The True Stories Behind 21 American Horror Story Characters

Danny Huston's Coven character, The Axeman, was a real person — though we still don't know his identity. Between 1818 and 1819, a series of murders were committed around the New Orleans area. The killer used axes or straight razors owned by the residents of the houses he broke into, and, as seen on the show, he even threatened to kill anyone not playing jazz music on one particular night.