Do the graphic nature of this killers crimes listener discretion is advised this episode and discussions of slavery, torture and suicidal ideation. Consider Thus, when deciding how and when you listen to get help on mental health, and suicide visit, spotify dot, TK slash resources for most of her life. Madame Delphin lollo ree was one of new orleans, most dignified citizens, but that changed in eighteen, thirty, four, when a fire revealed a hidden room in her mansion, where she'd, tortured and killed. Her slaved workers room was about what happened in that room ranged from scientific experiments to dark lewd Magic, even today, it claim to hear the chains of the occurs to victims. Doing in the attic, but every

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interested in saving the slave quarters or its inhabitants. That's because she was protecting a secret but despite her efforts, the truth was about to come out as the smokes thickened judge. France, while cannon J sent mended the attic to investigate within many, they re emerged carrying seven enslaved workers, the victims could barely breathe, let alone walk and some had Open wounds and horrid scars? Some others on onlookers, couldn't bear to look at them for those that could was clear to see these, people had suffered more than just a fire Though the city allowed slavery, there were laws against cruelty toward enslaved workers, so the sight of victims horrified new orleans would it have to these enslaved workers and, more importantly, who had done it?

As the crowds shock turned to fury, Delphin barricaded herself inside the main house. She was terrified that the outraged mob would break in and lynch her she'd spent her life scared of an enslaved uprising against her. She never thought it would be her free countryman coming for her head outside the mansion, the crowd grew and the rumours spread. Some whispers repeated. What they'd heard about delphinus previous crimes against her enslaved workers, others at what foul torture. She might have done that the seven victims rescued from the fire very quick,

the every one outside the mansion had a take on what happened in a lorry attic and whatever was set of the mistress the mob believed. So it's here that the legend of Delphin Lollo red truly began and since then that legend has only grown and evolved. The What is the myth of delphin lorry based on only a few people, actually work inside the infamous attic that night, but over the past two hundred years, Here's the scene has grown more graphic with every retelling in nineteen. Forty six authors, jacques de Lavinia road in her book go stories of old new orleans, the men smashed the carriage door saw powerful male slaves stark naked. Chained to the wall, their eyes gouged out their fingernails pulled off by the roots.

their lips so together their tongues draw. Out and so to their chins said. hands stitched to bellies legs pulled joint from joint, The Lavinia went on to describe horrific, tortures, including victims, slowly eaten by ants and others with hope, drilled into the sculls, so their brains could be stirred other twentieth entry? Authors accused the lawlor of conducting bizarre medical experiments on their victims. The stories gold They tried to transfer sexual organs between men and women and that they try, resetting bones to form a human crab. It was the stuff of nightmares these twentieth century stories paint a chilling portrait of delphine perverse outlandish monstrous But credible historians tell us that most of these accounts are totally made up,

there were no ants, no selling of limbs, no stirring of brains the Lavinia and many other writers saw the mystery of the attic as a perfect jumping off point, to add their own gruesome twist to embellish and heightened or of it all. Knowing now it can shift our understanding of delphin story. But before we continue with delphin psychology, please keep in mind that I'm not a licence ikea, tryst or psychologist, but we have done a lot of reach search for the show from us First stephen t, asthma explains that one defining feature of a monster is it: it doesn't fallen. To one simple category it see impure to us, because it combines characteristics from different creatures or has one important part lacking. This makes the monster both terrifying and disgusting. The perfect formula for horror further reason delphin makes the perfect monster the more disgusting her crime

the more they scrape against her demure personality, terrifying us even further. while that spawns great fiction, it makes studying her a difficult task of untangling the myths behind them They grew out of the fire. Who really was this mistress of evil to understand the real Madame la lorry. We have to find the facts and not me. He's going back to the day of the fire sorting through the accounts of the who were there and deciding who was telling the truth to start us off. The most reliable account we have is from judge conjure. He witnessed The events at the lorry mansion first hand and me immediately after the fire. He gave his sworn statement to authorities, making it the first record of what happened. The judge said that he volunteers broke into the attic and found two enslaved women wearing heavy chains.

