Historical Mystery Behind ‘American Horror Story’s’ Roanoke Nightmare
Historical Mystery Behind ‘American Horror Story’s’ Roanoke Nightmare
[...] it was revealed through the premiere episode’s show-within-a-show format, which told the story of a North Carolina couple’s haunting experiences as reenacted by the fictional paranormal TV series, “My Roanoke Nightmare.”
In the late 16th century, Sir William Raleigh, the explorer after whom the capital of North Carolina would later be named, selected artist John White to lead a group of 115 colonists to start a new colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of what is now Dare County.
A previous colony had been established on the island, but had been abandoned after its leaders killed the chief of the Native American tribe that had been its primary trade source.
According to a New York Times report from last year, recent archeological finds have led some to believe that at least some of the Roanoke colonists may have assimilated into nearby Native American tribes.
The title “My Roanoke Nightmare,” combined with the premiere episode’s setting in North Carolina, are strong clues that the eerie happenings that have surrounded Shelby and Matt are connected to this strange disappearance.
In Episode 11 of that season, a psychic tells a ghost story about an exorcism that happened at Roanoke Colony after all the colonists died.
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