The Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau

She walked the streets of New Orleans as if she owned them with her snake by her side. White slavers coward at the mear sight of her and feared her power. Heartsick lovers plead for her help and she tended to the sick and dying. Was Marie Laveau a benevolent saint or an evil voodoo sorceress? Find out this and more in this week's episode.  Instagram: @fortheloveof_history Further Reading  A LONG REIGN: The Life and Times of Marie Laveau The Marie Laveau Phenomenon Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans Book  A New Orleans voudou priestess : the legend and reality of Marie Laveau Documentary  A History of Voodoo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices