Madame Lalaurie resided at 1140 Rue Royale. On April 10, 1834 as fire swept thru the mansion Madame Lalaurie fled the scene leaving trails of speculations and a legend that still flames today! Fact or Fiction?
As a famous notorious figure of New Orleans nineteenth century, Madame Lalaurie makes one wonder how her life really unfolded. Was she really that cruel to her servants? Who haunts the mansion? Did she leave the area and go to France? Was she secretly brought back to New Orleans and buried in St. Louis #1 Cemetery? Maybe, maybe not!!!
People say 1140 Royal St. is considered the most haunted house in the French Quarter....the mansion has been restored many times over, only adding layers of fact or fiction! But don't take their word on it...just walk by yourself and feel the history....you decide!!!
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"....from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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