Madame Delphine LaLaurie was considered one of New Orleans' most respected socialites — hosting lavish parties and, in public, treating her enslaved staff with apparent kindness. But behind the doors of her Royal Street mansion, a horrifying truth was hidden.
When a fire broke out in April 1834, neighbours and firefighters rushed in to help, what they found in a locked attic room shocked the city to its core. Bodies, mutilation, and enslaved people beaten and restrained, close to death.
In this episode, we separate rumour from reality and look at the woman many consider America's first female serial killer.
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