A rare beauty and New Orleans socialite, Delphine, from the outside, was the perfect picture of Creole aristocracy. A gracious hostess, a wife and mother, a wealthy landowner kind to her slaves...except...she wasn't. Instead, behind closed doors, she was a monster. But the folklore around her has blurred the actual history? What's the true story of the Widow Blanque?
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**correction: Nicholas Cage built a giant pyramid tomb for himself, not to LaLaurie, but it still annoyed the crud out of New Orleans residents lol
Sources:
https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/coven-untrue-american-horror-story/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/delphine-lalaurie/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkIYB2djYI&t=1301s
https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-lalaurie only as an example of the misinformation
