#delphinelalaurie

[crabscrambly]

Flashback Friday!!! A scene from Nightmares & Fairytales “1140 Rue Royale” written by Serena Valentino and illustrated by Crab Scrambly. ——————————————— #crabscrambly #serenavalentino #graphicnovel #comics #comicbook #horror #creepy #darkfantasy #goth #slgpublishing #fantasy #nightmaresandfairytales #madamelalaurie #neworleans #delphinelalaurie #ghosts #ghoststory https://www.instagram.com/p/CFSQw2qFL3G/?igshid=7z9mmn48j4in

[cameraobscura76]

Lalaurie Mansion ⚜️ #neworleans #louisiana #nola #frenchquarter #royalstreet #hauntedhouse #hauntedmansion #lalauriemansion #delphinelalaurie #madamelalaurie (at lalaurie mansion)

[thedivineprince]

The LaLauries maintained several black slaves in slave quarters, attached to the Royal Street mansion. Accounts of Delphine LaLaurie's treatment of her slaves between 1831 and 1834 are mixed. Harriet Martineau, writing in 1838 and recounting tales told to her by New Orleans residents during her 1836 visit, claimed LaLaurie's slaves were observed to be "singularly haggard and wretched;" however, in public appearances LaLaurie was seen to be generally polite to black people and solicitous of her slaves' health. Court records of the time showed that LaLaurie manumitted two of her slaves (Jean Louis in 1819 and Devince in 1832). Martineau wrote that public rumors about LaLaurie's mistreatment of her slaves were sufficiently widespread that a local lawyer was dispatched to Royal Street to remind LaLaurie of the laws for the upkeep of slaves. During this visit, the lawyer found no evidence of wrongdoing or mistreatment of slaves by LaLaurie. #HauntedHotel #DelphineLalaurie #MadameBlanque #TheRevolutionwillNOTbeTelevised Respect The Voodoo! #RespectTheVoodoo Respect The Ancestors! #RespectTheAncestors #AncestorsSEEall #Heritage #Lineage #Ancestors #TeamBlackHawkVoodoo #BlackHawkVoodoo #HouseoftheDivinePrince #TheDivinePrinceTyEmmecca #WitchDoctorMedicineMan #VoodooChief #IAMLivingMagic (at lalaurie mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1B-6Vknhc3/?igshid=w4f2hl5k1l6d

[najaamplee]

We took a stroll down St. ANN STREET to visit Marie Laveau home. This one is her home of the last 6 years of her life. The homes beside it were here shops and apartments she rented... If you dont know who Marie laveau is ... Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801– June 15, 1881) was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, (1827 — c. 1862) also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana or what is known today as New Orleans Voodoo. ..... There are some books on her as well. But Marie was one of the ancestors calling or drawing me to NOLA.. I had did some research on her about a year ago or so and was shown to learn certain things... everything is literally in Divine Timing.... . . . . . ... #marielaveau #hoodoo #voodoo #witch #goth #witchythings #delphinelalaurie #witchesofinstagram #santeria #fashion #ahs #witchcraft #magick #dark #witchy #stannstreet #conjuring #magic #psychics #voudou #witchywomen #ritual #priestess #showgirls #burlesque #neworleansvoodoo #darkness #la #darkburlesque #najaamlee (at The Marie Laveau Apartments) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwrlw7bAqWL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9zeeyy3e3ikf

[kaemcspadden]

At the home of #delphinelalaurie, a socialite, slave owner and murderer. She is also the murder the amazing Kathy Bates played in the third season of American Horror Story. @ahsfx #ahscoven #americanhorrorstorycoven #americanhorrorstory #kathybates (at lalaurie mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGbzt6htsK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lrinnjd22mbi

[virgomorgo]

The most haunted house in America! The Lalaurie Mansion! 💀👻 Such a beautiful modern renovation to the home. Such tragedies happened inside! If you aren’t educated on who Delphine Lalaurie is, head down to the French Corner and take a haunted tour! #bestlife #fullestlife #delphinelalaurie #delphinelalauriemansion #delphinelalauriehouse #frenchcorner #neworleans #neworleanslife #neworleansculture #neworleanslouisiana #haunted #hauntedhouses #hauntedmansion #talesofdelphinelalauire #spooky #spookyvibes #history #historyoflouisiana #louisiana #louisianatravel (at lalaurie mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-zIMFFroX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9bodv6dg12bt

[meganseaman]

Wicked disgraceful Madame Delphine LaLaurie once lived in this place. She was a serial killer in a fashion and is what Cathy Bates character in the tv show American Horror Story is based on #wicked #lalauriemansion #madamelalaurie #delphinelalaurie #serialkiller #americanhorrorstory #frenchquarter #neworleans #louisiana (at lalaurie mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv8BbQTAHaY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i4hap9aqx3jq

[q-the-rockaholic]

#tbt American Horror Story S03E03 - The Replacements I miss Jessica Lange!! #americanhorrorstory #ahscoven #americanhorrorstorycoven #ahsquotes #ahsquote #americanhorrorstoryquotes #americanhorrorstoryquote #delphinelalaurie #kathybates #fionagoode #jessicalange #tvshowsquotes #tvquotes #tvseriesquotes #tv #tvshows #tvseries #PhotoGrid

[longoria07]

Waiting on KathyBates...er, I mean Delphine LaLaurie to step out! 😮👻🤣 #madamelalaurie #delphinelalaurie #lalauriemansion #americanhorrorstory #ahs #coven #ghoststories #royalstreet #neworleans #nola #historicalsites #gorgeous #kathybates #cub #scruffy #beard #beardsofinstagram #instagay #touristselfie #nofilter #365photochallenge

