born commonly known alleged serial killer infamous likely murdering household slaves born spanish colonial period married times louisiana having twice widowed maintained position new_orleans society april responded fire royal street mansion discovered bound slaves attic showed evidence cruel violent treatment long period house subsequently sacked outraged mob new_orleans citizens escaped france family mansion lived landmark french quarter history relatively homes massive size quarter early life family history born children father originally father brought family new_orleans ireland french colonial period irish surname shortened mother known widow marriage second prominent town white community cousin mayor new_orleans marriage death husband june married high ranking spanish royal officer saint louis cathedral new_orleans spelled spanish spanish colony american acquisition appointed position consul general spain territory traveled spain accounts trip vary wrote trip military punishment met queen impressed beauty report differed stated march recalled spain place court new position arrived madrid died route havana voyage gave birth daughter named nicknamed daughter returned new_orleans second marriage death husband june married prominent banker merchant lawyer legislator time marriage purchased house royal street new_orleans family known later children named died marriage married husband physician younger june bought property royal street managed little involvement husband built story mansion complete attached slave quarters lived husband daughters maintained central position new_orleans society torture murder slaves mansion fire maintained black slaves slave quarters attached royal street mansion accounts treatment slaves mixed writing tales told new_orleans residents visit claimed slaves observed public appearances seen generally black people slaves health court records time showed slaves reported public rumors slaves sufficiently widespread local lawyer dispatched royal street remind laws relevant slaves visit lawyer found evidence wrongdoing slaves recounted tales cruelty current new_orleans residents claimed subsequent visit local lawyer neighbors saw slaves year old girl named fall death roof royal street mansion trying avoid punishment whip wielding hair hit causing grab whip chase body subsequently buried mansion grounds according incident led investigation found guilty illegal cruelty forced slaves slaves bought relatives returned residences similarly reported stories kept cook kitchen beat daughters attempted feed slaves april fire broke residence royal street starting kitchen police fire got found seventy year old woman cook ankle later confessed set fire suicide attempt fear punishment taken room said taken came reported april responding fire attempted enter slave quarters ensure evacuated refused keys broke doors slave quarters found seven slaves mutilated suspended neck limbs apparently stretched torn claimed imprisoned months entered premises judge subsequently deposed having found mansion wearing iron collar old negro woman received deep wound head weak able walk claimed questioned madame husband slaves told manner people better stay home come houses laws people business version story circulating recounted added slaves showed signs whip bound restrictive wore iron kept heads static positions discovery tortured slaves widely known mob local citizens attacked residence demolished destroyed lay hands sheriff officers called disperse crowd time mob left royal street property sustained major damage scarcely thing remaining walls tortured slaves taken local jail available public viewing reported april people attended view tortured slaves convince sun citing writing weeks evacuation slave quarters claimed slaves found mansion died rescue added understand digging yard bodies condemned grounds mansion having uncovered particularly child found claims repeated book placed number unearthed bodies including child escape justice self imposed exile france life fire documented wrote fled new_orleans mob violence followed fire taking coach waterfront travelling schooner mobile alabama paris certainly time personally visited royal street mansion badly damaged windows walls later life death circumstances death unclear recounted popular story died france hunting accident truth late 1930s served discovered old cracked copper plate alley cemetery inscription plate read madame née paris according french archives paris died december mansion new_orleans house occupied time fires stands today royal street corner royal street governor street known stories high described highest building squares result roof look mississippi crescent jackson square entrance building bears iron door carved image flowers depending relief inside black white marble curved staircase runs stories building second floor holds large drawing rooms connected sliding doors walls decorated plaster carved black marble mantle pieces subsequent departure america house remained ruined point prior restored following decades public high school music refuge young bar furniture store luxury apartment building april bought sum million mortgage documents arranged way cage appear november property valued million listed auction result bank purchased million folklore folk histories poor treatment slaves circulated louisiana nineteenth century reprinted collections stories cable account confused unrelated novel madame based contemporary stories newspapers account mixed synthesis dialogue entirely creation stories slaves considerably explicit writing ghost stories old new_orleans alleged appetite inflicted black form torture claimed responded fire found male slaves stark naked wall eyes pulled roots joints skinned great holes flesh away ears hanging lips pulled naked holes rough stick inserted stir brains directly cite sources claims supported primary sources story popularized embellished journey darkness ghosts vampires new operator new_orleans ghost tour business smith book added explicit details discoveries allegedly fire including victim obviously arms skin circular pattern making look like human limbs broken reset odd angles resembled human crab new details smith book supported sources given today modern legend use smith versions tale found claims explicit place number slaves died care popular culture defunct historically themed wax museum french quarter street traditionally included scene depicting abused slaves madame attic poet written poem titled horror mansion history folklore poetic ghost tour directed found footage movie called people spend night disused louisiana plantation house encounter hostile ghosts house new_orleans plantation house location alleged fled fire incident fictional camera crew finds physical supernatural evidence suggesting flee house continue cruelty directed aka evil remains student folklore leading friends research expedition old plantation estate near new_orleans site home woman 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