One of the most prolific women serial killers in United States history, Delphine LaLaurie, has been portrayed in pop culture for decades for her brutal torture and murder of slaves. But what is the truth behind LaLaurie, and was it nature or nurture that drove her to kill?
NOTE: English translations of a copper plate found in a cemetary state that LaLaurie died in 1842, while French archives note that she passed in 1849.