He saw, another old woman chained to a bed with a deep wound on her head when he confront doktor lollo re about the attic, the doktor replied, scornfully, that judge, should mind his own business. So what can we take away from? This story is clear that the victims were chained up and that the lollo rees kept the room secret even as the fire spread, but that's basically it we they see three of the seven victims and just conjure offers no theories as to what happened to them. It's likely he didn't want to add details. He didn't witness first hand, however, the press picked up the story from where he left off. There were three new papers who reported on the story: the louisiana courier, the new orleans be and the law Deanna advertiser their report. In the days after the fire helps give us an idea of the kinds of things people in the city were saying about

The lorry mansion most of this reporting, comes from eyewitness accounts of the fire or from the editor themselves by looking at places, these stories overlapped. We can make educated guesses about what was true and what was probably not the courier broke the story. First the same day as the fire. There afternoon addition carried a description of the victims. Their bodies were cut with scars and loaded with chains the be described. The attic reporting that the seven prisoners were quote. Suspended by the neck, with their limbs, stretched and torn from one extremity to the other, the he went on to say the victims had been changed for several months with little food and that Elderly enslaved woman set the fire in a suicidal attempt to end her torture. Other newspapers later claimed that the enslaved cook set the fire

because none of the victims were named, it's difficult to say, the elderly, women and the cook are the same person, the courier described a man with a large caught in his head. They said his condition was quote so horrible that we could scarce. Look upon him. He had a large hole in his head. His body from head to foot was covered with scars and filled with worms Other bystanders reported seeing worms and maggots on the victims, so it seems likely that this war an accurate description. not only is this horrifying, but it should, where the idea of the ants eating people alive and sticks poked through hole. in the skull might have started. However, that Wasn't the last horrific detail to emerge from a lorry fire the day after the blaze, the be reported that quote pincers were applied to the victims to make them suffer all manners of torture. I

collars with sharpened points and a number of other instruments for punishment impossible to describe this. Article was backed up by bystanders, who confirmed that they saw instruments of torture at the house. This wasn't it seen from a typical plantation. It was something straight out of the spanish inquisition, but does, It is some of this level fit someone like Delphin, who came from a more genteel background. It may not be as unlikely as you think, nineteen. Ninety nine study by social psychologist, Roy baumeister and william Keith Campbell found three and were sadist performing violent acts, the first to either pleasure from others suffering or escape from boredom don't seem to line up with delphinus personality, but the third reason might splain her actions thou my story,

campbell point out that sadistic acts can be a response to a threatened ego and this man explain delphinus actions. We know she was having fights with her husband, at least one of which turned violent and caused her to file separation. Remember delphin spent her life struggling control in her marriages. Her independence was likely tied up in her ego, perhaps her, husband, stirred up feelings of insecurity, and she decides to take out her issues on her enslaved workers. But even if we can pin point cause Delphin sadistic behaviour is still difficult to work out where it begins and ends frustrate. really. This is made more difficult by conflicting newspaper accounts from after the fire on April, fourteenth, we see an advertiser reported that one of the seven victims had died

and that a number of bodies had been discovered buried in a lorry garden, including that of a year child, but only a day later, the be called out? The advertiser for publishing falsehoods where J c de san rome insisted that none of the seven victims had died. Nor had any bodies been found. The thing is: according researcher Carolyn moral, long, the to editors personally disliked each other. So it's difficult to tell if this was a legitimate correction or petty squabbling. So, after all that what are we left with here's? What we know is true, delphinus, victor showed signs of starvation and beatings which had likely lasted for months. Their wounds were allowed to fester and fill with maggots and torture devices were used to prolong their pain. On the other hand,

not sure about whether any of the victims died after being rescued, whether or not the fire was set intentionally and most importantly, whether or not there was a mass grave in the garden. This last one is crucial. If bodies were found in the garden, it confirms that the lorries weren't just mass torturers day were serial killers. It's very possible that death, in tortured many of her enslaved workers to death. We know that twelve died between in eighteen, thirty, one and eighteen thirty, three since only one newspaper reported on this huge discovery were going to able the mass grave as false still there's plenty of corroborate, evidence to establish that Delphin was a cool slaveholder Some historians aren't convinced that this is the whole story and if their right delphin might not be

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they have all the information. Conflicting newspaper reports tell us that the bridge news of the time had a few glaring errors and some scholars, think the misinformation goes beyond that data. You, madam Delphin, was set up before we continue it's important Knowledge that many revisionist, especially throughout the twentieth century, have tried to wrongly downplay or quest in fact of racism and cruelty in america, some of the consumer, See supporting delphin might fall into this category, still its useful to discuss and question to understand why such theories caught on the first theory will look at is one will call the secret saboteur in nineteen thirty four, Journalist. Meeks frost suggested that one man engineer delphinus downfall through a campaign of life, and defamation.

