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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

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6I-BM4jURA&t=1732s

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/amityville-horror-inside-the-defeo-family-s-brutal-murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.

https://www.longislandhub.com/amityville-house-today

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trial-begins-in-amityville-murders

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a45618175/amityville-horror-house/

Podcast, Very Scary People Season 1. Small Town Murder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amityville,_New_York

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-reaction-in-bar.html

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-disturbing-true-story-of-the-amityville-horror-house

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