What: Lalaurie Mansion
Where: 1140 Royal St.
The story: The history of the Lalaurie Mansion is gruesome to say the least. Delphine Lalaurie used to purchase and torture her slaves in this house, and after a fire broke out one night, police searched the house and found them all. Many slaves had been trapped in the attic and were found so severely mutilated that even those who were alive at the time didn't survive long. Delphine Lalaurie and her family fled the country, but the house remains haunted and mostly uninhabited. It has changed hands many, many times over the years, but no one stays long due to the complaints of spirits still inside the house as well as a belief that getting too close will leave you cursed.
