Strange Country Ep. 64: Amityville and Other Hauntings

The Lutz family spent 28 days at 112 Ocean Drive before fleeing in terror. Was it evil spirits or a money-making opportunity? Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly get in the Halloween spirit by discussing two famous haunted houses--Amityville and the Phelps mansion. This episode will definitely leave you asking: Do you smell what I'm cooking? Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Benedici, Ray. "Phelps Mansion, Stratford." Damned Connecticut, www.damnedct.com/phelps-mansion-stratford/. "FACT CHECK: The Amityville Horror." Snopes.com, www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-amityville-horror/. Farrands, Daniel, director. Amityville: The Haunting. Amityville: The Haunting, The History Channel, 2000, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd9Z3hGNJDw. Lidz, Franz. "Long Island Landmark: Scary Since 1974." The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/movies/my-amityville-horror-a-haunting-documentary.html. Nickell, Joe. "Amityville: The Horror of It All." CSI, 2003, www.csicop.org/si/show/amityville_the_horror_of_it_all. "Ronald DeFeo." Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 Sept. 2015, www.biography.com/people/ronald-defeo-580972. Schemo, Diana Jean. "'Amityville' Prisoner Says Movie Money Tainted Defense." The New York Times, 25 Jan. 1992, pp. 6–6, www.nytimes.com/1992/06/25/nyregion/amityville-prisoner-says-movie-money-tainted-defense.html. Smith, Jennifer. "Ex-Resident of House Debunks Much of Amityville 'Horrors'." The Seattle Times, 8 May 2005, www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ex-resident-of-house-debunks-much-of-amityville-horror/. Taylor, Troy. "THE STRATFORD POLTERGEIST." THE AXEMAN COMETH: MYSTERIOUS MURDERS IN NEW ORLEANS, www.prairieghosts.com/stratford.html. Vangelder, Lawrence. "Interview: A Real Life Horror Story." The New York Times, 9 Oct. 1977, pp. 2–2, www.nytimes.com/1977/10/09/archives/long-island-weekly-interview-a-reallife-horror-story.html. Walter, Eric, director. My Amityville Horror. Lost Witness Pictures, 2012, www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BUJ5YHO?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9beb-4819111bef9a&pf_rd_r=99WF5F5GRCYZW90R49JE.