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Where will American Horror Story go in Season 2?

Ryan Murphy revealed that every season would follow a new family in a new house. Murphy then went on to reveal: ”Birth,” the penultimate episode of the season and the one in which Vivien went into labor. Says Murphy, “Go through it frame by frame. I planted it in there. I will never reveal it.” (via)

These theories are from The Insider as to where season 2 could take place:

Possible Location #1: Vermont
The episode opens in 1984 with Newhart playing on the television in the background. The show, which ran from 1982 to 1990, took place at an inn … rife for the haunting?

Possible Location #2: Florida
This has been a popular theory with fans. The location was repeatedly mentioned throughout the season since it’s where Vivien’s sister Jill lives. Plus, there is no shortage of dead people in the retirement capital of America.

Possible Location #3: A Geographically Irrelevant Prison
Psychic Billie Dean Howard (played by the divine Sarah Paulson) has a long soliloquy about paramagnetic grip — how evil can be absorbed by an environment. She says, “You see it all the time in places like prisons or asylums. Negative energy feeds on trauma and pain. It draws those things to it.” This echoes a sentiment Ryan expressed during the conference call: “There are all different kinds of horror stores to tell, be it serial killing stories or true crime stories or prison stories.”

Possible Location #4: North Carolina circa 1590
In an attempt to help Violet expunge Chad from the house, Billie Dean tells her a story about a Ghost Colony that lived in Roanoke around the turn of the century.

Possible Location #5: London, England
In the episode, two doctors treat Vivien: Dr. Marchesi and the unseen Dr. Hall. Well, Marchesi Hall is located in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

I also want to add the Psych Ward where Vivian was locked up if we are using the word “house” loosely or maybe the Harmon’s original house in Massachusetts since there was a close up of their Massachusetts license plate in one scene. My favorite of the theories listed above is Vermont.  The final location #5 doesn’t make much sense since the show is called American Horror Story. What’s your favorite or theory?

I couldn’t make it through the first season myself, but I’m psyched to see that it’s got people intrigued.