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 …

Marie Delphine LaLaurie (née Macarty or Maccarthy, c. 1775 – c. 1842), more commonly known as Madame LaLaurie, was a Louisiana-born socialite, and serial killer known for her involvement in the torture and murder of black slaves.

2017年2月28日 · The rich aristocrat Madame LaLaurie murdered and tortured slaves with iron collars and brutal beatings in the attic of her New Orleans home in the 1800s.

2024年8月11日 · In April 1834, a fire broke out at the New Orleans mansion owned by socialite Madame LaLaurie and her husband. Locals rushed to help — and discovered shocking proof of her deranged depravity.

2009年11月13日 · On April 10, 1834, a fire at the LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana, leads to the discovery of a torture chamber where enslaved workers are routinely brutalized by Delphine LaLaurie....

In April 1834, a fire broke out at the LaLaurie residence 1140 Royal Street that shattered the illusion forever. Rescuers brought out the bodies of seven starved and tortured slaves from an attic above the kitchen. The extent of the cruelty ignited the local’s fury.

2025年2月4日 · The LaLaurie mansion also held victims of Dr. Louis LaLaurie’s awful medical experiments. One person had been turned into a human “caterpillar” by removing limbs and skin, while others suffered crude sex change operations.

2015年3月24日 · What the interlopers had found was the torture chamber of Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie, consistently ranked as one of the most infamous serial killers in the world—right up there with the...

Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a wealthy woman of New Orleans, is most famous for the torture and murder of her slaves. LaLaurie was born around 1775 after her family moved from Ireland to New Orleans. She married in 1800 to a Spanish officer and in 1804 they went to Spain. LaLaurie gave birth to a daughter, Marie, en-route.

2013年10月19日 · Driven to suicide by LaLaurie’s abuse, the 70-year-old cook (who was emaciated, despite being chained to the stove) set fire to the mansion on April 10, 1834. As the flames spread, a crowd...