By Charlene Kemp

‘Do  Not Speak or Look at The Lady on The 5th Floor’

The first time of hearing about this ritual was on a paranormal documentary previously to this I had never heard of such a ritual but decided to have a look into it.

The only information that I can find where its origins come from is Japan, china and Korea and is practiced throughout the culture as some kind of ritual to the otherside.

So the theory behind is that by following the instructions it allows you to go from our realm into anothet dimensional plane via a simple numerical code that you put into the elevator key pad….Yes it all sounds abit crackers but from researching it is highly believed by some that this actually works and has been linked to Elisa Lam case. Elisa Lam was a young women whos body was found in a hotels water tank. Elisa had been staying at the hotel on her travels when the morning she was due to check out she never did. A missing person’s report went out and the search for Elisa started. People staying at the hotel started reporting the water to be dark in colour and tasted funny. The hotel management went to check the water to find Elisa’s body in it. Her death was ruled an accidental drowning by the coroner, through surveilance video from the hotel’s elevator shown Elisa acting rather oddly. This then sparked conspiracy theories about the incident.

Below is the link to the CCTV footage, of course there is many speculations to what actually occurred, many more logical, but this is one of the theories that i thought was interesting and something i had never heard of.

Of Course many say it is a load of tosh and it is often referred to on the same par as the game “bloody Mary”. 

So whats needed

Yourself, 1 building, at least 10 stories high, with an elevator. All three of these conditions must be met in order for the game to go any further. 

Instructions

– Enter your chosen building and get into the elevator on the first floor alone. Do not proceed if anyone else is in the elevator with you.

– Press the button for the fourth floor.

– When the elevator reaches the fourth floor, do not get out. Instead, remain in the elevator and press the button for the second floor.

– When you reach the second floor,remain in the elevator and press the button for the sixth floor.

– When you reach the sixth floor,remain in the elevator and press the button for the second floor.

– When you reach the second floor,remain in the elevator and press the button for the tenth floor.

– When you reach the tenth floor,remain in the elevator and press the button for the fifth floor.

– When you reach the fifth floor, a young woman may enter the elevator. Do not look at her; do not speak to her. She is not what she seems.

– Press the button for the first floor. If the elevator begins ascending to the tenth floor instead of descending to the first, you may proceed. If the elevator descends to the first floor,exit as soon as the doors open. Do not look back. Do not speak.

– If you reach the tenth floor, you may either choose to get off the elevator or to stay on it. If you choose to get off, and if the woman entered the elevator on the fifth floor, she will ask you, “Where are you going?” Do NOT answer her. Do NOT look at her.

– You will know whether you have arrived at the Otherworld by one indication, and one indication only: The only person present in it is you.

Returning

If you chose to stay on the elevator at the tenth floor:

– Press the button for the first floor. If it doesn’t work, keep pressing it until it finally does.

– When the elevator reaches the first floor, exit as soon as the doors open. Do not look back. Do not speak.

If you choose to exit the elevator at the 10th floor:

– You must use the same elevator to return as the one in which you arrived.

– When you enter the elevator, press the buttons in the same order you did in steps 2 through 8 of Venturing Out. You should finish at the fifth floor.

– When you reach the fifth floor, press the button for the first floor. The elevator will again begin to ascend to the tenth floor. Press any other floor’s button to cancel the ascension. You MUST press the button you use to cancel the ascension BEFORE you reach the tenth floor.

– After you reach the first floor, check your surroundings carefully. If anything seems off—even the smallest detail—do NOT exit the elevator. If you detect something wrong, repeat step 2 until your surroundings look as they should. Once you are confident you have returned to your own world, you may safely exit the elevator.

– Should you reach the Otherworld, the floor onto which you will emerge will look almost identical to the one from your own world, save for two things: All the lights will be off, and the only thing you will be able to see from the windows is a red cross in the distance.

– Some say that electronic devices for example mobile phones, cameras, MP3 players etc don’t work in the Otherworld but others say they do.

-.Getting back to your own world may be more difficult than it seems. You may become disoriented and forget which elevator which you arrived in. The elevator may seem to get further and further away from you as you walk towards and so on. Be vigilant, and keep your wits about you.

– If at any point during the ritual you faint, pass out, or otherwise lose consciousness, you will likely wake up in your own home. However, be sure to carefully examine your surroundings upon waking, the “home” to which you have been returned may not be the one you left when you first set out to attempt this ritual.

Concerning the Woman on the Fifth Floor:

Do NOT speak to her.

Do NOT look at her.

If you do, she may decide to keep you for her own.

Upon looking through peoples accounts of trying this out, people have reported feeling or experiencing something happening to them and some even reporting something following them home!

I must say however tempting it may seem to try, I actually wouldnt just incase, It may be one for our Sceptic LEE STEER to do.

By Charlene Kemp

Before I start this article I want to thank Paranormal Scholar on youtube for the inspiration on this. If you haven’t visited their you tube I strongly recommend you do.

The original 1997 portrait of Delphine Lalaurie image is not available to see but this 2004 portrait by the same artist, Ricardo Pustanio offers a good likeness to what the original would be like.

There has been many claims of paranormal activity that surrounds the original, but to understand the nature and background of this portrait, the chilling story of Madame Lalaurine and her horrific actions must be told.

Madame Marie Delphine Lalauire is most often referred to as the Most Evil women of all time and The Devil himself hiding behind a pretty face and innocence of a women. The secrets that were locked away in her attic mansion, Was so evil and vile that it has inspired centuries of ghost stories, crime books and even a character on American Horror Story.

Delphine was born to an influential white creole family and was raised with the much finer things life had to offer. Delphine married 3 times, first to Spanish diplomat, who died, secondly to a prominent banker who also left Delphine a widower and lastly the only city’s dentist Dr Leonard Louis Nicolas Lalaurie.

At this point Delphine was pretty wealthy and had inherited all of her parents wealth as well as her passed husbands. In 1831 Delphine purchased a property in her own name at 114 Rue Royale, New Orleans. She proceeded to decorate the mansion to her dreams and later her husband and daughters moved in.

Lalaurie hosted many balls and dinner parties and was quite popular and one of the most well known women in New Orleans. Rumours started to spread however that Lalaurie was mistreating her servants and was later stated that her servants haggered and wrenched appearance didn’t go unnoticed.

One neighbour who lived not far, recalled how she had been going up her stairs when she heard a piercing shriek coming from the Lalaurie courtyard. She stood and witnessed a young servant, around 8 years of age, fly across the yard towards the house. Madame Lalaurie pursing her and with a cowhide in hand. The lady watched in horror as she chased the child from one storey to another, until both had reached the roof of the building. The young child, so scared of her punishment she fell from the roof to her death. Later on in the evening, she witnessed the mangled young child be buried in a shallow grave in the corner of the yard.

On 10th of April, 1834, a fire broke out in the kitchen of the Lalaurie residence. It wasn’t until after the event that it was revealed that it had been the household cook  started the fire, a servant who had been chained within yards of the fireplace. The lady stated it was better to be all burnt together then to allow the mistress to indulge in their torture.

The flames spread quickly, attracting the attention of bystanders. Brave locals set out to assist the Lalauries with their assets. Lalauries only interest was gathering her valuables, jewellery and clothing.

As time past, people started to realise that Lalauries servants was still in the building. Lalaurine didn’t seem fussed about rescuing them at all, yet the house was heavily staffed by slaves like many households during that time. The keys for the servant quarters was demanded but Lalaurine refused to pass them over.

Determined to save as many as they could bystanders knocked down the door only to discover what they later described as ‘ too incredible for human belief’.

Seven slaves were found horrifically mutilated. Two corpses was found poking from a hole in the ground.

Those who was still alive had been suspended by their necks, their limbs torn and stretched. Many constrained in painful positions, forced to wear iron spiked collars to restrict movement. All had been tortured and beaten and the fire had been a saviour for these poor souls.

In local legend, bodies of tortured servants were still being found in the mansion over 100 years later, sealed beneath the floorboards where many was kept in the chamber.

After the fire the servants were taken to the local jail for their own safety. As for Delphine, she fled New Orleans, chased by an angry crowd and went to France. Where its believed she lived peacefully.

The mansion was demolished. The New Orleans Bee wrote ” early the whole of the edifice is demolished, and scarcely anything remains but the walls, which the popular vengeance have ornamented with various writings expressive of their indignation and the justness of their punishment”.

In the 1970s, centuries after the dreadful events, the Lalaurie mansion of Royal Street underwent major renovations to transform it into luxury apartments.

In 1997, the owners asked Ricardo Pustanio, a local artist, to create a portrait of the buildings previous owner, that being Delphine Lalaurie.

When the painting was placed within the walls of the building, along came a string of reports of it having a darkness attached to it.

For many years ghost sightings within the old Lalaurine Mansion had been reported. This painting once hung, may have attracted the dark entity.  It was believed that Madame Lalaurine herself was the one attached.

Reports of activity around the painting was that it moved walls, rock that violently that it tumbled on the floor, residents would report feeling unnerved around the painting, hearing echoing faint voices, feeling cold touches, strong smell of smoke and moved or missing possessions. One female tenant of the apartments claimed that the painting whispered to her directly and sounds of footsteps followed her around her apartment. He felt as though she was being tormented.

The painting gave off that much darkness that the painting was eventually returned to the artist.

Delphine in life, liked to show off her prized pieces of art. People would have travelled from afar to spend the night within the fine mansion. So could it be that in death,  Delphine was attracted to the self portrait so that her art was shown once again?

The artist, Ricardo Pustanio states that he never had the intention of labelling the piece as ‘haunted’. Ricardo, has in fact created several more likenesses of Delphine Lalaurine since the original portrait. As far as he is aware, nobody has tried to contact regarding any activity with these ones.

The original portrait is now in a private collection. The new owners refuse to discuss where it is located or if any unexplained occurrences have happened while its been with them.

The stories of what actually occurred on Royal Street has been warped beyond reality over the years, books published of storied of even more nightmarish scenes that could have occurred and with folklore and haunted tours. But if you strip it right back, brush the lies and look at the hard facts of the story the truth lays there, the events that took place was without a doubt horrific, barbarous and damn right evil without any need for exaggeration. Delphine Lalaurine, dubbed ” A demon in the shape of a women” by The New Orleans Bee, seems like the sort of character that would linger on after death, just to play up to her malevolent ways!