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Put on Something Black and Take this AHS Coven Tour in New Orleans

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Did anyone else watch American Horror Story: Coven and secretly want to be a part of it? Well, wear something black and buckle up for this American Horror Story New Orleans tour!

American Horror Story New Orleans Tour

There are so many unique tours to take in New Orleans that it can be a little hard to pick which one(s) to do, but I was super excited when I found out about this filming location tour that is based on the American Horror Story show – specifically the Coven season.

I love this show, but Coven was by far one of my top favorite seasons. Who doesn’t love witches and Jessica Lange?

This in-depth walking tour lasts about two hours and explores the significant locations within the historic French Quarter that were featured in American Horror Story: Coven. The tour guides are very knowledgeable, experienced, and entertaining. Not only are you visiting filming locations and talking about the fictional television show, but you’re also visiting real historical locations with a ton of real history that is already naturally spooky. The guides weave the storyline between the fiction and fact while explaining just how much of the show was based on real-life events.

For instance — did you know that Madame LaLaurie – played by none other than Kathi Bates – was very much a real person and many of the things that were depicted in the show actually happened. During this tour, you’ll visit the spot where Madame LaLaurie lived and where her body was exhumed.

And, we’ve all heard of the ‘Voodoo Queen’ Marie Laveau – played by Angela Bassett in American Horror Story. You’ll be able to visit not only her tomb in St Louis Cemetery No.1 but also visit the house in which she once lived.

What Locations are Included in the Tour?

I don’t want to give up all of their secrets and locations, but I do want you to know what filming sites you’ll be visiting.

• The location where they dug up Madam LaLaurie’s body – in the show.

• The location where the witches put on their best black clothing and go on a “field trip” and you get to re-create your own Witches’ Walk!

• A historic home where interior and exterior shots were filmed.

• Congo Square which has a lot of historical and cultural meaning.

• The site of Marie Laveau’s former home (in real life!)

• A historic home where exterior scenes were shot of Madame LaLaurie’s parties and more.

• The real LaLaurie Mansion which Nicholas Cage owned for a period of time before he went bankrupt.
• St Louis Cemetery No. 1 where you will be focused on three tombs – Marie Laveau, Madame LaLaurie, and the future tomb of Nicolas Cage. Yep, you read that right!
• And, other spots!

My Thoughts on the Guide

The guide will vary and so I can’t guarantee that you’ll have the same one on your tour. But, I was very impressed with ours – Terese.

I received an email ahead of time letting me know where we would be meeting and what she would be wearing. She let me know she’d also be carrying a black umbrella – how perfect!

She was extremely friendly and knew her stuff – both about the show and about New Orleans. You could tell she had a passion for being a guide and showing off all the great and weird things about New Orleans .

Tip: Make sure to tip guides when you take tours. This is a big chunk of their pay. 

American Horror Story Coven New Orleans Locations Not on the Tour

In order to make this tour not last all day or have you walk way too much, there are a few filming locations that are not included in the tour. Terese was kind of enough to tell us about them if we wanted to go seek them out on our own.

Buckner Mansion (a.k.a Miss Robichaux’s Academy)

The Buckner Mansion is located in the Garden District and is shots were filmed for the exterior of the Academy.

Popp’s Fountain

Not an actual filming location but Terese told us about Popp’s Fountain in City Park. In the 1970s, this was known as gathering place for witches specifically a coven founded by Mary Oneida. Mary founded the first witch coven to be recognized by the State of Louisiana as a church and is still in existence today – known as the Religious Order of Witchcraft. It is thought that this fountain is a fountain of youth.

Lafayette Cemetery No. 2

Site of the jazz funeral in episode 10.

What Other Tours are Offered?

If American Horror Story isn’t your thing or you have time to do more than one tour, New Orleans Film Tours offers several other options!

• The Originals Fan Tour
• NCIS New Orleans Fan Tour
• St Louis Cemetery 1 Tour
• Garden District Film & Cemetery Tour
• Ghostly Galavant

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Ashley Hubbard is a writer, photographer, and blogger based in Nashville, Tennessee. When she's not searching out the strange and unusual things in life, she's searching out vegan food and is passionate about sustainability, animal rights, and social justice.

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Filming Locations For American Horror Story Coven In New Orleans

Here’s my guide to the filming locations in New Orleans for the third season of American Horror Story’s scare anthology, Coven. Witchiness is at its zenith in Coven.

The FX show travels back to sultry and spooky New Orleans in 1834. Coven’s female cast is absolutely star studded with actresses Jessica Lange, Katherine Bates, Angela Bassett, and Emma Roberts.

With the usual AHS dose of lurid and shameless camp, Coven is creepy, occasionally hilarious, and reliably terrifying.

It’s an entertaining twist on classic horror, with iconic one-liners and Emmy award-winning performances. Coven is a delicious guilty pleasure.

American Horror Story Coven: Show Overview

American Horror Story is an award winning anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The show’s themes are lurid, focused on the gritty underbelly of society.

AHS features recurring cast members, set in insane asylums or possessed by demons. You want to come back, season after season, to see what evil befalls them next.

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The third season, Coven, fully embraces American Horror Story’s devotion to camp with witches, zombies, and gore. This season focuses on a tight-knit coven, and their all-powerful leader, grandiosely dubbed “The Supreme.” The Supreme is Fiona Goode, played by the uber talented Jessica Lange.

The show focuses on four young witches in the coven: Nan, Queenie, Zoe, and Madison. Emma Roberts ably portrays the feisty Madison, a down on her luck movie star.

The witches are taught how to use their witching skills by Fiona’s daughter and school headmistress Cordelia Foxx, who’s a potions expert. They face off against the voodoo clan and their powerful queen, Marie Laveau. She’s portrayed by Angela Bassett.

Oscar winning actress Kathy Bates makes her AHS debut as Madame Delphine Lalaurie. She was a horrific torturer of slaves in1800s New Orleans. After Delphine tortures her lover, the Voodoo Queen casts a revenge spell. Delphine is condemned to live forever buried in an unmarked grave

.Coven’s young witches in training are always in danger. They face witch hunters and zombies, as well as backstabbing and treachery from those within their own coven.

The Supreme, Fiona, is plagued by a pesky cancer. A replacement Supreme is needed. Season 3 culminates in the “Test of the Seven Wonders,” to decide who will be the new Supreme in Fiona’s wake. Misty, Madison, Queenie, and Zoe participate in the test, with Cordelia and Myrtle Snow overseeing the procedures.

