A Timeline of All the Most Important Dates in the "American Horror Story" Universe

1952 to 1953 — "Freak Show"

• The majority of the events in "Freak Show" occur.
• The season begins with Bette and Dot Tattler (Sarah Paulson) joining Fräulein Elsa (Jessica Lange)'s Cabinet of Curiosities.
• Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch) and Dandy Mott (Finn Wittrock) intermingle and go on separate killing sprees. Twisty is claimed by Edward Mordrake (Wes Bentley), while Dandy is murdered by the band of freaks.
• Elsa Mars sells the show and runs off the Hollywood.

1953 — "Roanoke"

• Dandy's death marks the end of the Mott lineage. The massive house in Roanoke goes up for sale.

1954 — "Double Feature"

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Neal McDonough) is told that aliens are kidnapping humans and performing experiments on them.