American Horror Story References Framingham
Early on in the episode Sister Jude and Sister Mary Eunice read a newspaper from 1949 with the headline "Framingham Girl Missing." The reference set off a tweeting frenzy in MetroWest.
Wednesday night, Framingham fans of the FX TV show American Horror Story: Asylum might have gotten goosebumps when they saw the Town of Framingham featured in the Halloween episode.
In its second season, American Horror Story's plot takes place in 1964 in an institution for the criminally insane. The episodes tell the stories of patients, doctors and nuns in the asylum. Famed actress Jessica Lange portrays Sister Jude, a sadistic nun, who runs the asylum.
And in the Halloween episode entitled Nor'easter, a violent storm hits the asylum. (Very ironic for this week.)
In this Halloween episode (#3 of the season) Sister Jude is haunted by her past and a group of patients plan an escape.
Early on in the episode, Sister Jude and Sister Mary Eunice read a newspaper from 1949 with the headline "Framingham Girl Missing."
Framingham was tweeting up a storm during and after the Halloween episode aired Wednesday night. Some theorized that the institution in season 2 may actually be located in Framingham, in this fictional television show.
Below are some of the tweets:
@steph_was_here - "Five minutes into AHS and Framingham gets a direct mention. It's weird that people know these places exist."
@SexyFlyingPanda - "Apperantly in the new episode of AHS there was a part where the head sister was holding a paper with my town name (Framingham) on it.
@melnanos - "FRAMINGHAM??? A huge Nor'easter?!!?? Is AHS trying to tell me something?"
@Mackslack - "American horror story showed a newspaper about Framingham #hamtown #national #sick #AmericanHorrorStory"
@kpurple25 - "Just freaked out framingham was mentioned on American horror story!!"
@JayEpstein2 - "Loved the reference to Framingham in tonight's #AmericanHorrorStory"
@KChernicki - "Framingham mentioned on American Horror Story...nightmares"
@EmilyKatheryne - "American horror story is in framingham makes it 200 times scarier"
@SideWithMe - "Shout out to Framingham in #americanhorrorstory"
@katiebubbbles - "Framingham mentioned in #AmericanHorrorStory! #Famous"
@MikaylaCogswell - "Omg they had a newspaper in American Horror Story that says "Framingham Girl Missing 6 Days" currently in Framingham"
@soulcrusader1 - "Framingham Girl Missing Six Days" #AHS #AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum #framingham #hometown"
@ckett_7 - "American horror story taking place in framingham #wild"
@emilyyfordd - "Ohhhh Framingham is where AHS is based. Interesting."
Max Power
12:11 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
The Framingham reference was pretty freaky, but it’s always fun when a scary series grounds itself into reality. The 1949 newspaper story helped give more background into why Sister Jude is a nun, and even though the asylum isn’t in Framingham, it’s not too far away. I missed last Wednesday’s episode, but just caught up with it since I had it recorded on my Hopper. The huge amount of hard drive space on my DVR helps me keep up with shows when I work extra hours at DISH. I won’t be surprised if it comes up again because it’s a part of Sister Jude’s dark past.