The True Horror of Amityville: DeFeo Family Murders
Oct 29, 09:00 PM
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Before there was a “haunted house,” there was a family.
And before The Amityville Horror became a pop-culture phenomenon, there was a very real crime scene — six members of the DeFeo family, murdered in their beds on November 13, 1974.
In this Hidden Killers deep-dive, Tony Brueski strips away the myth and exposes the true story of Ronald DeFeo Jr. — the 23-year-old son who turned a picture-perfect Long Island home into one of the darkest chapters in American true-crime history.
This isn’t about ghosts. It’s about control, pressure, and collapse inside a family that looked flawless from the outside.
Through court records, trial transcripts, and eyewitness accounts, we unravel the DeFeo family’s life before the murders — a world of strict rules, generational pride, and a father-son relationship that spiraled from conflict to catastrophe.
What happened inside 112 Ocean Avenue wasn’t supernatural.
It was psychological.
A slow burn of resentment, addiction, and identity loss that ended with a rifle and six bodies.
Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. claimed he heard voices telling him to kill. The jury didn’t believe him.
He was convicted on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to six consecutive life terms.
He died in prison in 2021 — leaving behind a trail of lies, contradictions, and one chilling constant: he never showed remorse.
Decades later, the Amityville myth still overshadows the truth.
This episode reclaims it.
Because before it was a franchise, it was a family.
And the real horror wasn’t the house — it was what happened inside it.
📺 Watch now and hear the story behind the legend — the DeFeos, the murders, and the night the American Dream died.
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And before The Amityville Horror became a pop-culture phenomenon, there was a very real crime scene — six members of the DeFeo family, murdered in their beds on November 13, 1974.
In this Hidden Killers deep-dive, Tony Brueski strips away the myth and exposes the true story of Ronald DeFeo Jr. — the 23-year-old son who turned a picture-perfect Long Island home into one of the darkest chapters in American true-crime history.
This isn’t about ghosts. It’s about control, pressure, and collapse inside a family that looked flawless from the outside.
Through court records, trial transcripts, and eyewitness accounts, we unravel the DeFeo family’s life before the murders — a world of strict rules, generational pride, and a father-son relationship that spiraled from conflict to catastrophe.
What happened inside 112 Ocean Avenue wasn’t supernatural.
It was psychological.
A slow burn of resentment, addiction, and identity loss that ended with a rifle and six bodies.
Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. claimed he heard voices telling him to kill. The jury didn’t believe him.
He was convicted on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to six consecutive life terms.
He died in prison in 2021 — leaving behind a trail of lies, contradictions, and one chilling constant: he never showed remorse.
Decades later, the Amityville myth still overshadows the truth.
This episode reclaims it.
Because before it was a franchise, it was a family.
And the real horror wasn’t the house — it was what happened inside it.
📺 Watch now and hear the story behind the legend — the DeFeos, the murders, and the night the American Dream died.
#AmityvilleMurders #DeFeoFamily #TrueCrime #HiddenKillersPodcast #TonyBrueski #Amityville #RonaldDeFeo #TrueCrimeCommunity #RealHorrorStory #AmericanTrueCrime
Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?
Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/
Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod
X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod
Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872