LaLaurie Mansion - Horrors
In April of 1834 a fire broke out in the Lalaurie kitchen, it was started by the cook, who could endure no more of the Madame's tortures. The fire was not large but the cook chained to the stove suffered severe burns. When the fire service arrived she told them about her mistreatment and of the torture to the other slaves by the Madame Lalaurie.
The fire fighters made a grisly discovery a behind a secret, barred door in the attic. They found more than a dozen slaves here, chained to the wall in terrible conditions. There were both male and female slaves some were strapped to makeshift operating tables, some were confined in cages, and human body parts were scattered about. Decapitated heads and human organs had been placed in buckets and a collection of whips and paddles were found.
According to the newspaper, the New Orleans Bee, some of the women had their stomachs sliced open and their insides wrapped about their waists. One woman had her mouth stuffed with animal excrement and then her lips were sewn shut. The men were in even more horrible states. Fingernails had been ripped off, eyes poked out, and private parts sliced away. One man hung in shackles with a stick protruding from a hole that had been drilled in the top of his head. It had been used to "stir" his brains.
There were a few who still clung to life, a woman whose arms and legs had been hacked off, another who had been forced into a tiny cage with all of her limbs broken than set again at odd angles.The fire fighters fled the scene in disgust and doctors were summoned from a nearby hospital.
Even though the Lalaurie's were caught red handed the police did not immediately arrest the pair because of their high society friends. Fury swept through New Orleans and a mob gathered outside the house, calling for vengeance and carrying hanging ropes.
Suddenly, a carriage roared out of the gates and into the milling crowd. It soon disappeared out of sight. Madame Lalaurie and her family were never seen again, alive anyway. Some reports suggest that Madame Lalaurie and her husband murdered up to 100 slaves during their time at the house. It is not known for sure what happened to the couple.
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