So I have a crazy theory for S5 after rewatching a few episode of Murder House and Freak Show.
The most clues or supposed clues we've received thus far in my opinion, are Fairy Tales/Urban Legends as well as Illinois/Chicago as the location. Now I'm watching Episode 6: Piggy Piggy as we speak, and Eric Stonestreet is terrified by an Urban Legend named Piggy Man, who was a supposed butcher that lived during the Chicago World Fair of 1893.
Here are the clues leading towards my theories of Urban/Fairy tales and Illinois.
- Dot called Ethel a Sasquatch in the premiere.
- Stanley tried to convince the Museum that he had a Baby Sasquatch carcass.
- Multiple references to Children/Fairy Tales and stories, including The Wizard of Oz.
- Desiree mentions Fairy Tales twice in Episode 10, (the episode where clues are usually hidden to the next season).
- Mr. Haddonfield is the Landlord in the premiere, (Haddonfield, Illinois is the fictional town in the Halloween franchise).
- Chicago is mentioned in the second episode, where Dell and Desi came from.
- The Top Hat clue, who I first thought was meant to represent Abraham Lincoln, who was from Illinois. But now I'm almost positive it is referencing H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who terrorized people during the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
I'm pretty much positive this is where we're heading for S5, Chicago/Illinois, the World's Fair and H.H. Holmes, as well as possibly Urban Legends/Fairy Tales.