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Check out this link on tvfanatic.com for a few spoilers about tonights episode, if you just can't wait like me!

Note: Just so you know, it's just 6 bullets that don't give away much, no character details just events. :)

Spooky Little Girl

I'm getting REALLY excited for tonight's episode of American Horror Story, entitled, "Spooky Little Girl."

Here's a link to the promo from FX if you haven't already seen it -- go watch!

The promo opens with Constance talking to the Medium, through the promo she explains that when a new Pope is chosen -- he is given a key, a key to the "ultimate secret." "A child born of human and spirit, the essence of evil, the end of the world. In the mixed of us learning this from the Medium -- we see Constance walking into the basement of the Murder House calling for Tate then we cut to a scene of the two of them in the basement, Constance caressing his face, hyseterically crying "What have you done?"

I'm not sure why I think this -- it probably isn't based on any real clues within the show, but I wonder if Constance and the Medium aren't talking about what Tate did with Viv, but instead what he did with Violet -- wouldn't whatever he did hold way more weight having sex with a virgin and impregnating her?

Can't wait to find out how this is tied into Catholicism, and what is really born when a spirit and human mate -- I'm in the process of doing research about the key and the Pope... look for an update before show time if you're interested!

We are also treated to scenes of Viv in the insane asylum, tied up to a bed, and bleeding. The OBGYN calls Ben, and tells him she would normally tell his wife this but..... We also see Ben asking young Moira (I'm guessing this as I see the back of her head with red hair) "What happened to Viv?"

In between we also see a flash of young Moira on top of what seems to be the Black Dahlia? Interesting -- always thought Moira had a bit of a lesbian vibe to her. :)

So what do we think is going to happen? Does Viv escape the insane asylum? Do we finally find out what is wrong with the twins? Will they both even be born?

The Black Dahlia Murder

So we learned from the preview and various interviews with the cast and Ryan Murphy that this episode is going to feature a very special guest star -- Mena Suvari as Elizabeth Short. (Check out an article announcing this here.)

I thought it would be interesting to explore a bit of the back story of the Black Dahlia before tonight's episode, so here goes nothing. **Note: Credits are at the bottom, if you'd like to do further reading on the subject!**

Elizabeth Short
Short was born on July 29, 1924 in Hyde Park, MA to Phoebe and Cleo Short -- she spent most of her childhood in MA. In 1929, her father dissapeared -- many ruled it a suicide as his car was found abandoned at the foot of a bridge. Years later he sent a letter to his wife apologizing for dissapearing, but she refused to let him back into the family.

Apparently Beth matured quickly and enjoyed going to the movies with her mother growing up. It was there she decided she wanted to be an actress, so at 19, Beth moved to Vallejo, CA to live with her father -- who soon kicked her out for being lazy and staying out too late.

Beth moved closer to Santa Barbara, where she was eventually arrested for underage drinking -- the police urged her to return home to MA. Apparently, she had listened to them, but soon returned to CA to continue to pursue her dream of being in the movies.

Many have labeled her a tease, manipulative playgirl, but it is apparent that Elizabeth Short, was immortalized by the media as an American girl, with a dream to be in the movies, who came to Hollywood and became "the pin-up girl of Los Angeles Noir." (Source: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/dahlia/index_1.html)

Beth was last scene mid-January of 1947, it is said that she was to meet a gentlemen at the hotel but after leaving, she was never seen alive again. Her body was found, severed in the Crenshaw District on January 15, 1947.

The Murder
"On January 15, 1947, a passerby spotted her nude body in a vacant lot near Hollywood. Her body, cut in half, was bruised and beaten. Grass had reportedly been forced into her vagina, and she had reportedly been sodomized after death. Rumors of henna in her hair and BD carved into her body, as of yet to this outlet, have not been verified." (Source: http://www.bethshort.com/the-murder.php)

Apparently many came forward (a figure quoted around 50) to confess to the murder of Elizabeth Short, coined "The Black Dahlia" for her black hair and attire by the press, but none could be confirmed.