Some of the tests include telekinesis, mind control, and even traveling to one’s own personal hell and back. Misty is trapped in hell and can’t escape. Zoe dies during teleportation.

Neither Queenie nor Madison can resurrect her. Enter the quiet and underestimated Cordelia. She handily resurrects Zoe, inheriting her mother’s mantle.

When Did Everyone Become a Witch?

Coven is an incredibly popular show. Why is this?

There’s a certain cultural fascination with witches, which no doubt accounts for Coven’s TV success. I’m not talking about the “burning at the stakes” era of witches. I’m talking about today’s witches.

The US witch population has risen astronomically. In a culture obsessed with spirituality and mysticism, more women than ever are identifying as witches.

What accounts for this new witch aesthetic? Why have all these witches come out of the proverbial broom closet? “Witch” is a squishy term, that encompasses all sorts of witchiness and bitchcraft.

The one defining element is that a witch is viewed as a powerful woman. In a world in chaos, where one might feel powerless, being a witch provides a measure of autonomy. So, the same way that women declared themselves “nasty,” they now declare themselves “witches.”

Coven taps into this longing for power and dominance. It casts witches as feminists and virtually eliminates men from the cast. In Coven, men are basically irrelevant or cast as villains. The women “don’t need a man to protect” them from evil.

You can’t watch Coven and not want to be a witch. Besides, who wouldn’t want to a Jessica Lange type Supreme, uttering lines like “You were a sloppy little witch bitch.” and “Don’t make me drop a house on you.” Power is intoxicating.

American Horror Story: Coven Filming Locations

In season 3, Coven travels back in time to sultry and spooky 1834 New Orleans.

To capture the zeitgeist of Coven, the filming locations were carefully chosen. They feature some of new Orlean’s most historic mansions, haunted places, and cultural hotspots.

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Let’s take a spellbinding tour of the Coven filming locations:

1. Buckner Mansion, Miss Robicheaux’s Academy

Buckner Mansion is a luxurious New Orleans landmark, located in the Garden District. It was built in 1856 by cotton magnate Henry S. Buckner.

It’s around the corner from the famous Brevard mansion, formerly owned by Ann Rice, a horror novelist extraordinaire. Currently, the mansion is privately owned, with prominent “no loitering” signs on display.

In Coven, Buckner Mansion has the starring role and is used in many scenes. The mansion doubles as the fictitious Miss Robicheaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, a boarding school for young wayward witches.

Because the interior has narrow rooms, sets for the Robicheaux interior were built on a soundstage. The theme is stark black and white. The school is shown as elegant, airy, and almost chilling. It’s very anti-Hogwarts.

This is where Cordelia, Zoe, Madison, Queenie, and Nan live. They hide their powers from the world, while honing their magical skills. You’ll see many exterior shots of this house, accompanied by the famous “Lala Song.”

The property is surrounded by a massive black iron gate. Zoe is accidentally speared by it during the Test of the Seven Wonders (before she’s brought back to life).

Where to find Buckner Mansion : 1410 Jackson Ave New Orleans

2. Lalaurie Mansion

Lalaurie Mansion is a grand old house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It’s particularly fitting as a Coven filming location because it’s known as the “haunted house.” It’s a popular stop on New Orleans ghost tours.

Madame Delphine Lalaurie was very much a real person. She became infamous as the “Cruel Mistress of the Haunted House.” After her third marriage, she moved into the manse in 1831. But she was difficult, and her third husband fled her dastardly clutches.

Most heinously, Madame Lalaurie tortured her slaves. When a fire broke out in 1834, the tortured slaves, held in chains, were revealed. Rumors circulated that her slaves were experimented on and mutilated.

Madame Lalaurie escaped in the fray, possibly fleeing to France. 200 years later, there are still reports of paranormal activity in the house — mooing, phantom footsteps, negative energy.

Intrigued by its reputation, Actor Nicolas Cage purchased Lalaurie Mansion in 2009. Soon after, he was bankrupt and lost the house.

His career tanked. New Orleanians whispered that the curse of the Lalaurie Mansion caused Cage’s downward spiral.

American Horror Story’s Coven succeeds in making a reputedly haunted house even more creepy and notorious. In Coven, we’re shown grisly flashbacks of Delphine torturing her slaves and her own daughters.

Where to find Lalaurie Mansion : 1140 Royal Street in the French Quarter

3. Round Table Club, Tau Omega Alpha Fraternity

The Round Table Club is a handsome clubhouse on St. Charles Avenue, overlooking Audubon Park. This club was founded in 1898 by a group of professional and literary men, who subsequently purchased the house in 1919. To this day, the club hosts lectures and social gatherings.

In Coven, the Round Table Club doubles as the Tau Omega Alpha fraternity house. One of Coven’s grisliest events occurs there. Madison brings Zoe to a frat party, where Madison is brutally gang-raped by frat boys. The frat boys escape the scene in a bus, deleting all evidence of the crime from their phones.

In a state of shock, a rageful Medusa-like Madison uses her witchy powers to flip the bus over, killing her rapists. Only Zoe’s friend Kyle survives, after later being revived by Madison. He’s brought to the academy, but is effectively a zombie.

Where to find the Round Table Club: 6330 Saint Charles Ave

4. Gallier House, the Exterior of Madame Lalaurie’s Mansion

Gallier House was built in the1850s. It’s one of the best preserved historic homes in New Orleans and listed as a National Historical Landmark.

The house is operated as a museum alongside the Hermann-Grima House. You can visit it on a public tour.

In episode 2 of Coven, Fiona and Delphine sit outside the house, after Fiona releases her from her underground prison. Delphine discloses that the voodoo queen hung her family right above them and is disgusted at the historic landmark plaque on her house.

Where to find the Gallier House: 1132 Royal Street

5. Hermann-Grima House, the Interior of Madame Lalaurie’s Mansion

The Hermann-Grima House is a meticulously restored French Quarter home built in 1831. It was an early example of American architecture in the French Quarter. Inside its Federalist facade is an extant open-hearth kitchen, slave quarters, horse stables, and a courtyard. It’s owned and operated by The Woman’s Exchange.

In Coven, the house was used as the interior of Madame Lalaurie’s mansion. Fiona takes her young witches there. They learn about Delphine’s wicked history and see her chamber of horrors, where she tortured her slaves.

The final resting place of Madame Lalaurie is supposedly unknown. However, Nan senses where she’s buried, showing Fiona. Fiona removes the undead Delphine from the dirt.

