In this episode of the Macabre Traveler, Jen and Kristin cover the infamous LaLaurie Mansion and the notorious Madame Delphine LaLaurie (as well as her numerous, confusingly named children — for real, don’t name your children the same names. It’s weird).

Suspicious deaths. Enslaved people locked away and possibly… experimented upon? Crab people? A human caterpillar? Brain spoons?

This story is cloaked in mystery and legend and all kinds of delicious weirdness… but what’s truth, and what’s good old-fashioned scary stories?

Listen and find out.

Sources

Madame LaLaurie’s Most Sickening Acts Of Torture And Murder from All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-lalaurie

The LaLaurie Mansion from New Orleans Historical

https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1492

A torture chamber is uncovered by arson from History.com

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson

The LaLaurie Mansion listing from Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lalaurie-mansion

The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion from Ghost City Tours

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/