Mary Oneida Toups

Mary Oneida Toups (April 25, 1928 – September 1981) was an American occultist known as the "Witch Queen of New Orleans".

Toups was born on April 25, 1928, in Meridian, Mississippi, to Arthur Hodgin and Mary Ellen Killing.

[5] Later in 1972, Toups caught the attention of writer Howard Jacobs, who wrote about her in his column Remoulade, after she publicly defended witchcraft when the practice had been blamed for a murder in Opelousas.

[1] She is also mentioned in the book Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse by Brad Steiger.

[8] On the first episode of American Horror Story: Coven, titled Bitchcraft, Fiona Goode (played by Jessica Lange) references Toups and her coven practicing witchcraft at Popp Fountain in City Park.