"So, what is it? Murders happen every day, everywhere. What makes Elizabeth Short any different?
First, she was a small town girl who reportedly wanted to make it in movies. Other peoples dreams are a huge factor in why we become interested in a case. She was considered, at times, a drifter. Couple that with her beauty -- yes, the appeal factor of both a female victim and suspect play a role. Then add the fact that she was severed in half, hacked, brutally murdered. The headlines were shocking, and the descriptiveness in the news stories even more so. Take note that the crime scene images published in 1947 were far more graphic than what we'd see in any city newspaper today.
Not to mention the hordes of people who admitted to the crime. More than 50 "confessing sams" attempted a claim to fame in this case." (Source: http://www.bethshort.com/the-murder.php)

NOTE: The girl who comes into the house, pretending to be a patient of Ben's explains that she keeps having a dream where she is cut in half by an elevator -- later that night during the Home Invasion -- she is essentially almost cut in half by Tate. The police later tell Ben/Viv that she was found a few blocks away, severed in half -- the police offer the explanation that maybe since the crew's re-enactment in the Murder House went awry, they decided to go Black Dahlia on one of their own. Also to note, in the murder of the Black Dahlia is noted everywhere that her body was drained of blood (Ice Truck Killer anyone?) -- we also know that the Infatata feeds off blood, relation?

Further Reading/Sources:
The Black Dahlia Website -- here.
The Black Dahlia story on TruTV's website -- here.
Wikipedia -- here.

Have to say that TruTV's breakdown of the Black Dahlia murders was the best I read -- I'm really interested to see how this plays out on tonight's episode. Think the references to cutting in half from earlier episodes will be interesting. Also I've read in various places that this episode shows a relationship between Moira and the Black Dahlia -- I wonder how that will play out.

What do you think about the draining of her body? Could this relate in anyway? Apparently from the article I linked to at the beginning of the post, it has been suggested that tonight's AHS episode will provide it's theory on this unsolved murdery mystery.

LINK: Twilight and AHS Pregancies Comparison

Though I haven't seen a single Twilight movie, I thought this article was pretty interesting and thought some of you Twi-Hards might think so as well. Hosted on the Washington Post's website, Jen Chaney does a great comparitive study of the two pregnancies, and gives us some clues on what to expect in the upcoming Birth episode.

Check it out here.

What do you think about the similarities?

One thing that struck me in the article is the reference to Viv's babies wanting blood -- hence the pancreas and brain eating -- doesn't this tie into the infatata wonderfully? We've already learned that the infatata (through Nora's intial encounter, the twins death, etc) craves blood, what's the relation here, since there's got to be one?

Recap Roundup! Episode 8: Rubber Man

This will normally be posted the Thursday afternoon after each episode -- however, with the holidays I'm a bit late! I figured I would post to do, so those who wish could do a little bit of reading to jog their memories of last week's CRAZY episode!

Basically each week, I'll be gathering up links to the best recaps for the previous night's episode that I've found on the web.

Here's the roundup for Episode 8: Rubber Man
EW.com -- Jeff Jensen does a wonderful job recapping the entire episode; Jensen pays special attention to the many details that can be easily overlooked in this episode filled with clues.
Highlights? On the first page, Jensen's evaluation of Tate as Rubber Man is incredibly interesting!

AfterElton.com -- Brian Juergens is a comedic genius. No matter how heinous the topic on American Horror Story, Juergens manages to make me giggle reading through his recap.
Higlights? The entire last page! Juergens does a weekly round up of best comedic moment, best shriek, and "Blood, Beasts & Buns."

Wall Street Journal -- Michael Calia's run down of what happened in episode 8 is a great short version of the happenings, while he does little analysis, it is still a good read to get you up to speed.
Highlights? Not sure there are any -- just a solid walk-through of the episode.

Washington Post -- Although this isn't a recap per se, Jen Chaney and Paul Williams ask themselves 10 questions about each episode after it airs -- it's really a quite interesting read!
Highlights? Question #4 "Did anyone else think it was weird that Violet said this to her father: “You’re so weird and pathetic, I’m surprised you haven’t gone after me”?" -- Totally forgot about this line and what it could mean until I read this article, go read Jen and Paul's thoughts on it!
Know of any other great recaps? Leave them in the comments!

LINK: Interesting interview with Alexandra Breckenridge, Young Moira

This article written by Lesley Goldberg is a bit old -- posted after the third episode on The Hollywood Reporter.

