Ep. 13 - The Amityville Horror: The House That Watches

Send us Fan Mail🏚️ On November 13, 1974, the peaceful town of Amityville, New York, awoke to the unimaginable—six family members found murdered inside their home on Ocean Avenue. A year later, another family moved in… and claimed they weren’t alone.Was it madness? Possession? Or something far older than both?In this episode, Veil of Echoes descends into The Amityville Horror — a story where true crime bleeds into the paranormal, and the line between faith and fear vanishes. From the DeFeo murders to the haunting of the Lutz family, we unravel what really happened inside the house that watches.🕯️ Episode XIII – The House That Watches🎧 Veil of Echoes — A True Crime & Paranormal Podcast True Crime Mondays | Paranormal Fridays 🔮 Follow us for haunting visuals and behind-the-veil moments: TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | @veilofechoespodcast✉️ Share your own eerie encounters or listener tales: [email protected] NotesCold Open: “The House That Watches” — told from the perspective of the Amityville house itself.Segment One: The DeFeo Murders — the night that changed 112 Ocean Avenue forever.Segment Two: The Lutz Haunting — twenty-eight days of terror that blurred fact and faith.Segment Three: Truth or Hoax — where psychology, skepticism, and belief collide.Closing Reflection: Some houses remember… and some refuse to forget. 🕯️ Written and narrated by Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay.Sources CitedPeople v. Ronald DeFeo Jr. – New York Supreme Court, 1977.Suffolk County Police & DA Reports, Amityville Homicides (1974–75).Jay Anson. The Amityville Horror. Prentice-Hall, 1977.Ric Osuna. The Night the DeFeos Died. iUniverse, 2002.Hans Holzer. Murder in Amityville. Doubleday, 1979.Ed & Lorraine Warren. Graveyard: True Hauntings from an Old New England Cemetery. St. Martin’s Press, 1992.Gerald Brittle. The Demonologist. Graymalkin Media, 1980.Channel 5 News, New York (1976) – Amityville Investigation Footage.Shock Docs: The Amityville Horror House – Discovery+, 2021.History.com & Smithsonian Magazine features on Amityville (2017–2019).Rolling Stone – “The True Story Behind the Amityville Horror,” 2015.Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 23, No. 2 (1999).Skeptoid Podcast, Episode #40, 2007.✨ Step through the veil with us…🔮 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @VeilOfEchoesPodcast👻 Share your stories: [email protected]🕯️ New episodes drop every Monday (True Crime) & Friday (Paranormal) — where true crime meets the supernatural.