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The leader of the Roanoke colony and servant of the Witch.
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The leader of the Roanoke colony and servant of the Witch.
%%* EvilMatriarchHorned Woman.
* EvilMatriarch: She has led the ghosts of the lost colony with an iron fist for centuries.
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* EvilMatriarch: She has led the ghosts of the lost colony with an iron fist for centuries.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Sort of. The historical Governor White's wife was really named Tomasyn.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Sort of. The historical Governor White's HistoricalVillainUpdate: Tomasyn White was the wife was really named Tomasyn.of Roanoke governor John White in real life, though it's unlikely that she sold her soul or engaged in human sacrifice.
* KnifeNut: As befitting her name, she wields a meat cleaver with lethal skill.
* KnifeNut: As befitting her name, she wields a meat cleaver with lethal skill.
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Horned Woman]]
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* MeaningfulName: She shares her name with a historian who wrote ''Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony''.
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!!Ambrose White
->'''Played By:''' Wes Bentley (dramatizations)
Thomasin White's son.
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!!Ambrose White
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Thomasin White's son.
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* WouldHurtAChild: She can't have[[spoiler:taken Flora!]] If she had, the kid would have been flayed and burned alive.
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* WouldHurtAChild: She can't have[[spoiler:taken have [[spoiler:taken Flora!]] If she had, the kid would have been flayed and burned alive.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: They are based on the real killer nurses Gwen Graham and Cathy Wood who weren't sister but [[PsychoLesbian lovers]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: They are based on the real killer nurses Gwen Graham and Cathy Wood Wood, who weren't sister sisters but [[PsychoLesbian lovers]].
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!! Mason
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Burned to death.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Burned to death.]]
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!!Cricket
->'''Played By:''' Leslie Jordan
A psychic who assists the Millers in looking for [[spoiler: Lee's abducted daughter Flora]].
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!!Thomasin White[=/=]The Butcher
->'''Played By:''' Kathy Bates
The leader of the Roanoke colony and servant of the Witch.
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!!The Witch (placeholder name)
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A mysterious figure who inhabits the woods around the house.
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* SmugSnake: Act like domineering bullies towards their (totally helpless) victims, had major delusions of grandeur (at least according to Elias Dr. Cunningham) and [[EvillerThanThou were seemingly nothing to the real danger at Roanoke.]]
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* SmugSnake: Act like domineering bullies towards their (totally helpless) victims, had major delusions of grandeur (at least according to Elias Dr. Cunningham) and [[EvillerThanThou [[EvilerThanThou were seemingly nothing to the real danger at Roanoke.]]
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* Jerkass: They would be thoroughly despicable even if they weren't serial killers.
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* AssholeVictim: Elias believes they fell victim to the more powerful evil at the house.
* Jerkass: They would be thoroughly despicable even if they weren't serial killers.
* LaughingMad: Killing reduces them to fits of uncontrollable giggling.
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Shelby's ex-husband. Frustrated by her wife's lack of communication and emotional attachment, he files for divorce.
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Lee's ex-husband. Frustrated by her wife's lack of communication and emotional attachment, he files for divorce.
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/DenisOHare (dramatizations)
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!! Miranda & Bridget Jane
->'''Played By:''' Maya Berko & Kristen Rakes (dramatizations)
Two psychotic nurse sisters.
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* SerialKiller: They target the elderly.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: They're inseparable and massively evil.
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!! Dr. Elias Cunningham
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DenisOHare (dramatizations)
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!! Miranda & Bridget Jane
->'''Played By:''' Maya Berko & Kristen Rakes (dramatizations)
Two psychotic nurse sisters.
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* SerialKiller: They target the elderly.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: They're inseparable and massively evil.
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* AgeLift[=/=]DawsonCasting: All of the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than the people they're playing.[[note]]Which is to say, the actors playing the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than [[MindScrew the actors playing those "real" people they're supposedly playing]].[[/note]] Sarah Paulson is eight years older than Lily Rabe; Cuba Gooding Jr. is twelve years older than Andre Holland; and Angela Bassett is thirteen years older than Adina Porter.
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* AgeLift[=/=]DawsonCasting: DawsonCasting: All of the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than the people they're playing.[[note]]Which is to say, the actors playing the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than [[MindScrew the actors playing those "real" people they're supposedly playing]].[[/note]] Sarah Paulson is eight years older than Lily Rabe; Cuba Gooding Jr. is twelve years older than Andre Holland; and Angela Bassett is thirteen years older than Adina Porter.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While Shelby is styled somewhat homely, her counterpart in the dramatizations is decidedly more glam-looking.
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* GranolaGirl: She's a professional yoga teacher who likes gluten-free cooking. Her clothes are also quite hippy-ish, though you only really see them properly in the reconstruction.
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* GranolaGirl: She's a professional yoga teacher who likes gluten-free cooking.cooking, and the "real" Shelby appears to wear minimal make-up for her TV appearance. Her clothes are also quite hippy-ish, though you only really see them properly in the reconstruction.