This man was a mysterious neighbour, known only as monsieur le monde, according to fraud, miss you multiply was part of the monti family, another creole, honesty that shared power with del fiends ancestors, the mccarthy's apparently delphinus, cheated him out of a property deal during her climb out of debt and more try wanted his revenge. So this where he goes that he used his family's influence to spread lies about her that might have included the story of. child on the roof top. Where an anonymous neighbors said, Delphin chased a young enslaved child off the roof to their death. Then came the day of the fire. Frost said that on time was one of the only people to actually enter the attic, then he came. Outside eager to tell an exaggerated story about what he had seen. His was the account picked up by the local newspapers, the one that day

dell feeding as a monster, so how much of frost story can we trust. Looking at newspaper accounts, there was one who went into the slaves quarters the day of the fire, most likely bore tellin me more tie the city tax collector the new orleans be, did quote an m mon tie that day, who told us that the Lollo Rees had been committing atrocities four years this land. Some credibility to this theory, but one spar till a memo tie the single force behind delphinus downfall. Was he the neighbour whose, the rumour of the child on the roof top and did he make it up and was all of the bee he's reporting, based on his biased testimony the short answer no to all of it won't They appears to have admitted that he spent years accusing delphin of cruelty toward her enslaved workers, but there was no power

pretty deal that spurred more time to seek revenge no reason to accuse her other than believing she was guilty. Also Monte, didn't the cross from the lawlor rees, but rather down the lane. If someone had seen her chasing a child about the roof. It couldn't have been him that Andy Count of judge can anja thoroughly debunk this theory, which falls. even more when we dig into frosts apparent sources for his story, del fiends, great great grandchildren, in the nineteen twenties and thirties delphinus descendants convinced many new orleans. Journalists to publish articles questioning her guilt, but how This theory gained city wide press with so little evidence to back it up. Well, we can't discount the possibility that racial prejudice is were at play when meeks frost first published this,

Marie, but it might also have had something to do with the legacy of the new orleans creoles in his say. Creoles and americans historian joseph G treble junior points out that by the twentieth century many had cast creole history. All white instead of mixed race. The says. You'll remember from last time is not at all accurate twentieth century creoles wanted to downplay the interracial parts of their history, but also appear less real sister than other americans. It was a tricky balancing act, however, deal bein embodied the myth, they were building for their heritage, a refined, sophisticated and distinctly european aristocrat, it seems her descendants believe Delphin was simply to dignified to be cruel as ill logical. As that sounds, we can see why white creoles embraced this idea as well as the theory.

of the secret saboteur european dig He was the new cornerstone of the creole identity. But if the ultimate example of that delphin lollo ree were a monster. It taint the entire culture. So Maybe that's why the theory gained popularity but were not buying it. There too much evidence in a lorry mention for one person to fabricate that said just because there torture, going on in the attic. That doesn't mean delphi It was the one behind at right, we'll call this second theory, the husband did it and well, as you might have guessed, it suggests that dell fiends young husband. Doktor louie lorry was the real monster in the mansion. The logic is this: any rumours of abuse and delphinus house only started after Louise arrival in eighteen, twenty eight. He all

I had a documented history of violence against Del who accused him of beating her in eighteen, thirty, two. Additionally He was the one who dismissed conjure when the judge asked about the attic Then there are the rumours of medical experiments. Even though many of these were exaggerations published in the twentieth century. Could they have come from a grain of truth there's a long, painful history of medical experiments on enslaved peoples in the american south and out of, two lollo rees. It seems the doktor would have far more motivation for such experiments than delphin writers, like Victoria costner, love and lorelei shannon and their book mad. Madame la borri, suggested that Louise may have been the sole perpetrator of the torture and the delphin was either ignorant or too frightened to oppose him however, they acknowledge this seems unlikely delphi

