The Amityville Horror Part 1: The DeFeo Family

Send us a textIn the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald (Butch) DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family.  The horrific murders of 6 family members as they slept in their Dutch Colonial home at 112 Ocean Avenue would go on to spark a horror movie franchise that would continue to deliver nightmares for decades. Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCgkSOO388The Amityville Horror by Jay Ansonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6I-BM4jURA&t=1732shttps://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/amityville-horror-inside-the-defeo-family-s-brutal-murdershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.https://www.longislandhub.com/amityville-house-todayhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trial-begins-in-amityville-murdershttps://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a45618175/amityville-horror-house/Podcast, Very Scary People Season 1. Small Town Murderhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amityville,_New_Yorkhttps://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nic...

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In the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald (Butch) DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family.  The horrific murders of 6 family members as they slept in their Dutch Colonial home at 112 Ocean Avenue would go on to spark a horror movie franchise that would continue to deliver nightmares for decades. 

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCgkSOO388

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