The Lalaurie Mansion gets its name from a prominent couple who first purchased the home in 1831, Madame Delphine Macarty Lalaurie—born into a wealthy family of planters and merchants—and her ...

The mansion's chilling past can be traced back ... Many claim to have seen the apparition of Madame Lalaurie herself, her ghostly form gliding through the halls or peering from the windows.