 Ever since it was revealed that a portion of American Horror Story Season 10 would be filmed in Provincetown, Massachusetts, I've been getting comments about an unsolved murder in the Provincetown area known as the case of the Lady of the Dunes. Now I'll be honest, I wasn't familiar with the case for a while until about the 20th comment I got about it. And then I started to research it. So in this video we're going to go a bit true crime as I will explain the mystery of the Lady of the Dunes before I discuss how I think it may be involved in Season 10 of AHS. This should be a fun video but before I begin I would like to say as always this video was made thanks to the support of my channel members. Thank you so much to all my members. Your support is greatly appreciated and if you would like to join you can join by hitting that join button below. But anyway let's get on with it. On July 26th 1974 while walking her dog along the Dunes near Provincetown a nine-year old girl found an unrecognizable and decomposing corpse. The body was lain on a beach towel and was recovered with a blue bandana and a pair of blue jeans. Police determined the victim was a female but they were unable to identify her. Both hands and one forearm were missing from the victim. The woman could have been dead for as long as two weeks. Investigators found footprints leading away from the body at the scene of its discovery as well as tire tracks not too far away. The victim was mutilated strangled near decapitation with an intense head injury likely being the cause of death. In the weeks following the discovery of the Jane Doe police found no matching missing person cases in the area. The Dunes were searched but no additional evidence was ever recovered. To this day despite many theories the case of the Lady of the Dunes remains unsolved. With the facts of the case now on the table let's shift into the leads and the theories that investigators and conspiracy theorists have come up with over the last 46 years. So 13 years after the crime a Canadian woman told an acquaintance that she remembers her father strangling a woman about 15 years prior in no other place than Provincetown, Massachusetts. The acquaintance notified police and the Provincetown police chief was prepared to once again dedicate resources to solving the mystery. Not long after this tip came to police's attention a woman called the police chief to report that she had not heard from her sister in 13 years after she had moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. What made this revelation more notable was the fact that the woman claims her sister had auburn hair the same hair color of the victim. Skeptical of both tips police chief pushed for the second woman to trap down her sister's dental records as that would be the only surefire way to identify the victim. As for the first tip police assured that they would leave no stone unturned and would investigate the Canadian woman if she was located. Another possible lead that intrigued investigators was the case of a missing criminal named Rory Jean Kessinger who escaped jail a year prior to the murder and shares some resemblance to the victim according to police. This lead was squashed after Kessinger's mother's DNA was not a match to the victim. The victim's DNA collected in 2000 also ruled out a few missing person cases. In 2015 the most popular theory about the Lady of the Dunes identity arose after none other than the son of author Stephen King spotted an extra in the film Jaws that resembled the victim. Jaws was filmed in the summer of 1974 about 100 miles south of Provincetown so at surface level the theory seems plausible. The specific extra in Jaws is wearing a blue bandana on her head and a pair of blue jeans similar to the clothes that were described to be found at the scene. But six years after that the year is 2021 and no connection between the extra in Jaws and the Lady of the Dunes has ever been proven but nothing has disproven the theory So what does this nearly 50 year old cold case have to do with the upcoming 10th season of American Horror Story? Well for starters the season is filming partly in Provincetown Massachusetts and just as I'm writing this video and recording it we got some subtle confirmation that the new season is meant to take place at least partly in Provincetown as well. Crew members were seen putting a prop replica of the now entering Provincetown sign in place during filming which confirms that the town that the characters are inhabiting in the show will be the same one that they are filming on location 4. We kind of assume this but it's nice to know that it's not a fictional town it is real-life province town. But secondly American Horror Story is no stranger to incorporating elements of true crime into its fictional world. A very similar case to the Lady of the Dunes was explored back in season 1's Murder House with the characterization of Elizabeth Short. Asylum lifted from actual asylums that implemented cruel and unusual punishment on its patients. Hotel lifted from real murder ridden hotels let alone all the serial killers and devils night and then cults of course explored many real-life cults and as recently as 1984 we had a characterization of Richard Ramirez. So if American Horror Story season 10 were to incorporate a real-life Provincetown cold case it would not be far out of left field for the show at all. Ryan Murphy has a home in Provincetown which explains the choice for filming here and he seems to be somewhat invested in the town's history so we can only assume that some of that will leak into the plot of the show. Speaking of Ryan Murphy the largest clue in my opinion that has been revealed that may lead you to believe that AHS 10 will have something to do with the Lady of the Dunes is a post that Ryan made on Instagram of a sandy dunesque beach with the caption American Horror Story clue. I won't go as far to say that this is an actual photo of the Provincetown dunes however a lot of people took this as him pointing towards the case of the Lady of the Dunes but another hint that the season may have something to do with with the crime is that about a full year ago now when it was first reported that American Horror Story would be filming in P-town just before the pandemic rained on that parade it was reported to local publications that one of the locations the crew would be filming in was the dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown. However in the more recent reports of the shoot that is actually happening this year as we speak no mention of the dunes is brought up but they could be keeping some location under wraps but as I'm recording this it is Monday, March 1st 2020 and the first day of the Provincetown shoot has just happened and we've already gotten tons of set photos some even featuring cast members like Adina Porter and Finn Witrock so it seems like whatever they're filming in Provincetown will be hard to cover in secrecy so we may know a lot more information about the season by the end of the week unless the set becomes much more closed than the scenes that were filmed on Monday so subscribe for my next video where we will discuss all of the filming updates that we have but today I will leave you with this first look at Adina Porter's character and Finn Witrock's character and let me know if you think the Lady of the Dunes will be explored or referenced in season 10 and tell me any other theories you have about the season we still don't know the title or the theme so let me know what you think and I'll see you next time