Where to find the Hermann-Grima House : 820 St Louis Street

6. Maison Vitry

Dating from 1855, Maison Vitry is a Creole home in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Inside, there are 14 foot ceilings, ironwork, and original moldings. If you want to relive Coven up close and personal, it’s available for rent via Air Bnb.

In Coven, the elegantly decaying mansion appears as Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau’s Cornrow City Salon. The hair salon is her “cover” for her real mission in life: revenge through black magic.

Maison Vitry makes many appearances in the show. Fiona visits Marie Laveau, wondering about Marie’s secret to immortality. Marie immediately identifies her as a witch. The two discuss the feud between their kind. The voodoo queen reminds Fiona that the Salem witches got their power from the “voodoo slave girl,” Tituba, before unceremoniously kicking her out.

Cordelia also goes to Laveau’s salon in secret. She seeks help from the voodoo queen with her fertility problem. Laveau turns her down flat, refusing to perform the voodoo ritual based on the longstanding feud between witches and voodoo practitioners.

Where to find Maison Vitry : 501 Frenchmen Street

6. Popp Fountain

Built in 1937, Popp Fountain is a massive fountain in City Park. The fountain features underwater lighting and a 30 foot spray of water from a cast bronze sculpture of dolphins. Recently renovated, it’s often the site of cocktails parties and receptions.

Historically, Popp Fountain was a meeting place for witches. In the 20th century “white witch” Marie Oneida founded a coven, which was recognized as a church. Legend holds that she performed magical ceremonies at Popp Fountain, including “fountain of youth” tricks like extending peoples’ lives.

In Coven, Popp’s Fountain is mentioned at the end of the first episode, “Bitchcraft.” Fiona describes it as “a kind of holy place for our order” as she leads her coven through the French Quarter.

Address: 1 Palm Drive New Orleans

7. Vacherie Restaurant

Vacherie Restaurant is in the Hotel St. Marie, at the corner of Toulouse and Dauphine Streets. It serves up authentic cajun cuisine in the French Quarter. Here’s where you get your fried green tomato and shrimp remoulade poboy.

Fiona and the witches walk by this restaurant on their iconic stroll.

Address : 827 Toulouse Street

8. Cure Bar

Cure is a hipster bar on Feret Street. It’s one of New Orleans hottest bars, known for its innovative artisanal cocktails.

Cure is Fiona’s favorite watering hole. She’s seen sipping cocktails there in the beginning of Episodes 4 and 5. It’s the right part of the city for Fiona’s character, kind of hip and savvy.

Address : 4905 Freret St. Uptown

9. Royal Street

Royal Street is a posh and famous street in New Orleans. Royal Street runs parallel to Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.

It’s classic New Orleans — wrought iron balconies, colorful brick or stucco exteriors, and arched windows. It’s a great place to stroll and window shop.

In Episode 2, Madame Lalaurie runs away from the coven. Fiona finds her sitting on the sidewalk. They walk down the street in a closing scene.

10. Lafayette Cemetery

New Orlean’s Lafayette Cemetery is the site of a jazz funeral in Episode 10 of Coven.

Madison shows off her powers to Misty. She revivifies a man, hits Misty with a brick, and leaves Misty in the vacated coffin. Madison then dances through the cemetery with Misty’s Stevie Nicks shawl.

We see the cemetery again in the next episode during Nan’s funeral.

Address : 1427 Washington Ave

11. Chubbie’s Fried Chicken

Chubbie’s Fried Chicken was Queenie’s place of employment before the academy. In a fit of pique, Queenie used magic to hurt a rude customer.

In the Go To Hell episode, this is where Queenie is transported during the Test of the Seven Wonders. It’s her own personal hell.

12. Atchafalaya Restaurant

This restaurant serves up creative new Orleans food. If you want to leave the crowded French Quarter, this cottage-y restaurant is in the residential Irish Channel neighborhood and a bit of a hidden gem.

Fiona and Madison have cocktails there, boozing it up and playing pool. Later, back at the academy, Fiona tells Madison she’ll be the next Supreme.

Fiona hands her a knife, asking her to kill her, since cancer inevitably will. When Madison refuses, Fiona turns the knife on her, saying “This coven doesn’t need a new Supreme, it needs a new rug.”

Address: 901 Louisiana Ave

13. The Victorian Lounge at the Columns Hotel

This bar is known for its Queen Anne design, mahogany ceilings, and classic cocktails. 15 foot high ceilings give it a feeling of grandeur. This is where Fiona meets the Axeman in Episode 6, The Axeman Cometh .

The Axeman was based on a real serial killer. Active in New Orleans from 1918-19, he attacked his victims with an axe.

He was taken down by the Coven’s witches of the previous century, but his spirit lingered. When he attempts to murder Cordelia, incantations release him from his spirit and give him a physical presence.

The Axeman appears in the show as an undead homicidal ghost obsessed with Fiona. Ravaged by cancer, Fiona wants to have “just one more great love affair.” The axe man it is. In the final episode, as punishment for plotting to kill the next Supreme, Fiona is condemned to live with the Axeman in his farmhouse heaven for all eternity.

Address : 3811 St Charles Ave

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What Will You Discover? Beyond Fiction: While the Mayfair Witches might bewitch the masses, our tour also explores the genuine history of witchcraft among New Orleans' Uptown families. Real Witches: Learn about the authentic witches who practiced, healed, and transformed lives long before they were immortalized in TV series, books, and movies. A Living Experience: Guided by those who live this magick history, our tour offers insights you won't find anywhere else.

