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 Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:49 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie - All this stuff came from here.
Although she would throw lavish parties with guest lists consisting of some of the most prominent people in the city, the heinous manner in which Delphine Lalaurie tortured her slaves is probably the most widely known of the French Quarter’s macabre tales.
According to one tale, a young slave girl had been brushing Mme. LaLaurie's hair in the upstairs bedroom. The young servant hit a snag in Delphine's hair, causing LaLaurie to become enraged. Mme. LaLaurie whipped the twelve year old slave girl, who tried to escape but fell off a balcony overlooking the courtyard, ending her life. The girl was quickly brought into the LaLaurie Mansion, but not before being observed by neighbors, who would file a complaint. The neighbors would later assert that the young girl was carried into the courtyard late that night, and buried inside the well.
The legal situation was handled by Judge Jean Francois Canonge, a friend of the Lalauries, who had visited the house on a previous occasion concerning the welfare of the LaLaurie servants. The LaLauries' slaves were confiscated to be auctioned off, and the LaLauries fined a mere $300. Some of the LaLaurie relatives arranged to buy the slaves back and quickly returned them to her.
On April 10, 1834, during another party, a fire broke out in the kitchen of the mansion. The firemen entered the building through the courtyard. To their surprise, there were two slaves chained to the stove in the kitchen. It appeared as though the slaves had set the fire themselves in order to attract attention.
However, the biggest surprise was to be found in the attic, where the fire brigade was directed by the other slaves. The door was bolted, and the fire brigade had to use a battering ram to open the door. What they found would make their stomachs wrench; inside the crawlspace attic was the stench of death. According to contemporary accounts, over a dozen disfigured and maimed slaves were manacled to the walls or floor. Several had been the subject of gruesome medical experiments.
The exact details are unclear; owing to the horrific nature of the crime, many details were either swept under the rug or embellished. One man looked as though he had been victim of some bizarre makeshift sex change. Another one had a hole in his head with where a stick had been inserted to "stir his brains". A woman, was trapped inside a small cage, where her arms and legs had been badly broken and then reset at odd angles, making her appear as some sort of "human crab." Another woman had her arms and legs removed and patches of her flesh had been sliced off in a circular motion to make her appear as a giant caterpillar. Some had their mouths sewn shut and had then starved to death. Others had their hands sewn to different parts of their bodies. One woman had her entrails pulled out of her stomach and was secured to the floor by her own intestines. A small boy of about twelve had the flesh on half of his face peeled back, revealing muscle, veins, and so forth. The wound had since been infested with disease and insects. Most of the victims were found dead. Those who were still alive, begged to be put out of their misery and died shortly after.
Also discovered in the attic were teacups and saucers, encrusted with a "red substance." However, there were several bottles lying about with what's assumed to be the same red substance. The substance in the bottles was later identified as blood.
The discoveries were reported and described in the papers the next day, and a mob gathered outside of the LaLaurie Mansion, demanding justice of the LaLauries, but not before Delphine escaped by horse and carriage. It is said that when the mob rushed after the carriage, they heard screams from the house. They thought the screams came from ghosts, which led to the rumors of the haunted house. In reality, these screams may have came from the 75 people whose skeletons where found during a renovation over a hundred years later.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:20 pm
I remember that story. My friend was told by her grandmother of Delphine LaLaurie.
I heard another rumor about the part of the young slave girl fixing her hair.
Apparently, while the girl was cutting her hair, she accidentally cut too much.
LaLaurie got so mad, she killed the slave girl with the scissors the girl used to cut her hair. When she felt the blood on her skin, she felt more. . . younger than before. So she started bathing in virgin's blood. Or is that-that queen in Europe? I can never remember which.
Also,
Wasn't Stay Alive based around her legend?
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:02 am
__X__Naomi__X__ I remember that story. My friend was told by her grandmother of Delphine LaLaurie.
I heard another rumor about the part of the young slave girl fixing her hair.
Apparently, while the girl was cutting her hair, she accidentally cut too much.
LaLaurie got so mad, she killed the slave girl with the scissors the girl used to cut her hair. When she felt the blood on her skin, she felt more. . . younger than before. So she started bathing in virgin's blood. Or is that-that queen in Europe? I can never remember which.
Also,
Wasn't Stay Alive based around her legend? Well the ghost killer in Stay Alive was Elizabeth Bathory, who was a real serial killer in the 17th century. Only she lived in Hungary, not New Orleans. I think the creators of the movie used her name but based the killings more on Delphine LaLaurie.
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:54 pm
I remember hearing something about her before, but I don't know where...
Anyways, the prospect of being chained in an attic and having a really bad sex change done is just... creepy.
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:10 am
*Masters of Horror*
Mr. Stalin, that is perhaps the least creepy of all the things mentioned.
Anyway, I've also heard this before but can't remember where. Odd. But good story.
*is the best guild evar*
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:21 pm
Touche, but just the concept of having your bits ripped off and replaced with the other genders bits back in those days just isn't that nice.
But yeah, he human caterpillar thing is a bit unusual, to say the least.
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:10 am
The entire story on a whole disturbed me. It really makes you wonder why people would do that to some one.
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:46 pm
Is it wrong for me to love this? xD
@ thezombie; It makes me wonder how many people still do stuff like this. o:
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:28 pm
squidcakes
Is it wrong for me to love this? xD
@ thezombie; It makes me wonder how many people still do stuff like this. o:
I read in the newspaper awhile back about this guy in either Austria or Germany that trapped his duaghter under their house for years. I'll try to find ther story.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:32 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:55 pm
That's sexual crimes, though, not murder & torture.
Fritzl is, like, an icon on a certain site I visit, so I do know about it, but it is a good comparison. o:
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:57 pm
Some people (like me) would consider something like being locked under your house for 24 years and being raped by your own father worse than torture.
And thank you, the story kind of made me think of that.
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:59 pm
My mom told me about that a little while ago,
but she said that it happened in China.
o.o
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