Is 'AHS' Character Dandy Mott Related to Bloody Face? Plus 17 Other Questions About the Twisted Universe

Yep! She is! Murphy confirmed that actress Naomi Grossman would return to the anthology series as the same role she played in Asylum, thus sparking the “connected universe” theory. The events of Freak Show occurred directly before the events of Asylum, making this Pepper’s pseudo “origins story.”

She is! According to reports, she will spend time at the Freak Show for reasons involving Pepper.

We know that Elsa’s legs were cut off by a doctor making a snuff film in Germany during World War II. Dr. Arden cut off a patient’s legs in Asylum, and is a former Nazi.

Could Murder House’s socialite and her doctor husband be the ancestors of Coven’s celebrity-turned-witch? They share a last name and an “I’m-better-than-you” attitude.

The characters were involved in a romantic relationship in both the first and third season, despite questionable circumstances. Could all of the characters share a soul that bounds them across space and time? (Very Vampire Diaries, right?)

It sure seems like they have at least certain personality traits in common. Constance from Murder House was a one-time actress, Asylum’s Sister Jude was a night club singer, and Elsa is an aspiring screen siren. Fiona from Coven craved power and a lavish lifestyle. Could these women all be doppelgangers with the same soul?

They were both portrayed by actor Ben Woolf. (RIP, Meep.) Thaddeus was brought back from the dead on Murder House years earlier than Meep’s death in the early 50s, which means that I had to shelve my theory that Meep’s body was used to reconstruct Thaddeus’ corpse. Still, it’s American Horror Story — anything is possible.

In the very first episode of Freak Show, there is a woman sitting in the audience who looks exactly like Elsa Mars as a clown. It is never mentioned again. Could that be a hint that Elsa Mars has a twin, perhaps Sister Jude from Asylum? Whether or not the two ever met is an entirely different question, but they appear to roughly around the same age, given the timeline of both shows.

Three out of the four seasons feature Denis O’Hare being in love with (or, in the case of Freak Show, pretending to fall for) Jessica Lange’s characters.

Vivien mentions that she has family in Florida during American Horror Story: Murder House. Could that family be from Jupiter?

It’s possible, right? Violet died young, but before she did she was extra sensitive to the ghosts in the Murder House and seemed to share some sort of communicative ability with them. Though she tried to do a spell at the end of the season (and failed) that could have been because she was ultimately a dead witch — not because she possessed no powers at all.

Well, do YOU have any idea where Ethel’s accent is from?

Gloria mentions that killers are common in “extremely affluent” families. Could she be referring to the incident that murder/suicide of the Montgomery’s in Los Angeles almost 20 years before?

If we’re working with a doppelganger theory, then perhaps Jimmy of Freak Show — played by Evan Peters — is destined to have issues with his father. Tate from Murder House had a dad who “left” (a.k.a. was murdered by his mother), and Kyle from Coven also had an absentee dad.

Sure, she’s faking in now on Freak Show, but what if she isn’t actually lying about her fortune teller prowess? She is, after all, the spitting image of powerful witch Madison Montgomery…

One big American Horror Story theory is the idea that none of the stories take place in reality, but are instead taking place in some type of doomed hellscape. The entrance to Elsa Mars’ freak show certainly correlates with that theory.