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Stop At: Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana

Walk throughout the Garden District with us as we show you the Witches of New Orleans as well the stories told about them on film and in literature

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Pass By: Lafayette Cemetery No.1, Washington Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

The most filmed in cemetery in New Orleans and the only one where the witches of uptown are buried

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Witches Coven Walking Tour in New Orleans

• Professional Licensed Guide
• Your guide will be a Descendent of hundreds of years of New Orleanians
• History of New Orleans Uptown Witchcraft
• Architecture
• Insights to the practices and castings
• 2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA We will meet you in front of The Rink Shopping Center. There is a coffee shop there and a public restroom.
• Wheelchair accessible
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• Service animals allowed
• Near public transportation
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• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
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• You'll start at 2727 Prytania St 2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA We will meet you in front of The Rink Shopping Center. There is a coffee shop there and a public restroom. See address & details
• 1 Garden District Stop: 60 minutes See details
• 2 Buckner Mansion Stop: 15 minutes See details
• 3 Lafayette Cemetery No.1 Stop: 15 minutes See details
• You'll return to the starting point

• 146annabelv 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Very informative DeAnna DuPont was amazing! Her stories were clear and very detailed. Her personal story about finding her grandma after Hurricane Katrina & helping bury the 89 unmarked bodies really touched me. She was very kind and respectful & a true tour guide! I will definitely recommend & do the tour again if I visit NOLA in the future! My hubby & I had an amazing time! Read more Written May 28, 2024
• H9262CWjoer 0 contributions 1.0 of 5 bubbles "GLORIFIED STORYTELLERS" DO NOT DO THIS. THEY ARE NOT TOUR GUIDES . THEY ARE JUST " GLORIFIED STORYTELLERS" They have no knowledge of facts. They try their best to make it sound as horrific as possible. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.. Read more Written May 14, 2024
• S2694OPkyleb 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great Garden District tour DeAnna was a fabulous tour guide! We got lots of interesting information, and saw some beautiful homes. She knows a lot about the background of the neighborhood that I don’t think you would get from another guide. As a general rule, locals give the best tours, and she’s definitely a local. My travel companions kept saying, where did you find her, she’s great! I would highly recommend her. Read more Written March 12, 2024
• C196BElewisw 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Captivating Storytelling We were in the French Quarter for Mardi Gras and my friends who had never been wanted to get a tour of the the magical and haunted spots in the area. We met in front of St. Louis Cathedral at 9pm and joined the group of a dozen or so. Despite the larger number of our group we moved through the tour with ease. We could always see and hear all aspects of the presentation. DeAnna Dupont was captivating, providing both supernatural and practical explanations of the history of the sites. She merged mystery with a little pragmatism and humor. She even related personal experiences that lent credibility to all the stories. When the tour was finished she even took time to chat with us and answer further questions. She showed us some nearby locations that weren't part of the original tour. Deanna also gave us advice and recommendations for local music venues. I highly recommend this tour and DeAnna was a great guide. Read more Written February 21, 2024
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• Address: 1410 Jackson Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA, United States Map
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The Buckner Mansion, popularly known as the American Horror Story Coven House, is an ancient mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 22,000 square-foot, three-storeyed landmark was used as the shooting location for the popular American television series “American Horror Story: Coven.” Doesn’t matter whether or not you are a fan of this series, this beautiful home is still worth a visit, thanks to its remarkable architecture and tastefully done interiors!

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The New Orleans Mansion from “American Horror Story: Coven”

On the FX series “ American Horror Story: Coven, ” this grand old house is known as “Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies” (aka witches ).

In real life, it’s a three-story, 20,000-square-foot landmark in New Orleans from the 1850s called Buckner Mansion.

Let’s take a look at both the real and onscreen versions…

Miss Robichaux’s Academy on “American Horror Story: Coven”

The exteriors were filmed at Buckner Mansion, but the interiors were created on an 8,000-sq-ft soundstage.

Front Hall:

Ryan Murphy says, “Last year was so dark and grim and hard and I loved it, but this year was designed to be more, I think, fun. I wanted this year to be more light.”

That’s the idea that dictated how the rooms should look.

Set decorator Ellen Brill says, “You can really see blood on white!”

Production Designer Mark Worthington says:

We knew we wanted the rooms to be light in tone.

So we came down to New Orleans and the idea was to find an old antebellum mansion in the Garden District, a Greco-Roman revival, which starts from a base of being lighter.

I started pulling research (of) interiors that had a lot of white walls, white floor, lighter tones with darker furniture, creating contrast.

They built a working staircase with a real second floor for the “Coven” sets.

Upstairs hallway with the girls’ bedrooms:

Not sure I’d want to eat any food served off that “kitchen island.” 😉

Sarah Paulson plays Cordelia, Headmistress of Miss Robichaux’s Academy, who’s a master at potion work. She tries to guide young witches Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), Madison (Emma Roberts), Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe), and Nan (Jamie Brewer).

Jessica Lange plays Fiona Goode, the Coven’s “Supreme,” who is the head of the Coven. Definitely not someone you want to cross!

The Real Buckner Mansion: 1410 Jackson Ave in New Orleans

The real house is in the historic Garden District of New Orleans and was built in 1856 by cotton magnate Henry S. Buckner.

Buckner Mansion used to be a school, too, although it wasn’t for witches. From 1923-1983 it was the site of Soulé Business College.

The mansion is now a private residence you can rent for special occasions.

The VRBO.com listing says:

It is 1853. Cotton is King, New Orleans is the center of the universe, and you are Henry Sullivan Buckner. You commission renowned architect Lewis E. Reynolds to build the most beautiful and magnificent mansion in the very heart of New Orleans’ Garden District. The result is one of the finest examples of Southern antebellum architecture, having a scale of elegance from the 19th Century that is rarely found.

The mansion has over 20,000 square feet, 48 Ionic and Corinthian fluted cypress columns, endless verandas, ornate cast-iron, and floor to ceiling windows.

Set designer Mark Worthington didn’t think the real house would work for the show because the proportions were “a little odd” with “long and narrow and tall” rooms for filming.

Instead of filming on location, the sets were built on a soundstage.

For more photos and information about Buckner Mansion and the “Coven” sets:

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• More Photos at E! Online
• See old photos and interior photos at Soule College
• FX’s AHS page
• The Sets from American Horror Story: Murder House

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9.8.15 at 8:28 am

What a gorgeous old home (building?) I love what they did with the sets. I thought it was a real interior! Interesting that the set designer thought the rooms too long and narrow to film in. I’ve lived in narrow. Those rooms, IMO, are not narrow. 🙂 Very cool, that they rent the real location out for events. What a beautiful spot for a wedding!

9.8.15 at 8:31 am

I know, right? I guess they need more space than normal to film in, but I thought the same thing, Alie! 🙂

9.8.15 at 12:45 pm

Love that you covered this former ‘Coven’ mansion in New Orleans! We live about 20 minutes away from this place and never get tired of the area. So much inspiration to draw from when we renovate our own homes.