It was also apparently trying to steer people away from the slave quarters the day of the fire which strong suggest she knew about the torture room, not only she would have let the prisoners burned alive. Oh for sure, revealed her family secret. It's also differ. to imagine delphinus completely powerless in the relationship she had the wealth all status and was more than a decade older than her husband and when he got violent. She went right to the courts wouldn't that had been the time dimension that he was torturing. People as for the medical experiments, no evidence was ever found to support those stories and no one who was their mentioned. Anything like them so, based on everything we know about delphin, her marriage and her crimes. We can't pin all the blame on her husband. Still

Some people insist that Delphin was too small to possibly be responsible for torturing her enslaved workers. We'll call this the she's just to dainty fairy this one points to delphinus petite stature and whether she was physically capable of even wielding a whip, let alone chaining up enslaved workers by herself to answer that question we're gonna return, one more time to the story of the child on the roof top remembered this, the only eye witness account of delphin personally abusing her enslaved workers. Accordingly, the story she had sell off a portion of her enslaved workforce as punishment following the incident There aren't any court records to support this story, but we may find the evidence in other places in eighteen, twenty eight delphin sold six of her enslaved workers. This

was the same month. Her neighbor John bowes wrote that authorities had crack down on her for a quote. Barbarous treatment of slaves records show that a short time after this delphin paid a famous lawyer jaw randolph grimes to defend her in court grimes was powerful ally to the lorries known for his sway in the courts, and he wasn't cheap his feet. Was the modern day equivalent of seven thousand dollars. So if we take all these individual pieces into account. They seem to support the store, of the child on the roof. She was killed abusing her enslaved workers. A lawyer to defend her and was led off with a slap on the wrist if the roof Top story is true: it's possible that delphin and grimes use their wealth and power to keep the whole affair largely off the record.

given the weekend justice system at the time that seems plausible With that in mind, it's hard to discount the eyewitness accounts of delphin wielding a bull whip even though she was considered petite. She had to be involved in the torture if both the Lollo Rees were torturers. Was there one instigator its possible to say for certain who was in charge up in the attic delphin or the doktor. The timing it would seem that louie started the torture, but del fiends power in the relationship and her dominance. As mistress of the house suggests, she had control in either case the looking to cast all the blame on louie are out of luck. Delphin had to know about the torture and if her husband was involved, it's likely that she oversaw the violence, but still we have to come back to the wire

at all sure there's our theory about delphinus ego playing a key role, but that's not the idea that some prefer this final theory doesn't necessarily vindicate delphin, but it does bear mentioning for the role it play. In shaping her modern legacy. Let's call it the she's, a witch idea um twentieth century stories insists that dell had a close, close ship with with a voodoo queen of new orleans. Marie Laval, according to rumours, delphin tortured her victims to summon dark spirits. Others say that dell being raised, a devil baby, the actual spawn of satan, whom sheet richard alongside her enslaved workers. It probably goes without saying that these theories are unsubstantiated and most and being long after Delphin had died, for example,

tv show american horror story, pulled heavily on these stories for their depiction of delphin played by actress cathy bates. This is by far the most part were well known version of Madame lollo ree in recent memory. That said, they were the first to associate delphin with dark magic long before america, horror story, supernatural suspicions, cloaked lollo array mansion. These include the very first rumours started after the fire just days after the blaze, the new orleans be called delphin, a fury escaped from Hell and a demon in the shape of a woman. It's interesting that the crew, all newspapers were the first to invoke demons and satan to describe delphin. They knew that her crimes would reflect on creole culture.

but instead of defending the Lollo rees, they shaped them into monsters and who could blame them. Despite the theories that would have us believe otherwise, Delphin committed atrocities inside her house when hearing about her crimes, the word evil just roles off the tongue. However, she wasn't a total out, I share their endless examples of sadism by white slave holders in america, in eighteen, fifty five aloof is anna overseer poured castor oil down a workers throat killing him in eighteen. Fifty six, a different over your nailed, enslaved workers genitalia to a post and beat him While the lorries were an extreme case of abuse. They were still part of a pattern. Since the beginning, delphinus legacy has always been one of mere supernatural evil, but does that

somehow lessen the impact of her crimes shape. Madame into a devilish voodoo, which alleviates the more chilling truth. Her cruelty, wasn't the exception to us lay holding morally fractured culture. It was a symptom of it. Perhaps this as much as the horse of her crimes was what so enraged crowd outside her house? They were horrified that someone so familiar to them was so arranged. That's why they wanted to punish her by the afternoon following the fire. They ve been waiting all day for authorities to arrest Madame lollo ree, but none had come. They were ready to justice themselves, but don't feel wasn't the type go down easily. She plan to make a desperate escape and that plan would take her straight through the heart of the matter.

