaria, which later became recognized as Borquita.