It was n’t Manson . Nor was itthe Bloody Benders . After keeping the plot of land for time of year 6 under wraps for calendar month while also intentionally misdirecting fans viaa series of creepy-crawly trailers , the FX dramaAmerican Horror Storyfinally revealed its themelast night . The show ’s subtitle is " My Roanoke Nightmare , " which means thing are about to get colonial .
" My Roanoke Nightmare " name to the lost colony of Roanoke Island , where more than 100 English men , women , and children settled in 1587 – and then vanished without a trace . Although no one knows for certain what happened to them , historians have uncovered some eerie item that couldinformAHS ’s master design . Keep an center out for cite to these Roanoke criterion as the new time of year unfolds .
The ghost of George Howe
The fates of the 100 - queer colonists remain a mystery , but we do be intimate what happened to at least one of them . bare days after the settlers arrived in North Carolina , a man named George Howe wasambushed and killedby unfriendly Native Americans while he was bellyache alone . Expect him to show up inAHSSeason 6 , if he has n’t already – that scalp Isle of Man in the Ellen Price Wood who scared the turd out of Shelby at the end of the episode could be our guy .
Strife with the Native Americans
For hundreds of year , historian believed that Native Americans massacred the colonists . And they had estimable reason to buy that theory , because a foreman claimed credit for the bloodletting . In 1609 , John Smith , of Jamestown settlement andPocahontasfame , reported to the English that Powhatan ( aka Pocahontas ' dad ) had trust in him thathe’d arrange the execution . Add in the Howe affair , plus some former hostility on the English ’s part , and you have a convincing subject that the Native Americans slaughtered the residents of Roanoke .
The only job ? historian have turned against this write up in late years , favoring a hypothesis of assimilation instead . Many now conserve that the colonists lived among local tribe after their regulator , John White , left on supplying run to England . ( He occupy three years to repay . ) But they still could ’ve met a bloody end that direction . The later Irish historian David Beers Quinn suggested that the colonist tamp up andjoined with the Chesapeake tribe , only to be murdered afterwards by its rivals , who were – you guessed it – the Powhatans . AHSmight contain murderous aboriginal American warrior either room .
Starved settlers
slaying may be scary , but so is starvation . In 1998 , a group of scientistsanalyzed the tree ringson super - honest-to-goodness trees in North Carolina and Virginia and concluded that the Roanoke settlers vanished during the worst drought in 800 days . That natural disaster would ’ve induce food shortages , plus the kind of water calibre that leads to salinity poisoning . It would certainly explicate why the settlers fled , but did some of them also starve before they vary ? bet out for some crazy hungry ( mayhap even cannibalistic ) specters in the forest .
The so-called “Dare Stones”
Back in 1937 , a touriststumbled upon a rockwith a occult inscription near a North Carolina river . On one side , it announced the death date of Virginia Dare , the famous first English infant birth in America , and her beginner . On the other , it confirmed that the Native Americans kill all but seven of the Roanoke colonists . It was sign " EWD , " which is pretty interesting , considering Virginia ’s mom was named Eleanor White Dare .
The holidaymaker turned it in to the historiographer at Emory University , and soon after , several more " Dare Stones " were discovered . But journalist killjoy Boyden Sparkes threw some cold water on this mania in 1941 , with an clause in theSaturday eve Postthatrevealed the rocks were spurt .
Some Dare Stones enthusiasts maintained their authenticity even after Sparkes ' exposé . They were peculiarly confident in the first stone , which take care markedly unlike from the rest . Could it make a cameo onAmerican Horror Story ? At the very least , check for any creepy-crawly " EWD " scrawl on tilt , tree , or the walls of Matt and Shelby ’s business firm .
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Aliens
There ’s always aliens . Ascertain conspiracy theoristsinsist , it ’s the only way to explain how so many people could have disappear into thin aviation . Is there any evidence to support this title ? Not really . ButAmerican Horror Storydoes eff its extra - terrestrials , and this mad possibility could connect Season 2 mythology to Season 6.Kit Walker , consider yourself on notification .
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