April 2010. The Alabama Paranormal Research Team made a trip to Perhaps one of the south's most haunted
cities; New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for it's great marshes and back waters, swamps and Cyprus trees, this
legendary location holds more 300 years of ghost stories and legends. During our stay in New Orleans we meet a
great many folks and were treated to some great hospitality. The people of New Orleans are a strong and proud
bunch and though devastated by weather in last few years the city still strives under the lights of Bourbon Street and
within the walls of the French Quarter. An abundance of life buzzes from sun up till sun down. We were treated to the
Reverend Zombie's Haunted Tour's. I gave this tour four stars for it's informative flare and our tour guide was eager
to answer questions and friendly. We brought along with us our English counterpart; Nicola Hampsey who made her
way all the way from England to accompany us on our trip to New Orleans.
While there we were sure to track down the LaLaurie House located on Royal Street were an awful atrocity took
place. In the early 1800's the Doctor and Mrs. LaLaurie who were of such a high class in New Orleans they owned
more slaves then any other plantation. They threw lavish and expensive parties and anybody who was somebody
would have been there. One afternoon a young slave girl seemingly through herself from the upstairs balcony for no
apparent reason. Legend has it that The LaLaurie's were not the kind and caring folks they wanted people to think
they were and the cruel Misses had whipped the young child until she did throw herself from the balcony. Rumor has
it the little slave girl was combing Mrs. LaLaurie's hair and caught a knot. Mrs. LaLaurie grabbed a near by whip and
whipped the child onto the outside balcony. The child turned into panic and she jumped to her death over the
carriage house in the back. Killing her instantly! On another evening in the midst of a grand ball a fire mysteriously
broke out in the kitchen. Upon inspection an elderly slave woman was found chained to the to stove. She had set the
fire purposely and told authorities that death was better then the tortured that had been inflicted on her and her fellow
house hands.
This lead authorities to investigate further the claims of abuse and what they found would turn even the hardest of
men white with fear. A large wall in a back room of the house was bricked up in a strange sort of fashion and so the
authorities tore it down only to find human being in such a horrible state I've barely the words to describe it. The
house slaves had become human science experiments. You see Doctor LaLaurie being the educated man he was
thought himself a smart man to use his slaves as subjects in experiments like limb amputation and skin regeneration
even attempting a sex change operation seriously mutilated one young woman. Death and decay covered the dark
room and every corner turned uncovered another mutilated or sick body. Men, woman, and children tortured and
abused in the worst way imaginable. One girl had all her limbs broken and was then placed in a small box were she
was kept until her limbs healed in such a way, that she was severely deformed. Earning her the name the "crab girl"
Nearly all the scarcely living people who were rescued from the LaLaurie nightmare, died shortly after their rescues
and the LaLaurie's fled the country never to be seen or heard from again after a brief trial were Doctor and Mrs.
LaLaurie were not but fined for there horrible deeds.
Soon after the local magistrate ordered guards to watch the LaLaurie home for fear that someone would burn it
down. Strange sounds of moaning and rattling chains still beckoned the night winds. Scratching and hissing sounds
came from what seemed like a now quit home. Armed guards would whisper to each other the stories of hearing the
slaves ghost in the house. After several years of the LaLaurie mansion sitting empty the strange stories of the slave
girls ghost jumping from the carriage house seemed to disappear and the ominous tales of torture all but were
forgotten. In the early 1950's the house was up for sale and at quite a bargain. An eager buyer bought it and started
renovations on it almost immediately. Soon after the strange phenomenon that plagued the house before seemed to
be happening all over again. Moaning, weeping, screams, scratches all came from the house. Dark Shadows moved
about the dimly lite halls and a few work men had reportedly quit do to the ghostly activity. It wasn't long before the
new owner found himself doing all the work. One evening he was pulling up some old floor boards when he bumped
into something rather strange. A small bit of clothing found under the floor. As he pulled on the linen he found it was
still attached to a human skeleton and nearly 19 others, buried under his floor boards. Realizing now that the old
stories of the scratches and moans were not just ghost stories but the whales and desperate cries were of those
innocent men and woman whom were buried under the floor and never found until now.
This so unnerved the man that he committed himself to a psychiatric ward. Which in the early 1950's wasn't were
anyone would chose to be. Living out his days until his death.
