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Madame Lularie Research Paper

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Michele Johnson Mrs. Kemp 21 Century Media November 30, 2015 Madame Lalaurie’s House of Horror The house located on 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans is known as the Lalaurie House. This house is infamously known because of what Madame Delphine Lalaurie did in the attic. After a house fire, it was discovered that she was keeping slaves in her attic and torturing them to death. Today, the house is considered to be one of the most haunted places in New Orleans and Madame Lalaurie is considered to be one of the most infamous serial killers in history. Before the fire, Madame Lalaurie seemed to have a fairly normal life. She was born Marie Delphine, daughter of Louis Barthelemy Chevalier de Maccarthy. She was first married to Don Ramon de López

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