Roanoke
A haunted North Carolina farmhouse, told as a documentary and then as its doomed sequel.
American Horror Story: Roanoke is the sixth season of the anthology series, about supernatural events around a haunted house in North Carolina. Its first half is presented as a paranormal documentary, My Roanoke Nightmare, which reenacts the experiences of a married couple who lived in the house; the second half is found footage of the doomed production of the documentary's sequel.
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 6
- Showrunner
- Ryan Murphy
- Episodes
- 10
- First aired
- 14 September 2016
- Last aired
- 16 November 2016
Lore & Background
Shelby and Matt Miller leave Los Angeles for North Carolina after an assault that caused Shelby to miscarry, and buy an abandoned colonial farmhouse. The house stands on the land where the Roanoke Colony moved after its disappearance in the 1580s, and it is haunted by the colony's ghosts, led by Thomasin White, the Butcher. The Millers also face the cannibalistic Polk family, who live nearby, and the immortal witch Scáthach.
Reader's Guide
In the sequel, Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell, the producer Sidney Aaron James brings the Millers and the actors who played them back to the farmhouse for three days during the blood moon, filmed by hidden cameras. The season ran for 10 episodes, from September 14 to November 16, 2016, and is connected to Asylum and Freak Show.
Did You Know?
- Roanoke was the first season whose subtitle was not released before the premiere.
- Lana Winters, Sarah Paulson's character from Asylum, appears in the final episode.
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