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_historyFurther Reading A LONG REIGN: The Life and Times of Marie LaveauThe Marie Laveau PhenomenonMarie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New OrleansBook A New Orleans voudou priestess : the legend and reality of Marie LaveauDocumentary A History of Voodoo