apa the the for years. Madame Delphin lollo ree had been running a torture chamber in the attic of her slave quarters, where she statistically abuse her enslaved workers, but in april of eighteen, thirty, four her secret had been exposed and justice was coming the afternoon of the Fire delphine had her back against a wall. She barricaded her self inside her mansion, but the crowd outside was screaming for blood. It seemed only a matter of time before they stormed the house. It's unclear, delphinus has been the we stayed with his wife or fled the scene, earlier. But we do know

had at least one ally in the house, Bestia her enslaved coachman, and he was the key to her escape plan. of all delphinus enslaved workers bestial eyes, do it seemed different while neighbours. while the others as haggard and starved they were. Thirdly, remembered bestia as sleek well fed and fiercely loyal to his mistress some believe that delphin kept best so well groomed, for the sake of appearances, to dispel her reputation for cruelty, but more sinister rumours about the coachman swirled author harriet Martineau, said The best YO was delphin spy that here reported on other enslaved workers, and possibly us stood in their torture. Another author herbert Asbury suggested

Best ya'll was del fiends lover. We can't say if these rumours are true and asbury definitely embellished facts in his book. But it's not him. Possible to believe that Delphin started an affair with her coachman, whatever the truth? their relationship. It said that bessie all would do anything for delphin, So as the mob outside reached a fever pitch, she sent him to bring her carriage around, to the front of the house. Of course, there was no way for delphin to get into the carriage, except to walk straight through the mob. How did she do it in her book? More You know describes the scene saying when they, which came around Delphin quote, was ready and stepped into it her ashore. And seems to have paralyzed the crowd. It might sound surprising, but it seems that Delphin still had the presence. captivate all of new orleans

As soon as the carriage door closed. However, the mob set upon it, they pulled at the doors hammered at the windows. feel sad inside me, your feet from their groping hands atop the carriage best your whipped and bludgeoned. The crowd slowly, The carriage crept forward before the crew could muster around at the horses broke. Free and Delphin was off down the road they carry fled the city and took a canal route into the swamp leading to lake Pontchartrain they're a schooner was waiting for Delphin. She boarded it quickly. where of the mob gaining on her see all watched, his mistress sail away. Never to see her again. She gotten away just in time. The mob soon arrived at the dock only define death. In had escaped the courting.

Martin knows account of that day. They exploded with rage breaking the carriage to peace, is an stabbing the horses to death back at the lollo re mansion the ray action was just as violent people rush into the manor house, smashing the furniture cry King down chandelier tearing the pen calls from the walls Del fiends neighbor Sean bows, remembered the homes few protectors being thrown from the second story, only to land, on the crowd below by the time police got control. The mob had torn the mansion to pieces. In the? U required that fell over the city. After that people want where Delphin had gone. Somebody that she was still in new orleans that she was hiding on one of her properties tucked into the swamp. They were close. It appears that,

Delphin didn't immediately leave the south. She went to alabama, allow her to regroup with her children and husband, but they couldn't stay law and within the month, delphin and her family fled north to new york city. Maybe delphi hoped new york, was far enough from new orleans that she could leave the gossip and betrayal behind, but she was wrong, according some reports. By the time she arrived word of her crime, had already reached manhattan in eighteen, thirty, or new york. Society still had many racist practices, but many rest. since considered themselves more benevolent toward black americans than southerners now really they would have treated delphin with disgust. Was soon clear as day to escape her reputation.

