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Jan 12, 2022 · In March of 2021, Ronald Defeo Jr. died in prison at the age of 69 (per Rolling Stone). The interested tourist can visit landmarks where history occurred -- the Alamo, maybe the White House. The Amityville Horror house is still standing, too.
- The Untold Truth Of The Amityville Horror
When most people remember The Amityville Horror, they...
- The Untold Truth Of The Amityville Horror
Jun 7, 2024 · The Amityville Horror House was the site of a famous haunting in 1975, where a family experienced terrifying apparitions and supernatural events. The haunting story led to a best-selling book and movie franchise, but skeptics like Robert Bartholomew believe it was a hoax.
- Dave Roos
Jan 10, 2022 · Amityville case. The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse. Thanks to fiction, 112 Ocean Avenue became the most famous ‘haunted’ house in the world. The book by...
- Jaime Lorite
- The Amityville Murders of Ronald Defeo Jr.
- The True Story of The Amityville Horror House
- Inside The Amityville House at 112 Ocean Avenue Today
It was the middle of the night on Nov. 13, 1974, when 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six of his relatives with a .35 caliber rifle while they were asleep: parents Louise and Ronald DeFeo Sr., siblings 18-year-old Dawn, 13-year-old Allison, 12-year-old Marc, and nine-year-old John Matthew. Though he confessed to what became known as the Amityvi...
But it wasn't until after the Lutz family moved into the house in December of 1975 that the purported haunting of the Amityville Horrorhouse allegedly set in. George and Kathy Lutz believed their purchase of the 4,000-square-foot house at $80,000 was a steal — but moved out 28 days later after terrifying incidents allegedly forced them to flee. Fro...
At present, the Dutch Colonial home is quite a property. With five bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, and a boathouse on a canal off the Long Island Sound, the house can command a high price and attract wealthy buyers. Despite its appeal, after the Lutz family moved out, it wentinto foreclosure in 1977. It was next owned by James and Barbara Cro...
Dec 5, 2023 · It's the so-called "Amityville Horror": a brutal murder, followed by claims of a haunting, made into a Hollywood movie, that forever immortalized Amityville, New York as the home of an infamous...
- Michael Natale
- News Editor
- michael.natale@hearst.com
Oct 26, 2023 · The house at 112 Ocean Avenue owes its reputation to The Amityville Horror, the 1977 book and its 1979 movie adaption, which tell the “true” story of George and Kathy Lutz, a young newlywed...
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Mar 15, 2021 · Ronald DeFeo Jr., the notorious killer at the “Amityville Horror” house — a dwelling whose mystique continues to fascinate the public in the wake of a subsequent book and film franchise —...