9.8.15 at 1:41 pm

Thanks for the link, Miss Amy! 🙂

9.8.15 at 2:22 pm

dearest julia, you’re the best! i love the american horror story series , i loved the murder house in the 1st season but the coven house is way more superior; it’s not even scary, it’s just chic! and as always you found the best pictures; i’ve been looking for pictures many times and found a lot a screen shots but no good images like yours. So thanks again for your fantastic work, keep looking for more amazing dream houses. xoxo

9.8.15 at 2:24 pm

Thanks, Cecile! Always nice to hear from you! 🙂

9.8.15 at 4:33 pm

Wow – What a house. I love that they did the sets so different than what you’d expect – so light and bright. Perfect contrast to the subject matter. Give me ‘contrast’ anytime. I remember when the movie “Practical Magic” came out, Traditional Home did a story on how they very purposefully made the sets look lighter and cleaner than what you might expect. They could have gone very dark and dusty there too but wanted to avoid that to provide surprise and (again) contrast.

9.8.15 at 4:46 pm

Kim, I absolutely loved the sets/locations they used for Practical Magic! The home, town and little shop was a perfect surprise for that kind of storyline. I swear sometimes I watch older movies just to gush over the beautiful places behind the performance. I could watch What Lies Beneath over and over for that gorgeous lake house alone! Was beyond bummed years ago to discover here on Julia’s blog it wasn’t a real residence.

9.8.15 at 9:46 pm

Thanks for the fun post! And great timing – I just checked into a hotel in the French Quarter for a two-day business meeting, and plan on heading out to the Garden District the day after tomorrow. I’m excited at the prospect of seeing one of your posted houses in person! Loved the first two seasons of American Horror Story, and then didn’t have time for it once I got sucked down the HBO rabbit hole of one addictive series after another. The house looks amazing. That triple parlor is impressive! And the soundstage interiors are incredible as well – the carved reliefs in the “plaster” are gorgeous! What fun it must be to design those stage sets.

9.9.15 at 12:59 am

Great job on this post, Julia. I seem to recall suggesting in a previous comment that this would be a good one for you. I really enjoyed the Coven season and the sets on that show. That has to be about the most elaborate house interior set I ever seen made just for a TV series. They made great use of locations around New Orleans as well. I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with for Lady Gaga this season.

9.9.15 at 8:26 am

I recognized the Garden District mansion immediately! I actually attended Soule College in 1978! We used to sit outside under the oaks to eat our lunch. Loved seeing the interior since it has returned to a private residence. I also work in the area so it’s on my route. Great post! Thank you.

9.9.15 at 8:27 am

You did? Wow! How fun that you went to school there, Mary. 🙂

9.9.15 at 9:04 am

Julia, The house is a beautiful step back in time. The production sets are beleavable as interiors. The triple arches with columns remind me of the white parlor at Nottaway Plantation in White Castle LA on the Mississippi River. I stayed overnight 30+ years ago. That would be another house to do a story on.

9.9.15 at 12:30 pm

I like the set interior more than the house “now” interior. I like all that white and normally I do not like white on white…but it just seems to fit the entire home. Looking forward to Hotel this season. I have been an avid fan, a somewhat disappointed fan during seasons 3 and 4…I have high hopes for season 5!

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Ghosts, Legends, and Lore of New Orleans

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No trip to New Orleans is complete without enjoying a ghost tour of the French Quarter. New Orleans is considered the most haunted city in America, and we have the stories to prove it! With over 300 years of disasters, disease, fire, and true crime it has given rise to paranormal events. You will hear the stories of hauntings and paranormal activity in this 2-hour  walking tour of the French Quarter. Your guide Jeffrey will be your guide to all things paranormal. You will hear the classic stories about the Lalaurie Mansion, voodoo, Marie Laveau, and more. Jeffrey loves to include personal tales of paranormal activity in the French Quarter as he once ran a New Orleans haunted B&B.

From the set of ‘American Horror Story-Coven’ TV series. Royal Street in the French Quarter.

Come explore the haunted history of the French Quarter as you learn about the real people and events that haunt us still.

This tour also takes you to some of the sites of the American Horror Story: Coven series and other paranormal shows filmed or set in New Orleans including the upcoming Interview With The Vampire series. Come explore the amazing world Anne Rice wrote about and see how she found New Orleans such an inspiration for her vampires and witches.

Private Ghost tour with Rev. Master Jeffrey

Personal 2-hour Ghost tour $150 for 2 ppl. $50 each additional person. 2 hour walking tour.

Tiss the Haunted Halloween season. Avoid the groups of 28 ppl. per guide for an intimate, personal exploration of ‘The Most Haunted City in America.’

We assisted in the production of this, finding all the interviewees. Historian Jane, followed by Jeffrey. Robi the Voodoo Priest is a friend as well as Karen and the Haunted B&B. Thank you Axel!

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At the Tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau with Scott aka Daisy Berkowitz, the founding member/ co-creator, and guitarist of Marilyn Manson.

Antique/ historic postcards of the infamous ‘Lalaurie Mansion’.

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The Real Madame Lalaurie & Other Legends From American Horror Story: Coven

Kathy Bates has played Madame LaLaurie to horrifying perfection on television, but what’s the real story behind New Orleans’ most famous murderess? by Erin Z. Bass & Anne Wheeler

Demon in the shape of a woman. The widow Blanque. Savage mistress. She goes by many names, but Madame Lalaurie remains a fixture in New Orleans history and lore even 165 years after her death. Her story is also interconnected with some of the most recognizable names in history, including the pirate Jean Lafitte, writer George Washington Cable, poet William Cullen Bryant and, more recently, actor Nicolas Cage.

She’s portrayed on “ American Horror Story: Coven ” by Kathy Bates as a sadistic mother and slave owner who shows no remorse for her sins. She slathers the blood of her slaves on her face to maintain a youthful complexion and takes pleasure in the deplorable conditions they endure chained up in her attic. How close is this depiction to the actual truth? In some ways, it’s highly accurate but in others, it’s a sensationalistic account of a woman who was much more complicated.

Fact Vs. Fiction 

Two books on Madame Lalaurie — Carolyn Morrow Long’s Mistress of the Haunted House and Victoria Cosner Love and Lorelei Shannon’s Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess  — shed light on what is fact and what is purely fiction in a tale that’s still told nightly on the streets of New Orleans. Along with a few other sources, it’s primarily these works we use to tell Madame’s story.

Her first marriage at age 14 to Spaniard Lopez Y Angula left her a young widow with a child named Marie Delphine Francisca Borja, known as Borquita. At age 20, she married again to Jean Paul Blanque, a Frenchman and a slave trader who associated with pirate Jean Lafitte. The couple lived in a two-story brick townhouse on Royal Street near Conti (now Ida Manheim Antiques ) and also had a plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River with 26 slaves. Delphine had three daughters and a son with Blanque.