he would have to leave the country by the summer of eighteen, thirty, four, the lama rees had boarded a ship to france, eggs thing. The hudson bay delphin probably thought, back to when she was fifteen leaving new orleans for spain, then she'd been forced to leave the city because of her husbands. Misdeeds now she was responsible for her exile, but it seems that Delphin didn't see it that way. According to her family members, Delphin, didn't understand the anger directed at her. She still, She hadn't done anything wrong this seems disingenuous after all, Delphin reportedly tried to keep back

fighters away from the attic for a reason, but del fiends upbringing may have caused this mental blip. Last week we discussed her compartmentalization her complex relationship with race likely caused her to build a twisted, often country victory morality and two thousand thirteen study in the journal, social and personality psychology compass shows how that thought process can cause mental gaps. People with part mental personalities are likely to shape those compartments to avoid self criticism there, sense of self is fragile and they'll even defy logic to protect themselves, in this case delphin, shielded herself with two contradictory truths. She knew her crimes. So bad that she had to keep them secret, but at the same I'm she refused to think what she was doing was wrong

The. dell fiends morality is a complicated, difficult matter will never know if she felt shame, kill, or a sense of wrong doing. But history would remember that famous day in eighteen, thirty four, when the truth about her cruelty was exposed to the world afterward delphin moved paris and lived a privileged if quieter life. Her man urge to louie. Wasn't too last by eighteen, forty two he'd left the family for cuba, in a letter to a friend he referred to himself ass quote very sad individual. He died in eighteen, sixty three and, unlike his wife, didn't leave behind much of a legacy, the fat round, delphinus deaths are harder to pin down. Men

historians disagree on when or where she passed. Authors Victoria, costner love and lorelei, shannon say that Delphin secretly turned to new orleans in eighteen. Forty two letters from her Dron, show that she made plans to return around this time and there until her desk in the mid eighteen fifties, however, famed novelist. George washington cable said that she remained in france but died for being mauled by a wild boar during a hunt. Is a satisfying ending for those wishing to see delphin get her just desserts, but the most likely answer seems to be the least fantastic and it comes from carolyn moral long who said that Delphin passed away in paris from an unspecified sickness on december, seventh, eighteen, Forty nine long sites of french death record and a few

record from a nearby cemetery, making her account the most reliable of the three. If she's, right, dil being died at the age of sixty two having never been punished for her crimes, but her. She left the city and even after her death, delphinus presence lingered in the lollo re mention in the day, following the riot neighbours, a rumour do have heard groans and scratching coming from the foundation of the house. Police was the least search the premises over and over never finding any one mare, but four weeks the groans continued the house remained ruined and vacant for several years, then in eighteen, thirty, seven alone Lord named charles coffin purchased and refurbished. The property in

to lease out the rooms. According to legend, the strange sounds persisted catherine reported hearing awful noises like cries and groans throughout the night. Unsurprisingly, he attracted few tenants over the next few days. Aids, the building passed from one business to the next, allegedly with each owner reporting horrible mysterious sounds these included groans screams and occasionally the clanking of chains, throughout the city. The longer we mansion was known exclusively as the haunted. House Landlord soon learn to cash in on the houses, reputation by Eighteen. Ninety three fortunate o greco was selling ten cent tickets to go seekers who wanted detour the manner other I did the same with sir-

hiring workers to moan and drag chains to scare visitors even today, rumor adele fiends ghost draw visitors from all over the world in two thousand seven actor nicholas cage purchase building for nearly three point: five million dollars, like any haunted house, it's impossible to prove the presence of spirits in the lollo re mansion visitors. Have Did visions of delphin still walking the halls? Sometimes preparing for parties sums I'm am chasing her victims with a bull whip who know If these are true, but it seems Adele feed may have returned to new orleans in a different way. The funeral goods of scimitar do montmartre del fiends official burial place show that an atm fifty one Her body was exude and secretly transported back to new orleans.

Oh fine always considered the city her home and even after exile hope to return. Was this her face police covert. Attempt to honour her last wish. The absolute location of Final resting place is still a mystery. A nineteen forty One newspaper article pointed to an unmarked crypt Delphin son, purchased in a new orleans cemetery, but this maternity records, dont list, any lollo rees as inhabitants and the crypt has ever been searched. Sir, for many historians, it's impossible to think of the french quarter without at least a passing thought of Madame delphin la laurie she's, a monster, a spectre and a representation of new orleans, complicated, painful past she and the city are forever linked by her crimes and whether it bones, her ghost or her legacy. She

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