[cullenblue]

5 months away and I am already anticipating...⏱ #neworleans #delphinelalaurie #southerndecadence #gay #gayboy #instagay #summer #travel #louisianna #tbt #grateful #thankful (at New Orleans, Louisiana)

[crabscrambly]

Way back Wednesday!!! Cover art from the “1140 Rue Royal” series written by Serena Valentino @blackbirdpirate and illustrated by Crab Scrambly ———————————————————— #crabscrambly #serenavalentino #illustration #art #painting #comics #spooky #creepy #horror #darkart #horrorcomics #neworleans #rueroyale #delphinelalaurie #slgpublishing #graphicnovel #ghosts #ghoststory https://www.instagram.com/p/B_k2FVBlOmH/?igshid=5yb7qq945scg

[jasonalacrity]

Tasteful decorations at the former home of #DelphineLaLaurie #halloween🎃👻 #neworleans (at lalaurie mansion)

[najaamplee]

We took a stroll down St. ANN STREET to visit Marie Laveau home. This one is her home of the last 6 years of her life. The homes beside it were here shops and apartments she rented... If you dont know who Marie laveau is ... Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801– June 15, 1881) was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, (1827 — c. 1862) also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana or what is known today as New Orleans Voodoo. ..... There are some books on her as well. But Marie was one of the ancestors calling or drawing me to NOLA.. I had did some research on her about a year ago or so and was shown to learn certain things... everything is literally in Divine Timing.... . . . . . ... #marielaveau #hoodoo #voodoo #witch #goth #witchythings #delphinelalaurie #witchesofinstagram #santeria #fashion #ahs #witchcraft #magick #dark #witchy #stannstreet #conjuring #magic #psychics #voudou #witchywomen #ritual #priestess #showgirls #burlesque #neworleansvoodoo #darkness #la #darkburlesque #najaamlee (at The Marie Laveau Apartments) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwrlw7bAqWL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q9gyhtqynrhh

[rebeccadiane97]

when your mom reminds you that school is tomorrow

[myhauntedsalem]

Dr. Louis Lalaurie and his wife, Delphine moved into their fancy new mansion in New Orleans. They were respected by everyone. They had a lot of money, power and influence. Ms. Delphine was greatly admired for her beauty.

They threw lavish social parties that would be the talk of the town for weeks to come.

Their house was extravagant and they had dozens of slaves to take care of it.

It was the neighbors who first began to suspect that something was not right.

There were whispered conversations about how the Lalaurie slaves seemed to come and go quite often. Parlor maids would be replaced with no explanation or the stable boy was suddenly just disappear… never to be seen again.

Then, one day a neighbor was climbing her own stairs when she heard a scream and saw Madame Lalaurie chasing a little girl, the Madame’s personal servant, with a whip. She pursued the girl onto the roof of the house, where the child jumped to her death. The neighbor later saw the small slave girl buried in a shallow grave beneath the cypress trees in the yard.

It was rumored that she treated the slaves horribly. But how horribly exactly, no one knew.

A terrible fire broke out in the Lalaurie kitchen. Legend has it that it was set by the cook, who could endure no more of the Madame’s tortures. Regardless of how it started, the fire swept through the house.

After the blaze was put out, the fire fighters discovered a horrible sight behind a secret, barred door in the attic.

The information you are about to read is from the embellished part of the event. The authors who wrote about it in the book didn’t source these events:

They found more than a dozen slaves here, chained to the wall in a horrible state. They were both male and female…. some were strapped to makeshift operating tables… some were confined in cages made for dogs…. human body parts were scattered around and heads and human organs were placed haphazardly in buckets…. grisly souvenirs were stacked on shelves and next to them a collection of whips and paddles.

It was more horrible that anything created in man’s imagination.

According to the newspaper, the New Orleans Bee, all of the victims were naked and the ones not on tables were chained to the wall. Some of the women had their stomachs sliced open and their insides wrapped about their waists.

One woman had her mouth stuffed with animal excrement and then her lips were sewn shut. The men were in even more horrible states. Fingernails had been ripped off, eyes poked out, and private parts sliced away.

One man hung in shackles with a stick protruding from a hole that had been drilled in the top of his head. It had been used to “stir” his brains.

The tortures had been administered so as to not bring quick death. Mouths had been pinned shut and hands had been sewn to various parts of the body.

Regardless, many of them had been dead for quite some time. Others were unconscious and some cried in pain, begging to be killed and put out of their misery.

The fire fighters fled the scene in disgust and doctors were summoned from a nearby hospital.

There were a few who still clung to life…. like a woman whose arms and legs had been removed and another who had been forced into a tiny cage with all of her limbs broken than set again at odd angles.

Madame Lalaurie and her family were never seen again.

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The house remained vacant for many years after that. It then became an all girls school and then apartment buildings.

During the time when the mansion was an apartment house, a number of strange events were recorded. Among them was an encounter between a occupant and a naked black man in chains who attacked him. The black man abruptly vanished.

Others claimed to have animals butchered in the house; children were attacked by a phantom with a whip; strange figures appeared wrapped in shrouds; a young mother was terrified to find a woman in elegant evening clothes bending over her sleeping infant; and of course, the ever-present sounds of screams, groans and cries that would reverberate through the house at night.

Today the house has been renovated again and serves as luxury apartments.

[amoebaandray]

There is a face in the window #DelphineLalaurie #neworleans #4realz #ghost #spooky