We waited months to find out the theme of Season 6 of American Horror Story and even when the description and title of the first episode were available, both simply said "Chapter 1," which continued to give us nothing to go on. But after the first episode Wednesday night, it's safe to say that it would have been hard to prepare us for the story and format. But is American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare based on a true story? The title card at the very beginning of the episode said that the story the characters were about to tell was "based on true events," but even in real life, we know to take that with the tiniest grain of salt. (Romper reached out regarding the validity of the concept, but did not hear back at the time of publication.)