Ash Kelley
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But no one in New Orleans had imagined that she was a sadistic torturer and murderer.
Like they did not know how bad it was.
So let's go back to who Delphine Lalaurie actually was.
So her name is Marie Delphine McCarty originally.
She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 19th, 1787.
And the beginning of her life is obviously a little sketchy because it's so long ago.
But property records from that period do indicate that her family was one of the wealthiest that New Orleans had ever seen.
In the late 18th century, letters written by a friend of her family said that her mother, who is also Marie McCarty, was described as vivacious and frolicsome.
That's my description from this point forward.
That's where you want it to end, the similarities between you and the McCarty family.