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It is reported that the horrific activities taking place in the attic were discovered in April of 1834 by firefighters after the house had caught fire (similar to the discovery of serial killer H. H. Holmes ' torture chambers in Chicago ). What the firefighters discovered was more than a dozen slaves, all near death or dead, some mutilated, strapped to makeshift operation tables or placed in animal cages. Amputated body parts were kept in open buckets, along with decapitated heads, and some slaves had had their bones broken only to be reset at odd angles to "heal." Word quickly spread of the atrocities in the LaLaurie mansion and an angry mob gathered outside of the house, with intentions to lynch her and her husband (her crimes apparently so appalling that the race of her victims didn't matter even to her Southern White neighbors). Delphine and her husband fled the house in a carriage and were never seen or heard from again. Stories vary in regard to what ultimately became of them, but none are substantiated. (It is most often suggested in 1837 she was gored to death by a wild boar she was hunting in a foreign country. This is an unconfirmed account, however, and might be a product of trying to end her life with a modicum of poetic justice after her horrific actions). AFTERMATH LaLaurie Mansion has since garnered a reputation as a Haunted House , with tales of it having been featured on such television programs as Unsolved Mysteries and the History Channel 's Haunted History . The mansion is now home to luxury apartments. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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