About the Author

Carolyn Morrow Long retired from the National Museum of American History in 2001. She is the author of A New Orleans Voudou Priestess. She lives in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, USA.

Reviews

"Shed[s] light on what is fact and what is purely fiction in a tale that's still told nightly on the streets of New Orleans."--Deep South Magazine

"Should be required reading for visitors to New Orleans, especially those planning to take one of the ubiquitous ghost tours. Caroline Long's imaginative reconstruction of the events of 1834 and her forceful argument for Madame Lalaurie's guilt demonstrate that New Orleans history can haunt us without exaggerations or embellishments."--Louisiana History