The Sinister Sisters are covering a prominent New Orleans socialite whose parties would have surely made it into Lady Whistledown’s booklets but whose actions made everyone loathe her entirely. Madame LaLaurie isn’t just a dumpster fire. She’s the whole trash heap dump on fire. In today’s group episode, Erin covers the legend of the evil Madame LaLaurie and the chilling stories of the brutal torture her slaves were subjected to. Sarah dives into New Orleans history to see if the accounts of Delphine’s horrible deeds are true or if they were exaggerated over the years. Morgan ends with a look into the history of the mansion, the paranormal happenings people have experienced, and whether any curses befell those who owned the property. You may need to pause for vom for this one folks!
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If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used:
Erin’s sources: (https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/the-louisiana-slaveowner-who-even-appalled-other-slaveowners/90051/);(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie);(https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-lalaurie);(https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/madame-lalaurie/);(https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson);(https://historyofyesterday.com/slaveowner-madame-lalaurie-tortured-and-killed-her-slaves-for-fun-231571ba1f7f);(https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en/article/3b7x53/a-portrait-of-cruelty-madame-marie-delphine-lalaurie-982);
Morgan’s sources:(https://youtu.be/7wvX-_L9Nkk);(https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/); (https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans-most-haunted-home);(https://nolaghosts.com/lalaurie-mansion/)
