The home’s legend begins with Delphine Macarty Lalaurie, who bought the property ... local newspapers and eyewitness accounts reported, a fire at the house revealed starved, tortured and chained ...

The Lalaurie Mansion gets its name from a prominent couple who first purchased the home in 1831, Madame Delphine ... House" by Carolyn Morrow Long. But it all went downhill after a fire in 1834 ...