15 Best American Horror Story Deaths

15. Hayden McClaine - Murder House

In the first season of American Horror Story, the narrative wasn't exactly filled with good people. Aside from Vivien and Violet, most other main characters were either cheaters, murderers, or attempted baby thieves. Kate Mara's Hayden McClaine certainly falls within the latter category after scheming with Nora to try and take Vivien's twins.

While she was still alive, she entered into an affair with Ben Harmon knowing full well that he was married, and tried to extort him into supporting her and the child she originally told him she wasn't going to keep.

In a strange twist of fortune for Ben, Hayden wasn't the only one trying to manipulate him. As part of Larry's larger plan to ultimately get the Harmons out of the house, he killed Hayden, forcing Ben to bury the body in his back yard. It was the sheer surprise element of this death that makes it stick in the memory even after all these years.

As she and Ben left the titular house, there was no build up, no suspenseful music, and absolutely no clue as to what was about to happen, just a barrage of shovel hits to the head. One second she was standing, and the next she wasn't.