Check it out here.

Interesting to read nonetheless, Young Moira gives us a little insight to why the ghosts are the house -- hinting that this will be explained later this season.

"There's a reason the spirits, including both versions of Moira, continue to haunt the joint. "Essentially if you pass away on the property and your body remains there, you're stuck in the house," Breckenridge offers. Adds Conroy: “The explanation of everyone and why they’re there is quite moving -- and why the house is revealing so much -- it’s a deep, deep story and you learn a lot.""

Can't wait to find out why the spirits can't leave the house!

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LINK: 10 Things to Know About AHS

Came across this article from the end of September about American Horro Story on The Hollywood Reporter website -- was just skimming through it when this point (#4 to be exact) really struck me.

"Inspiration from real crime buffs. Noting the tour busses that go by the Sharon Tate house, clubs devoted to murder re-creations. Murphy said the series will explore people’s general obsession with crime and murder. “It’s a way to circumvent your own anxiety in very anxious times,” Murphy said. “In times of economic anxiety, if you look at the template, two genres flourish: horror and musicals. I think people want to either be scared or completely forget about their troubles. As we go further into the series, we get into the economic anxieties.”"

Really interesting point here that I hadn't caught on to before. Murphy talks about people being obsessed with crime and murder -- an ode to this coming in the next episode in which we are visited by 'The Black Dahlia.' There are countless references to real crimes, within the characters themselves and the storylines as well. In 'Open House' we join Marcy and Viv on the Murder House Tour just as the pass the house Nicole Simpson was killed in front of. Tate's name could be a reference to the Manson House murders, as could parts of the entire storyline itself.

More to be added to this as I think this makes for a great discussion.. check back!

Also to be discussed -- economic crisis, could the dates we've seen make sense now?

LINK: Fantastic Interview with Kate Mara, Hayden on AHS

The Hollywood Reporter did a wonderful writeup on their interview with Kate Mara, Hayden on American Horror Story. THR asks Mara some of our burning questions -- such as, how does Hayden plan on getting Viv back in the house to have the babies? We also found out that in tomorrow's episode -- we learn a little bit more about the beginnings of Hayden and Ben's relationship back on the East Coast.

Check out the interview here.

My favorite parts of the article:

"THR: How sure is Hayden that Vivien's "twins" are Tate's/The Rubber Man's?
Mara: Hayden is definitely convinced those are Rubber Man's babies. You're going to discover a lot more than that in next week's episode where you find more information about that; it's pretty shocking. You find out more information about the pregnancy and the twins -- it's not as simple as it seems."

This TOTALLY did not EVEN cross my mind until I read this article -- how do we know that Tate is the father of the babies? We don't! Hayden tells us that he is, but no one else does -- and the main point in the scene where Hayden reveals this to Viv is to make her crazy, so can we really trust this statement? Both Tate/RM and Ben have relations with Viv on (seemingly) the same day -- so we don't have enough information to really decide who is the father. Could be that Ben fathered the babies and Tate/RM inserted some sort of evil into them?

Notice Mara says about the pregnancy and the twins -- is it possible that what we learn about Popes and a key and spirits and humans during the promo for episode 9 doesn't apply to Viv's pregnancy? Wouldn't it hold much more weight if a VIRGIN (like VIOLET!) was impregnated by a ghost? Hmm.... They did do it in the last episode... hah.

"THR: Violet (Taissa Farmiga) is standing in the way of Hayden getting Tate behind her. Is Violet a friend or foe to Hayden?
Mara: Hayden doesn't really care about Tate; she thinks she'll seduce him and then he'll do what she wants. But when she realizes that won't work, that's when her brain goes, "OK, what does he want? He wants Violet, so how can he get Violet?" The easiest thing for Hayden is seducing him, which is what got her into trouble in the first place. When that fails, she goes to her next tactic: How can Hayden help him spend the rest of his life with Violet? You'll discover in maybe the next episode how that plan is going to unfold for Tate. Hayden doesn't care about Violet because she hasn't been in her way. Hayden's biggest concern is Vivien: How do I destroy Vivien and take her babies?"