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* ActingForTwo: {{Inverted}}. All of the characters introduced so far are played by ''two'' actors each: one in the "real" interview sections, one in the dramatic reconstructions.
* AdamWesting: It's unclear at this point whether the actors playing Shelby, Matt, and Lee in the dramatic reconstructions are actually meant to be Creator/SarahPaulson, Cuba Gooding Jr, and Creator/AngelaBassett. So far they haven't been given names to suggest otherwise.
* AgeLift[=/=]DawsonCasting: All of the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than the people they're playing.[[note]]Which is to say, the actors playing the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than [[MindScrew the actors playing those "real" people they're supposedly playing]].[[/note]] Sarah Paulson is eight years older than Lily Rabe; Cuba Gooding Jr. is twelve years older than Andre Holland; and Angela Bassett is thirteen years older than Adina Porter.
* ShowWithinAShow: The characters played by Lily Rabe, Andre Holland, and Adina Porter are being interviewed for a reality ghost hunting show entitled ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. Meanwhile, Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Angela Bassett play unnamed actors (possibly even [[AdamWesting themselves]]) doing dramatic reenactments of the events being described.
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* ActingForTwo: {{Inverted}}. All of the characters introduced so far are played by ''two'' actors each: one in the "real" interview sections, one in the dramatic reconstructions.
* AdamWesting: It's unclear at this point whether the actors playing Shelby, Matt, and Lee in the dramatic reconstructions are actually meant to be Creator/SarahPaulson, Cuba Gooding Jr, and Creator/AngelaBassett. So far they haven't been given names to suggest otherwise.
* AgeLift[=/=]DawsonCasting: All of the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than the people they're playing.[[note]]Which is to say, the actors playing the actors in the reconstruction are quite a bit older than [[MindScrew the actors playing those "real" people they're supposedly playing]].[[/note]] Sarah Paulson is eight years older than Lily Rabe; Cuba Gooding Jr. is twelve years older than Andre Holland; and Angela Bassett is thirteen years older than Adina Porter.
* ShowWithinAShow: The characters played by Lily Rabe, Andre Holland, and Adina Porter are being interviewed for a reality ghost hunting show entitled ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. Meanwhile, Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Angela Bassett play unnamed actors (possibly even [[AdamWesting themselves]]) doing dramatic reenactments of the events being described.
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* EyeScream: Matt fell victim to the Knockout Game and suffered a horrible swollen eye socket, while recuperating in the hospital.
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!! Shelby Miller
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!! Matt Miller
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! ''My Roanoke Nightmare''
[[folder:Shelby Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LilyRabe & Creator/SarahPaulson (dramatizations)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While Shelby is styled somewhat homely, her counterpart in the dramatizations is decidedly more glam-looking.
* TheAlcoholic: She drinks a lot of wine when Matt isn't around.
%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She seems to play this trope pretty straight.
* NervousWreck: According to Lee in a talking head, "My brother married one jumpy [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]."
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[[folder:Matt Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Andre Holland & Cuba Gooding Jr. (dramatizations)
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* AlliterativeName
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[[folder:Lee Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Adina Porter & Creator/AngelaBassett (dramatizations)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Much like Shelby, Lee's counterpart in the dramatizations is glammed up a bit from the real thing.
* TheAlcoholic: She's a recovering one.
* CareerEndingInjury: Zig-zagged. She was shot during a drug bust, though she fully healed from it. What ended her career was the painkiller addiction she developed during the recovery process.
* ParentalNeglect: Her ex gave this as one of his reasons for divorcing her, since she forgot to pick up their daughter multiple times. He got full custody after their divorce.
* SassyBlackWoman: She makes some ''very'' pointed comments toward Shelby in her talking heads.
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! ''My Roanoke Nightmare''
[[folder:Shelby Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LilyRabe & Creator/SarahPaulson (dramatizations)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While Shelby is styled somewhat homely, her counterpart in the dramatizations is decidedly more glam-looking.
* TheAlcoholic: She drinks a lot of wine when Matt isn't around.
%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She seems to play this trope pretty straight.
* NervousWreck: According to Lee in a talking head, "My brother married one jumpy [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]."
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[[folder:Matt Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Andre Holland & Cuba Gooding Jr. (dramatizations)
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* AlliterativeName
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[[folder:Lee Miller]]
->'''Played By:''' Adina Porter & Creator/AngelaBassett (dramatizations)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Much like Shelby, Lee's counterpart in the dramatizations is glammed up a bit from the real thing.
* TheAlcoholic: She's a recovering one.
* CareerEndingInjury: Zig-zagged. She was shot during a drug bust, though she fully healed from it. What ended her career was the painkiller addiction she developed during the recovery process.
* ParentalNeglect: Her ex gave this as one of his reasons for divorcing her, since she forgot to pick up their daughter multiple times. He got full custody after their divorce.
* SassyBlackWoman: She makes some ''very'' pointed comments toward Shelby in her talking heads.
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