Lalaurie Mansion
Lalaurie Mansion
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Considered one of the most haunted locations in the French Quarter, a peak at this historic mansion (circa 1832) will send chills up and down your spine.
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Neighborhood: French Quarter
A small and teeming network of laissez-faire living lounged out on the balmy banks of the Mighty Mississippi, the French Quarter has long been a port of call for folks in search of a good time and a great story. Perpetually inebriated Bourbon Street runs across its midriff like a strand of cheap ribbon tied around an otherwise rather pretty and impressively well-kept vintage dress. Throughout the rest of the Quarter, brightly colored Victorian homes and businesses, famously done up with wrought-iron features, provide a distinct and immediately recognizable backdrop for all varieties of fun. At any given moment in this historic riverside setting, some of America’s finest meals are being cooked, most potent cocktails are being mixed, and most engaging music is being performed.
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Biff L
Winnipeg, Canada97 contributions
Oct 2022 • Friends
We were on a ghost tour and they never came by this place so we had to see it for ourselves. Of course, we had read the stories of Delphine Lalaurie so we didn't need a tour. I liked how they dressed up the old place for Halloween because there'd be not much to see, otherwise.
Written October 23, 2022
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melissa H
42 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
Not something you can see inside of but definitely worth the stop given the history. Some tours told parts of the history. Really interesting to see how the story has evolved over time especially after AHS.
Written December 28, 2023
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Gabe T
Washington DC, DC198 contributions
Sep 2014 • Friends
Good to know this spot if you're walking the Quarter and want to point it out. If you're stopping here from an interest in American Horror Story: Coven, yes, this is the actual Lalaurie mansion. If you're looking for the fictionalized Lalaurie mansion from Coven, you'll want to visit the Gallier House on Royal Street and the Hermann-Grima House on Saint Louis Street. Note that you can't go inside the actual Lalaurie Mansion-- no tours are offered.
Written November 3, 2014
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Jpardina
Barbastro, Spain2 contributions
The Lalaurie Mansion will send chills down your spine just looking at it. After hearing the horrific things that took place in the famous mansion I was horrified. The tour i went on was no less than spooky and suspenseful. It was a great taste of history to get one into the right mood walking through the french quarter. I highly recomend going on a tour of any kind that will show and explain the Lalaurie mansion in great detail.
Written April 7, 2003
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EthnicFan
Wellington, FL13 contributions
Oct 2013
A prior owner of the LaLaurie mansion was my boss a few years back. I worked for him several years after he'd already sold it to Nicholas Cage. I asked him if he'd ever experienced anything unusual there. He laughed and said no, nothing at all. He told me how he'd loved to sit on the balcony with a glass of wine and watch the world walking by down below. For a while he ran his investment business out of the ground floor. I spoke to employees who had worked there and they too never experienced anything unusual. The strangest thing for them was watching the crazies trying to peer in through the windows to see some imagined horror. People are funny. Beautiful old house, by the way.
Written August 22, 2014
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the feeling of this place can't even be explained. you have to feel it , seeing it isn't even enough. if you have a chance to bribe anyone to let you into the attic do it. But proceed with caution. there are alot of people that have not left and they seem to be almost stuck up there. I here thats the place Lalaurie tortured all thos people. the feel of pain, despair and anguish is still there. Don't stay long though it really suck you in. The main problem is youre not really able to tour the whole place. unless you break a few rules. Bottom line "hell house".
Written July 19, 2001
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JasonJessica D
Ankeny, IA48 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
So, the picture is about all you can see of this place, as it is not open to the public, but if you know the history of the LaLaurie Mansion, that will be enough. This is a short walk from anywhere in the French Quarter, and it is probably cooler to visit during the night.
Written July 17, 2018
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Nishawhite25
Gatlinburg, TN22 contributions
Jun 2017 • Couples
This house is not set up as a tourist attraction and you are not allowed inside. It's merely a mansion on a corner. I felt negative energy but honestly I think it was more so because I knew that my ancestors once were tortured and suffered tremendously only feet from where I was standing as a free African American woman. It was a humbling experience for me.
Written June 14, 2017
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78marilynl
Atlanta, GA180 contributions
Nov 2012 • Friends
My husband and I participated in a ghost tour about 5 years ago. The guide told everyone to take lots of pictures as about 85% of people say they see something in the pictures when they get home. At the time, one of the windows on the third floor was boarded up. When we got back to the hotel, there was an orb on the board. Both of us did not see anything unusual when we took the picture. When we got home, I took the memory card to CVS to develop the pictures. All of them developed except for the pictures I took of LaLaurie. Those were pure black.
Written October 11, 2013
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justtagalong
New Orleans, LA74 contributions
I am a native of NOLA & lived in a 3rd floor efficiency apt. in this house in 1969-70. I placed my bed backwards with the foot at the base of one of those floor-to-ceiling arched windows so i could see the moon & stars all night. Tourist cannot go inside. You must know the creepy horror true story of the place for it to have any meaning. One of the stories is about a little slave girl who jumped from a small balcony into the courtyard 3 stories below rather than to be beaten by Madame Lalaurie. Go to TripAdvisor's Lalaurie Mansion page & view the photos - the small left-hand one being 1st. Go to the 14th photo. At street level you'll see the large double carrage-way doors that lead to the patio. There are holiday lights on the 2nd floor banister. On the 3nd floor you'll see a single arched window on a narrow wall. If you look just to the left of that wall, the roof is lower & white. In the photo the holiday lights cross diagonally there & just below them you can just make out the bars of the banister of the tiny balcony from where the slave girl jumped. That single window was mine & my front door was at that small balcony. Although I lived there a year & visited the attic (another part of the ghoulish story) I never did see or hear any of the reported ghost. I hope that doesn't spoil it for you.
Written August 20, 2012
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Will be in New Orleans in a few weeks; what tour do you recommend and why that includes this house?
Written September 8, 2019
The "New Orleans Ghost, Voodoo, and Vampire Night time Walking Tour" covers all your important spots in the French Quarter and covers Lalaurie Mansion nicely! Call (855) 226-9624 to book.
Written September 9, 2019
You cannot tour the house because it is a private residence owned and lived in by the current owners. You can go on French Quarter tours that go by the house and is talked about. The best tour of the Quarter is given by the Friends Of the Cabildo. You get your tickets at the Cabildo in Jackson Square. Go on line to check availability and times.
Written March 28, 2017
The original LaLaurie mansion burnt down after she left, the house on site is a replacement.
Written April 24, 2016
The house is privately owned & is being used as a residence. No tours are available except for the ghost tours on the sidewalk outside which tell stories about slave girls walking on the third floor roof and jumping to their death which would be creepy if in fact the house was only a two story abode in Mdme. Lalaurie's time
Written April 24, 2017
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