What those cannibalistic Roanoke hillbillies do to Lee Harris (Adina Porter) is so awful we'd rather not spell it out. In fact, we almost wonder if the show has finally gone too far.

Vengeful witch Myrtle Snow (Frances Conroy) petrifies two other witches and steals their eyes--with a melon baller--while they're still alive.

Shelby Miller (Sarah Paulson) watches in horror as a man accused of stealing is smothered with a pig's head and then burned alive.

Violet Harmon (Taissa Farmiga) discovers what everyone else already knows: That she's dead!

Witch student Nan (Jamie Brewer) gets drowned in a bathtub by two truly terrible people: Laveau and onetime rival Fiona (Jessica Lange).

The Addiction Demon lives in the Hotel Cortez. It likes to attack its victims in ways too horrible to describe here.

Mortal enemies Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) and socialite serial killer Delphine LaLaurie (Kathy Bates) are trapped in hell forever by the voodoo god Papa Legba.

A terrifying-looking clown murders a young man and a married couple, then kidnaps their loved ones and keeps them in cages.

Psychiatric patient Shelley (Chloe Sevigny) is turned into a hideous abomination by former Nazi doctor Arthur Arden.

A murdered cop gets hacked to pieces by circus freaks.

A mysterious killer in a rubber suit violates Vivien Harmon (Connie Britton) in her new house and impregnates her with the Antichrist.

Lesbian reporter Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) is subjected to barbaric "aversion therapy" by secret killer Dr. Thredson (Zachary Quinto).

Teen sociopath Tate Langdon (Evan Peters) is killed by an entire SWAT team after he commits a mass shooting at his high school.

Snow (Frances Conroy) is burned alive at the stake. Twice.

An insane Dr. Montgomery (Matt Ross) tries to bring his dismembered child back to life by sewing the pieces together and embellishing it with animal parts.

LaLaurie ties up a slave and sews the head of a bull on him, turning him into a Minotaur.

A local nurse gets drugged and gang-raped by circus freaks.

Witch school headmistress Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) is blinded by acid, gets healed and then blinds herself again on purpose.

Laveau curses LaLaurie with immortality and then buries her alive.

The truly evil Thredson kidnaps, rapes and impregnates Winters with a baby serial killer.

LaLaurie is tortured and beheaded by Laveau.