The Amityville Murders: The True Crime Behind The Amityville Horror. Part 1 of 2.

Before the books, before the movies, and before the stories of demons and haunted rooms, there was a very real family murdered inside 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. In the early morning hours of November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family while they were inside their home: his parents, Ronald DeFeo Sr. and Louise DeFeo, and his four younger siblings, Dawn, Allison, Marc, and John Matthew. All six victims were found in their beds. DeFeo initially tried to blame the murders on organized crime, but by the following day he had confessed. In 1975, he was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to six concurrent terms of 25 years to life. He remained incarcerated until his death in 2021. But the murders were only the beginning of the Amityville legend. Thirteen months later, George and Kathy Lutz moved into the Ocean Avenue house with their three children. They stayed for just 28 days before fleeing, claiming they had experienced terrifying paranormal phenomena inside the home. Those allegations eventually became the basis for Jay Anson’s bestselling book The Amityville Horror and the enormously successful horror-film franchise that followed. Whether the Lutz family truly experienced something supernatural remains fiercely disputed. Ronald DeFeo’s former attorney, William Weber, later claimed that aspects of the haunting story had been created with George and Kathy Lutz, while the Lutzes continued to defend their experiences as genuine. Later owners of the house have reported no comparable paranormal activity. But there is nothing fictional about what happened to the DeFeo family. Six people were murdered inside that house long before Hollywood ever arrived. This is the true crime story behind The Amityville Horror—the DeFeo family murders, the son who killed them, the house that became a cultural phenomenon, and the question that has followed 112 Ocean Avenue for more than fifty years: Where does the true crime end—and the horror story begin? In Part One, and in this week’s episode, we’re joined by Psychic Medium Kathryn Kauffman who is here to help us all understand the tragedy, the fame and the paranormal activity that followed. Sources for this podcast Connect with Psychic Medium, Kathryn Kauffman Support the show Send Kris and Rob a Message JOIN THE  HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE IN-LAWS AND OUTLAWS START KRIS CALVERT'S BOOKS TODAY FOR FREE H2H WEBSITE H2H on TWITTER H2H on INSTA Amityville Horror, Amityville murders, Amityville Horror murders, Ronald DeFeo Jr, Butch DeFeo, DeFeo family murders, 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville Horror true story, Amityville Horror house, George and Kathy Lutz, Lutz family Amityville, Ronald DeFeo murders, Amityville haunting, Amityville Horror hoax, Long Island murders, New York true crime, haunted murder house, paranormal true crime, 1974 murders, historical true crime, true crime podcast #AmityvilleHorror, #AmityvilleMurders, #RonaldDeFeo, #ButchDeFeo, #DeFeoFamily, #112OceanAvenue, #AmityvilleHorrorHouse, #TrueCrime, #TrueCrimePodcast, #TrueCrimeCommunity, #NewYorkTrueCrime, #LongIslandTrueCrime, #HauntedHistory, #ParanormalTrueCrime, #HistoricalTrueCrime, #CrimeHistory, #Hitched2Homicide Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.