Things American Horror Story Gets Wrong About History

American Horror Story isn't shy about including lots of real-life horrors. But it doesn't always get that history completely accurate, especially when it comes to actual historical figures that pop up in the show's various storylines. Here are things American Horror Story gets wrong about history.

2019's American Horror Story: 1984 was a retro throwback to slasher films of the 1980s. Inspired by Friday the 13th, Sleepaway Camp, Halloween, and more, the story focused on the fictional Camp Redwood, the site of numerous killings and ghastly goings-on. But to add a little zest to the story, creators added real-life serial killer Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez into the mix, where he attacked the camp's counselors and openly worshiped Satan.

Ramirez really did break into homes and kill the occupants, and he really did have a strange obsession with Satan. Even Ramirez's origin story, portrayed in a flashback, is pretty accurate. Ramirez's capture, where he was chased by an angry mob through the streets of Los Angeles after being identified at a convenience store, really happened, too, as amazing as that sounds. Other than the obviously fictional parts about Ramirez killing teens at a summer camp, the show gets his life story surprisingly close to the real thing.

There is one thing that definitely didn't happen with Ramirez, though. He never escaped from prison, as he does in the season's final episodes. Using the power of Satan, Ramirez is able to trick a guard into releasing him, and he begins a journey of revenge from there. The real Richard Ramirez spent the rest of his life in jail, though. He stayed on death row until 2013, when he died of lymphoma.

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Richard Ramirez never escaped | 0:17
Madame LaLaurie fled New Orleans | 1:36
Anton LaVey didn't worship Satan | 2:49
Marie Laveau wasn't evil | 4:00
Valerie Solanas wasn't a cult leader | 5:01
Tituba didn't practice voodoo | 6:13
Papa Legba isn't a gatekeeper to Hell | 7:40
Scáthach wasn't a witch | 8:42

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