He died in 1815, and three years later, following his late wishes, she emancipated their slave Jean Louis. This act, along with future emancipations, has been used as proof that Madame Lalaurie had a heart and could not have tortured her slaves the way she would eventually be accused of doing.

Meeting Louis Lalaurie 

Delphine seems to have been a typical wife and mother up to the point of her marriage to Louis Lalaurie. She was very wealthy, due to inheritances from her parents and her late husbands, and tasked with raising five children alone. Lalaurie studied medicine at the Sorbonne in Paris and traveled to New Orleans at the age of 22 to seek his fortune. He arrived in 1825 and sent a letter to the editor of the Courier asking him to announce that “a French Physician has just arrived in this city, who is acquainted with the means, lately discovered in France, of destroying hunches.”

It is this specialty (along with the more sensational rumor that he was testing Haitian-style zombie drugs to increase obedience in slaves) that serves as the main defense of Madame Lalaurie. Could Louis have been using painful techniques to treat or experiment on the slaves and their cries mistaken for torture? It’s not known how Dr. Lalaurie and Delphine met, but one theory is that she consulted him about her daughter’s crooked back. By 1826, the two were a couple and Delphine found herself pregnant at age 38. She gave birth to their son, Jean Louis, the following year, and five months later the two were married. Lalaurie brought $2,000 to the marriage, while Delphine was worth more than $66,000.

Did the marriage begin with an imbalance of power that continued as Madame Lalaurie took out her frustrations on her slaves while her new husband stood by and watched? There is no clear answer to this, but the marriage seems to have deteriorated quickly, with Madame falling deeper and deeper into madness. She purchased the lots that would become the Lalaurie Mansion in 1831. The family lived there with Delphine’s four Blanque children, but the following year she petitioned the court for a separation from her husband, claiming he had beaten her.

It’s impossible to know whether Madame’s claims were true or whether Dr. Lalaurie granted her wishes as a way of distancing himself from her behavior that would soon be made public. Gossipy letters written by neighbor Jean Boze to his friend in France stated, “They do not have a happy household; they fight, often separate, and then return to each other, which would make one believe that someday they will abandon each other completely.”

Up in Flames

In her book, Morrow Long calls this part of the story and an 1829 receipt for legal services “for defending the prosecution of the State against her in the Criminal Court” the “smoking gun” in the saga of Madame Lalaurie. Other writers heard similar stories from neighbors that corroborate Boze’s claims, and English author Harriet Martineau wrote in her memoir Retrospect of Western Travel  “that it had long been observed that Madame Lalaurie’s slaves looked singularly haggard and wretched” and that she would beat her daughters for giving them food.

All of this serves to set the stage for the events that unfolded on April 10, 1834. Fire broke out at the Lalaurie house on Royal Street that morning. The fire was reported to have started in the kitchen, which had the slave quarters above it. Since neighbors were aware of the slaves chained there, they expressed their concern to Judge Canonge, who was present on the scene and lived across the street. Chronicled in his deposition, the story goes that the judge politely asked Dr. Lalaurie to have the slaves removed to a safer place but was rudely told to mind his own business.

The judge gave orders to break down the doors of the slave quarters and that’s when the chained, starved and beaten slaves were discovered. The condition of these slaves has been embellished and exaggerated through storytelling over the years, but it’s important to note that newspaper accounts following the incident contain eyewitness accounts of their exact condition. The Courier described it as an “appalling sight … “their bodies covered with scars and loaded with chains.”

The Bee reported that the rescuers found “seven slaves, more or less horribly mutilated … suspended by the neck with their limbs stretched and torn from one extremity to the other.” The editors of both papers had gone to the Cabildo, where the slaves were brought, to see for themselves, and the Courier also described a man with a hole in his head filled with worms.

These horrific accounts, along with the duration of Madame’s alleged abuse, help to explain why neighbors and citizens were upset enough to ransack her house and destroy everything they could. Madame herself is believed to have skipped town with the help of her coachmen, Bastien, that afternoon before the mob arrived and fled first to Mobile, then New York and Paris. A sighting by the poet William Cullen Bryant puts her on a ship named the Poland, sailing from New York to Le Havre in June of 1834.

Keeping the Legend Alive

While some believe that Madame did eventually secretly return to New Orleans, it’s more likely that she lived out the rest of her life in Paris. Letters from her children express that she never fully realized the implications of what had taken place and she seemed to struggle with what would probably be diagnosed as some from of bipolar disorder or other mental illness today. Morrow Long concludes that Madame Lalaurie’s madness, or a type of insanity, caused her to treat her slaves the way she did. Marie Points, writing for the Daily Picayune in 1892, described Madame’s “well-known eccentricity, and her high, ungovernable temper, which at times … almost bordered upon insanity.”

Paris records show that she died  at her home there on December 7, 1849. Her son-in-law signed her death record as a witness, and she was interred at the Cimetiere de Montmartre and then exhumed on January 7, 1851, and brought to New Orleans. Madame Lalaurie is believed to be buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, but there is no record of this.

A mysterious epitaph plate discovered in the cemetery in 1941 and thought to be a hoax stoked the legend that she had returned to New Orleans before her death, and other rumors, newspaper articles and books have continued to keep Madame’s story alive over the years. Jeanne deLavigne’s 1946 book  Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans  has the most sensational version of the story, listing among the slaves rescued a woman who had her skin peeled in a spiral around her body so she resembled a caterpillar and another with all her bones broken and reset at different angles so she resembled a crab.

Madame’s wax rendition at the Musee Conti Historical Wax Museum (pictured above) has been called “obscene” and depicts a slave shown whipping two other slaves who are starved and chained in the attic. The slave doing the whipping is thought to be Bastien, the driver who helped her escape the mob. The display has not been changed since the museum opened in the 1970s.

But her most successful legacy is her house on Royal Street, believed to be haunted to this day and a stop on every New Orleans ghost tour.

The Haunted House on Royal Street 

The building’s exterior is fairly unremarkable by French Quarter standards. It is a gray, hulking and “large, solid rectangular pile,” mostly unchanged from George Washington Cable’s description in his story “The Haunted House In Royal Street.” Written in 1889, originally for Century Magazine , Cable’s description of the building and legend are spot-on even by today’s light. Cable’s description of the mansion and the legend may be the best out there.