This is definitely a 'triangle' that we've got to pay close attention to. The dynamic between Hayden and Tate is an interesting one -- Hayden tries seducing him to get her to do what she wants, after her seduction tactics fail, Hayden seems to be pleasantly surprised that her master plan is currently coinciding with Tate's plan to keep Violet in the house and in his 'afterlife.' (I almost typed life, as this seems like such a sappy high school love story between Tate and Violet and then I realized, its not. haha.) How long will Hayden's plan of driving Viv crazy and stealing the babies for herself work for Tate? It seems like Tate really just wants to make Nora happy -- what happens if Hayden goes nuts and takes both babies, or if there's only one born -- will Tate turn against her?

Really interested to see what happens between Tate and Violet -- with all of the rumors floating around that Violet might already indeed be dead -- I think it's fitting to point out Tate's line at the end of episode 8.

"It's sort of romantic. Now they'll be together forever."

Great way to end the episode because it makes us think that maybe this is what Tate is after for him and Violet -- could Tate's violent ways end up hurting Violet? I've also read on various forums, people suggesting that by Violet dying -- either at the hands of Tate or Hayden or both even -- would be a great way to keep the Harmon's in the house for the next season -- that's what's holding Constance there, right?

Now go read the rest of the article -- it's interesting! :)

Constance's Family Tree

Thought it would be interesting to break down what we know about the former Madame of the house and her relationships with the characters we have met thus far.

We learned in an early episode that Constance has four children -- she explained that three had down syndrome, but one was born okay, but she lost him to other things.

Tate -- Son, Ghost. We can assume that maybe he is the normal one lost to other things, but with this show, who knows! Tate is also the father of Viv's unborn twins and Violet's boyfriend. There has got to be a ton to this relationship that we haven't learned yet -- Tate references his mother as a ****sucker in the pilot episode and frequently mentions his mommy issues. Constance waves to him standing in a window of the house when she passes by in an earlier episode and she is ignored. In episode 7, Constance comes to find him after his session with Ben and Tate really gives her the cold shoulder, explaining they are really getting to the root of his problems -- his mother.

Beau -- Son, Ghost. Beau is the big kid we met in the attic in episode 8 who was killed by Larry the Fire Guy.

Addie -- Daughter, Passed on. Addie was in her mid-30's when she was hit by a car on Halloween. Constance seemed to torture Addie with the fact that she was ugly (cue the mirror filled closet!) and a handful, but yet seemed so tortured by her death. Constance alluded to some strange things during the Halloween episode when she finds Addie in the kitchen reading with her boytoy.

Viv -- Next door neighbor and feeder of all things raw. Gross.

Moira -- Her former housekeeper that she caught having relations with her husband and shot in the eye.

Ben -- Next door neighbor and mother of one his patients -- now we know that Ben actually had someone to call in the episode where he tells Tate he can no longer treat him!

Hugo -- Husband?, Ghost. Was this Constance's husband for sure? Didn't Tate say that his father left when he was young? Was Hugo not Tate's father?

Larry -- Previous lovers? Alive. Larry and Constance's relationship is an interesting one that we definitely are going to find out more about. It seems as though Larry was in love with Constance beginning in 1994, I'm assuming after Tate's massacre -- Constance was living next door and Larry fell in love with her and broke things off with his wife. After killing Beau, Constance's son, as she demanded. Larry's family is in a room filled with flames -- however, we haven't met their ghosts yet -- which suggests they may have not died in the house. Denis O'Hare alludes to this in an interview found here.

"I wanted to talk about the first basement scene where Larry tells Constance that he loves her, and she says to him, 'Look what you did to yourself, look at what the house did to you.' And then he responds, 'The house didn't do this to me, you did this to me.' So she seems a little disgusted, and he sort of seems to blame her for his physical condition. Can you share with us more details about what this is all about?

Denis O'Hare: All I'll tell you is all will be revealed in, I guess it's Episode 9. There's an explanation of that, and I would be irresponsible if I said anything more. I love their evolving relationship, and I love the information we get. There's some great stuff in Episode 9 that comes out. We call it nine, sorry, that would be your ten, I think. But there's some great information that comes out about Constance's' life with Larry and Larry's attempts to become part of the family, which are sad and disturbing."

Seems as though the upcoming episode is going to tell us alot about Constance -- what she knows about the powers of the house, which I think will be telling on how she may have used/abused it.