🔪 Criminal Mischief — Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn

Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network

It began with a scream in the dark — and ended as one of the most infamous legends in American true crime.

This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio takes listeners back to Amityville, Long Island, 1974 — where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two sisters.

The killings shocked the nation. DeFeo claimed he heard voices commanding him to act — whispers from inside the house itself. It was a defense that blurred the line between insanity and the supernatural, and launched one of the longest-running cultural debates in modern crime history: was it possession… or pathology?

Then came the Lutz family.

Just over a year after the murders, George and Kathy Lutz moved into the DeFeo home — and lasted only 28 days.

They claimed to hear the same voices. They described green slime oozing from the walls, crucifixes turning upside down, and a demonic pig with glowing red eyes watching them through the windows.

Whether hoax, haunting, or hysteria, the story became legend — spawning books, documentaries, and one of the most successful horror franchises of all time.

Carolyn investigates the evidence, the contradictions, and the chilling legacy that still clings to that Dutch Colonial house on Ocean Avenue.

🩸 In This Episode

    •    The night of November 13, 1974 — the DeFeo murders and the evidence that didn’t add up

    •    Ronnie DeFeo’s shifting claims of demonic possession

    •    The Lutz family’s 28-day ordeal and the birth of The Amityville Horror myth

    •    The psychic investigators who made the story famous — and the skeptics who called it a lie

    •    Why Amityville endures as the ultimate intersection of crime, fear, and faith

💀 Credits

Hosted by Carolyn Ossorio

Produced by Evio Creative

Sound design and score by [Engineer Name]

Written by Branden Morgan & Carolyn Ossorio

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