He sets forth the Lalaurie legend in epistolary fashion, first acquainting the reader with the building’s architecture through “plain fact and history.” And because Cable wrote this over a century before Instagram or Tumblr or the iPhone camera created the image-heavy writing commonly seen today, he relied on beautiful word use to create the building in the reader’s mind. And he did a bang-up job.

As described by Cable, the house is encircled by “an uncovered balcony, as wide as the sidewalk,” and the entrance, “a deep white portal, the walls and ceilings, of which are covered with ornamentations, two or three steps, shut off from the sidewalk by a pair of great gates of open, ornamental iron-work, with gilded tops rise to the white door.” Cable describes the door as: “loaded with a raised work of urns and flowers, birds and fonts, and Phoebus and his chariot.” He also notes that upon his visiting the building, the “shutters [were] closed [and] by the very intensity of their rusty silence spoke of a hostile, impenetrability.”

To those who have seen the house recently, very little has changed in the 125 years since Cable’s writing. The gorgeous iron balconies — which are actually galleries as they’re supported by columns to the ground, rather than cantilevered metal beams from the building — are still intact, ornate pattern and all. The entryway is exactly as described, save the gilded gate tops, which are now the same black as the rest of the gate. The white door with ornamental urns, flowers, birds and fonts is as if Cable were standing directly in front of it. The shutters aren’t quite as described, and seem to be lighter, giving the impression of the building having its eyes now open in contrast to the hostile, impenetrability of Cable’s description.

Cable wrote his description 55 years after the fire, and the description almost completely holds today. However, Cable’s house and the current-day house are unrecognizable from the house as Madame Lalaurie would have known it .

Delphine purchased the property from Edmond Soniat Dufossat in 1831 for $33,750 at 8 percent interest, payable over two years. The house on the property was under construction when purchased, to be finished within 30 days. When finished, the house stood only two stories, with an attic, and looked much more like the Soniat House (1133-1135 Chartres; pictured below) or the Hermann-Grima House (820 Saint Louis; interior photo below) still do today, than the three story affair currently occupying 1140 Royal St. (Interestingly, the Hermann-Grima house was used as the filming location for the Lalaurie Mansion interiors in “American Horror Story: Coven.”)

After the 1834 fire and mobbing, the main house remained vacant until 1837 when it was purchased and rebuilt by Charles Caffin, in the style familiar to us today.

Since 1837, the house has passed through several owners and housed a panoply of things — Union headquarters during the Civil War; an early, integrated school for young women; a home for delinquents; a tenement; a music conservatory; saloon; furniture store and the private residence of several owners, including Nicolas Cage. Cage owned the home from 2007 until 2009, when it was sold at bank auction for $2.3 million. The house is currently a private residence owned by Texas energy trader Michael Whalen and not open to the public.

A Peek Inside & Ghost Tours Available

Although interior tours are not available for the Lalaurie Mansion, NOLA.com has a fantastic slideshow showcasing the house’s most recent makeover, which plays up its spooky side. The mansion is also the highlight of most every French Quarter tour — ghost themed or otherwise — particularly with the popularity of “AHS: Coven.” The house sits at the corner of Royal and Governor Nicholls, the public sidewalk butting up against the building’s walls, providing fairly intimate access to one of the city’s most storied buildings, all from the city sidewalk.

Tour-goers and guides have reported experiencing everything from fainting spells to capturing orbs in their photos when going by the house, so keep the camera ready for one of the many legends from American Horror Story Coven.

French Quarter tours essentially come in two styles — tour guide-led and self-guided, and can focus on nearly anything —architecture, food, ghosts, history, cemetery, voodoo. Each tour style has its advantages, but if you’re visiting New Orleans for the first time, it’s well worth the money (some run as low as $20) to take a guided tour, especially a ghost tour, if only to experience the over-the-top theatrics of the tour guides. (See tour links below.)

All tour guides within the city of New Orleans must be licensed. To become licensed, guides must pass a fairly intense test focusing on the city’s history, geography, legends and culture. This ensures that all tour guides know the same information. That being said, there are dozens of tour companies and self-guided tours to choose from in the city. The information below may help you make the most of your tour — Lalaurie Mansion-centric or otherwise.

Other Legends from American Horror Story Coven

Another one of the legends from American Horror Story Coven, Haitian voodoo character Papa Legba was featured in episode 10. Usually appearing as an old man with a crutch or a cane, he acts as the gatekeeper between the worlds of the living and the spirit world. In voodoo ceremonies, he is the first and last spirit invoked, because his permission is needed for communication.

We have to wonder if the Devil Baby of Bourbon Street, discussed in Mad Madame Lalaurie , will get a mention before the season ends. Said to be both deformed and cursed, this baby could provide the real-life link between Madame Lalaurie and Marie Laveau. The myth is that Marie Laveau brought Madame Lalaurie what is now known as the “Devil Baby of Bourbon Street” to raise. The child allegedly lived five years before being buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. The book’s authors believe this could have been a child with severe birth defects or what is commonly called a Harlequin baby, which would have had extreme thickening of the skin and huge diamond-shaped scales on its body.

Tour & Resource Links 

American Horror Story: Coven Location Guide New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau New Orleans Online Frommers self-guided walking tours  GO NOLA App Official Paranormal Guide – New Orleans App

Further Reading

Madame Lalaurie: Mistress of the Haunted House by Carolyn Morrow Long Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess by Victoria Cosner Love and Lorelei Shannon The Haunted House In Royal Street by George Washington Cable Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans by Jeanne deLavigne Fever Season by Barbara Hambly The Historic New Orleans Collection NOLA.com

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This woman was an evil, sadistic torturer who beat, maimed and killed Black PEOPLE. It disgusts me that the author seems to be trying to romanticize or excuse this ANIMAL. I first learned about her from reading about other serial killers during her time. She is no different from any of them. She hurt, killed and tortured other people for her gratification. Imagine if she had done what she did to those people to dogs. People would still be calling for her head. Whoever wrote this article is a bastard.

Erin Z. Bass / Author / February 13, 2015

Our intention was not to romanticize or excuse Madame Lalaurie’s actions in any way, but to separate fact from fiction and try to uncover the real story behind her legend. We certainly welcome comments and free speech here, but name calling won’t be tolerated.

Victoria / February 17, 2015

I agree..it does seem like the writer of this article is alittle enamored with this devil….

