The Dark Pictures Anthology has a kernel of truth to each of its stories. The ghost ship in Man of Medan is actually inspired by the Ourang Medan that allegedly disappeared in the 1940s. Little Hope is couched in the vibe of the Salem witch trials and House of Ashes, which mostly takes place in modern-day Iraq, focuses on the ancient curse of Akkad. It’s also the first to feature actual monsters.
The finale of its first season, The Devil in Me, is based on another real-life tale: Herman Mudgett, who is better known as Dr Henry Howard Holmes, a notorious murderer from the 1800s. His claim to fame is that he created what the press called the Murder Castle. The case is sensationalised, but he reportedly created a labyrinth of rooms inside his hotel and filled it with torture chambers, trap doors and a basement crematorium.
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