American Horror Story Asylum: The True Story That Inspired Season 2

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While American Horror Story season 2, Asylum, is easily one of the darkest seasons of the anthology TV series, several of its twisted storylines are actually based on true stories. While American Horror Story tells some of the most disturbing tales on television, the stories become all the more bone-chilling when discovering that each season draws from real-life people and events. AHS season 2's Asylum is still considered one of the show's best installments after over a decade on air, partially because of how real Ryan Murphy's horror story feels.

Before horror icon Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, and Lady Gaga starred in the series, American Horror Story: Asylum boasted some of the biggest and best actors the series had seen. Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, and Zachary Quinto all returned from American Horror Story season 1, Murder House, as new characters. Just as several cast members of American Horror Story: Asylum portray characters inspired by real people, the same was true for many returning actors from Murder House, in which several real-life murder cases were showcased.

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AHS season 2 tackles serial killers, aliens, a rundown psychiatric facility, demonic possession, evil Nazi doctors, among other topics, making it one of American Horror Story's more confusing seasons. Even still, Asylum's stories are cleverly woven and most of them are tied up well enough by the end that viewers are left satisfied, which can't be said for every season, such as American Horror Story season 10's alien story, Death Valley. Though it takes on a lot, American Horror Story: Asylum looked to many aspects of true history that are rooted in the same