I said it. / April 13, 2015

futureceo770 / October 10, 2015

EXACTLY!!! evil just pure ass evil nothing else!!! no mental illness just pure EVIL as most of them are!!!

John Wick / September 19, 2022

Look up the link of LaLaurie to the now King Charles….blood lineage relations…..1h:50s Pastor explains the whole thing….this will blow your mind!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9Wz5-M0ug

Guy / November 29, 2022

Broken link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9Wz5-M0ug . What on this?

Jade / February 27, 2015

Does it really matter what kind of disorder she had? CRAZY is a good description of her state of mind, doing what she did to fellow human beings. I really don’t know what help it is to our society to even attempt to name these so-called disorders when most of these people aren’t able to get the help that they need. And I also don’t know whatever happened to people just beig “crazy.” That’s what it was called when I was growing up. We knew who the crazy folks were in town, and we kids ran past their houses like Scout Finch running from Boo Radley.

Erin Z. Bass / Author / February 27, 2015

Well said, Jade!

Realistically_Optimistic / April 30, 2015

I don’t believe that the author is romanticizing Lalaurie or making excuses. She is simply stating the facts by referecting actual accounts, such as Delphine’s neighbor, as well as undisputable sources such as newspapers. No doubt that Lalaurie was and is still considered an awful, wretched woman, but it helps to look at the information from a calm demeanor as to not over exaggerate the story and turn fact into fiction.

nathan / May 9, 2015

I agree, she was horrible and disgusting but thank you to the person who wrote this article. you give good insight to who she really was and real history, but i still hate her for her horrid crimes. thanks again.

confused / August 14, 2015

Was this edited? If she was born in 1775 how would she have been 38 around 1826? This is the first time I’ve heard of her having any sons or a child with Lalaurie for that matter. I do not mean to downplay what happened to those poor people but I think over the years the story has been sensationalized, the original news article mentions basically none of the claims you can read about her today. I’ve also wondered why her husband has never been vilified anywhere near the extent as her, actually not at all. I find it hard to believe he had no idea what was going on reguardless of who’s name the house was in or Who ran it. In fact I wouldn’t doubt if he were the one responsible for it all or if it happened at his insistence given the fact that no such claims were ever made against Delphine before marrying him.

Agreed / October 25, 2015

I’ve often wondered the same and I give kudos to the author for hinting at this.

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Carolyn morrow long / august 11, 2019.

Hello–this is Carolyn Morrow Long, author of Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House. I’m only seeing this article today, August 11, 2019, because a friend shared it on my timeline. I want to compliment the writer of the article for giving an accurate account of Delphine Lalaurie’s life. Erin Bass has not at all exonerated Madame Lalaurie. The only error is her birth date–Delphine was born March 19, 1787, not in 1775. After the legal separation of the Lalauries in 1832, Dr. Lalaurie was living in Plaquemines Parish and wasn’t at the house on Royal Street much of the time. He was financially dependent on his much older and wealthier wife, so he had to show up periodically and he happened to be there on the morning of the fire in 1834. I think he DID know about the abuse but didn’t know how to stop it. He did go to Paris with Delphine but soon left for Havana and severed contact with her and the children, even his own son Jean Louis Lalaurie.

Erin Z. Bass / Author / August 11, 2019

Thanks so much for weighing in, Carolyn. We will correct the error about her birthdate.

Claudette / May 11, 2023

The Wax Museum that was on Conti Street in New Orleans actually opened in 1964, My Mom took me there while on a field trip with her students and I vivedly remember the scene with Madam Lalaurie and the slaves and that field trip was in 1965.

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As seen on American Horror Story: Coven, this is Miss Robicheaux’s Academy. The Buckner Mansion is located in New Orleans' famous (and opulent) Garden District. And it's for rent. Yup, you can rent this gorgeous stately manor by the month or even book it for the night. There's a few catches though. 1.) It's pretty pricey (more on that in a bit); 2.) It also may or may not be haunted; and 3.) It's a bit of a local celebrity, so you'll have to deal with flocks of tourists gawking, oohing and ahhing over it while they snap a bazillion pictures.  About that ghost... The mansion is allegedly haunted by the ghost of a slave, known only as Miss Josephine. After the Civil War, Miss Josephine chose to remain at the mansion even after death. Over the years people have claimed to hear her sweeping and the inexplicable smell of lemon, with which she used to clean. Also, some even claim to have seen her ghost on the stairs. As far as poltergeist activity, the house has that too...in abundance it would seem. Lights turning on and off, doors open and close, all on their own. Oh, and some have claimed to have watched chandeliers swing, by themselves, for over an hour. I personally haven't had the opportunity to visit the house, so I can't attest to this paranormal activity, but if you go, or have already visited the Buckner mansion please share your experience in the comments. Today, most people recognize the mansion from the television show American Horror Story: Coven. The Buckner mansion was featured as Miss Robicheaux's Academy, which trained witches. The history of the mansion is fascinating even without the paranormal factor. Henry Sullivan Buckner was a cotton kingpin. He wanted to build a house on Jackson Avenue that would be bigger and more grand than Stanton Hall in Natchez, Mississippi, the regions most opulent manor at the time, and home to Henry's ex-business partner and rival. The Buckner mansion, built in 1856, exceeded most, if not all, of Henry's expectations. The house was designed with 48 fluted columns as well as a unique cast-iron fence, which was unusual at the time, adorned with an intricate honeysuckle design. The mansion also has galleries on three sides and three, that's right, three ballrooms! So, if you're convinced and want to book a night, here are some more details from the vacation rental listing on VRBO: "It is 1853...'Cotton is King,' New Orleans is the center of the universe, and you are Henry Sullivan Buckner. You commission renowned architect Lewis E. Reynolds to build the most beautiful and magnificent mansion in the very heart of New Orleans' Garden District. The result is one of the finest examples of Southern ante-bellum architecture, having a scale of elegance from the 19th Century that is rarely found. The Buckner Mansion, with its urban setting in unique New Orleans, is indeed the envy of the Garden District - a 'landmark amongst landmarks.' This 20,000+ square foot residence is soo stately with its Forty-Eight monumental Ionic and Corinthian fluted cypress columns and, yet, so charming with endless Verandas, ornate cast-iron, and 'floor to ceiling' windows. This combination of power and shear beauty sparks one's imagination back in history to pre-civil war New Orleans. Just Imagine!" What will all these amenities cost you: Well, $4,700 a night. Also, the mansion is only available for rent two weeks a year.  

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