[s1e15] Le Grand Guignol Online

The curtain is up. The secret is out. And now, I think it’s time we showed this city what a real horror story looks like." Context and Themes

In 1919, we thought we had built a kingdom. We danced in the streets of New Orleans, drunk on jazz and the scent of magnolias, convinced the ghosts of our past were buried beneath the swamp. We were the masters of the revelry. But while we were playing at kings and queens, a knife was being sharpened in the dark. [S1E15] Le Grand Guignol

(The scene is set in a dimly lit, decaying theater in the French Quarter. KLAUS stands center stage, his voice a low, dangerous rumble.) The curtain is up