Police reportedly did not give enough attention to the murders. He was also suspected of several other deaths in Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut, and Florida. In 2001, a surgical nurse named Richard Rogers was arrested for the murders of Thomas Mulcahy and Anthony Marrero. He murdered them and dismembered their bodies, leaving them in garbage bags dumped in New Jersey. Like the Mai Tai killer in AHS, the Last Call Killer lured men from piano bars.

As Rolling Stone points out, the timeline and setting of this season align with the Last Call Killer, who targeted gay men in New York City in the ’80s and ’90s.

Of course, it’s entirely possible that AHS: NYC has taken inspiration from a real-life killer. The killer(s) in American Horror Story: NYC is fictional, though. #AHSNYC #AHSFX /4xKfBQInQL- AmericanHorrorStory October 25, 2022Īmerican Horror Story hasn’t been shy about incorporating real serial killers - Jeffrey Dahmer made an appearance in AHS: Hotel, while the Black Dhalia murders were addressed in Murder House. Is ‘American Horror Story: NYC’ based on a true story?ĭo you feel it closing in? New episodes of FX’s AHS:NYC coming Wednesday. Are there two separate killers on the loose or are they one and the same? Fans will have to keep watching to find out. However, a more mild-mannered assailant who enjoys serving up drugged Mai Tais is also a suspect. Unfortunately, the department doesn’t take it very seriously, so journalist Gino (Joe Mantello) takes matters into his own hands.Īdam (Charlie Carver), whose roommate disappeared, claims that a muscular man wearing a leather mask - known as “Big Daddy” - is responsible for the murders. detective named Patrick (Russell Tovey) investigates the string of murders. While hiding his identity as a gay man himself, an N.YP.D. The bodies of multiple gay men are found throughout New York City and Fire Island. 19, set the stage for a big mystery in 1981. The first two episodes of American Horror Story: NYC, which premiered on Oct. Joe Mantello as Gino in ‘American Horror Story: NYC’ | FX ‘American Horror Story: NYC’ features a serial killer in the Big Apple American Horror Story is known to take inspiration from real-life events, but is NYC based on a true story? Here’s what we know. American Horror Story Season 11, titled NYC, documents a frightening time for the LGBTQ community in New York City: A mysterious disease runs rampant, and a serial killer takes multiple lives while police do little to stop them.

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