Nicholas Cage who is notorious for collected haunted houses owned the mansion for some time....however it's
reported while he loved the old place and it's location in New Orleans. He too could not bring himself to deal with the
haints of the LaLaurie Mansion.
cities; New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for it's great marshes and back waters, swamps and Cyprus trees, this
legendary location holds more 300 years of ghost stories and legends. During our stay in New Orleans we meet a
great many folks and were treated to some great hospitality. The people of New Orleans are a strong and proud
bunch and though devastated by weather in last few years the city still strives under the lights of Bourbon Street and
within the walls of the French Quarter. An abundance of life buzzes from sun up till sun down. We were treated to the
Reverend Zombie's Haunted Tour's. I gave this tour four stars for it's informative flare and our tour guide was eager
to answer questions and friendly. We brought along with us our English counterpart; Nicola Hampsey who made her
way all the way from England to accompany us on our trip to New Orleans.
While there we were sure to track down the LaLaurie House located on Royal Street were an awful atrocity took
place. In the early 1800's the Doctor and Mrs. LaLaurie who were of such a high class in New Orleans they owned
more slaves then any other plantation. They threw lavish and expensive parties and anybody who was somebody
would have been there. One afternoon a young slave girl seemingly through herself from the upstairs balcony for no
apparent reason. Legend has it that The LaLaurie's were not the kind and caring folks they wanted people to think
they were and the cruel Misses had whipped the young child until she did throw herself from the balcony. Rumor has
it the little slave girl was combing Mrs. LaLaurie's hair and caught a knot. Mrs. LaLaurie grabbed a near by whip and
whipped the child onto the outside balcony. The child turned into panic and she jumped to her death over the
carriage house in the back. Killing her instantly! On another evening in the midst of a grand ball a fire mysteriously
broke out in the kitchen. Upon inspection an elderly slave woman was found chained to the to stove. She had set the
fire purposely and told authorities that death was better then the tortured that had been inflicted on her and her fellow
house hands.
This lead authorities to investigate further the claims of abuse and what they found would turn even the hardest of
men white with fear. A large wall in a back room of the house was bricked up in a strange sort of fashion and so the
authorities tore it down only to find human being in such a horrible state I've barely the words to describe it. The
house slaves had become human science experiments. You see Doctor LaLaurie being the educated man he was
thought himself a smart man to use his slaves as subjects in experiments like limb amputation and skin regeneration
even attempting a sex change operation seriously mutilated one young woman. Death and decay covered the dark
room and every corner turned uncovered another mutilated or sick body. Men, woman, and children tortured and
abused in the worst way imaginable. One girl had all her limbs broken and was then placed in a small box were she
was kept until her limbs healed in such a way, that she was severely deformed. Earning her the name the "crab girl"
Nearly all the scarcely living people who were rescued from the LaLaurie nightmare, died shortly after their rescues
and the LaLaurie's fled the country never to be seen or heard from again after a brief trial were Doctor and Mrs.
LaLaurie were not but fined for there horrible deeds.
Soon after the local magistrate ordered guards to watch the LaLaurie home for fear that someone would burn it
down. Strange sounds of moaning and rattling chains still beckoned the night winds. Scratching and hissing sounds
came from what seemed like a now quit home. Armed guards would whisper to each other the stories of hearing the
slaves ghost in the house. After several years of the LaLaurie mansion sitting empty the strange stories of the slave
girls ghost jumping from the carriage house seemed to disappear and the ominous tales of torture all but were
forgotten. In the early 1950's the house was up for sale and at quite a bargain. An eager buyer bought it and started
renovations on it almost immediately. Soon after the strange phenomenon that plagued the house before seemed to
be happening all over again. Moaning, weeping, screams, scratches all came from the house. Dark Shadows moved
about the dimly lite halls and a few work men had reportedly quit do to the ghostly activity. It wasn't long before the
new owner found himself doing all the work. One evening he was pulling up some old floor boards when he bumped
into something rather strange. A small bit of clothing found under the floor. As he pulled on the linen he found it was
still attached to a human skeleton and nearly 19 others, buried under his floor boards. Realizing now that the old
stories of the scratches and moans were not just ghost stories but the whales and desperate cries were of those
innocent men and woman whom were buried under the floor and never found until now.
This so unnerved the man that he committed himself to a psychiatric ward. Which in the early 1950's wasn't were
anyone would chose to be. Living out his days until his death.
Nicholas Cage who is notorious for collected haunted houses owned the mansion for some time....however it's
reported while he loved the old place and it's location in New Orleans. He too could not bring himself to deal with the
haints of the LaLaurie Mansion.
LaLaurie House
New Orleans, LA.
April 2011
New Orleans, LA.
April 2011
