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LaLaurie MansionPhoto: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stop 6 of 8 · Haunted French Quarter Walking Tour

The Cook Who Set the Fire

LaLaurie Mansion, New Orleans

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The story

You're on Royal Street at the corner of Governor Nicholls, and the big house in front of you, 1140 Royal, is the one every ghost tour in New Orleans stops for.

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New Orleans · 8 stops · 55 min · 1.1 mi

  1. Hotel Monteleone1

    Hotel Monteleone

    The Cobbler Who Built a Tower    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum2

    New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

    The Pharmacist, the Doctor, and the Rumor    Photo: Miguel Tremblay (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Cabildo3

    The Cabildo

    The Room Where Separate Began    Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. St. Louis Cathedral4

    St. Louis Cathedral

    Père Antoine and the Bell Called Victoire    Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Krakers assumed (based on copyright claims). (Corrected by User:StAn), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop5

    Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

    The Pirate Who May Never Drank Here    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. LaLaurie Mansion6You're here

    LaLaurie Mansion

    The Cook Who Set the Fire    Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Old Ursuline Convent7

    Old Ursuline Convent

    The Attic, the Chests, and the Nuns    Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. Beauregard-Keyes House8

    Beauregard-Keyes House

    The General Who Rented a Room    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

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