In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Amityville case but this episode is specifically covering the Defeo Family Murders.

On November 13, 1974, Ronald Defeo Jr. (Ronnie) ran into a local bar close to his home in Amityville, New York, and screamed "someone has shot my mom and dad".

Police would find 6 members of the Defeo Family shot and dead in the beds wearing pajamas on the night of the 13th of November. The only surviving Defeo being Ronnie, who would go on to imply the Mafia was responsible...at least, initially.

After further questioning, Ronnie would alter his story numerous times until he would admit to killing his own family his self.

We will discuss the back story of the Defeo family, the night of the 13th of November, the investigation, the trial and the aftermath; again specific to the Defeo Family.

In episode 100, I will have an episode that will begin in Amityville in December 1975.

Warning--listener discretion--the episode contains the description of children being killed and their injuries.

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References for this Episode:

"Horrific Homicides: A Judge Looks Back at the Amityville Horror Murders & Other Infamous Long Island Crimes"-Author Judge Thomas M. Stark

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/horrific-homicides-thomas-m-stark/1140455840

https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/judging-the-amityville-horror/

https://amityvillemurders.com/

https://amityvillemurders.com/the-aftermath/archive.html#

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/amityville/4.html

https://www.thehorrorzine.com/Morbid/AmityvilleHorror.html

https://amityville-horror.fandom.com/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Sr._(Real_Life)

"Ronald Defeo Indicted as Family is Buried"-Daily News Tuesday November 19, 1974-by Stewart Artain

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez.

This is Part 3--the final episode to Richard Ramirez-- in this episode I will be picking up on August 31, 1985, when Richard was arrested.

I will be discussing in depth his court case, all through the 4 years of it. We will then work through the after math of his court case into his jail accommodations, his wedding in 1996, his final appeal information and more heinous crime tied to him in 2006 and 2009 to his death in 2013.

I will end the episode mentioning all the known victims, possible victims and some victims that were just not part of his trial for various legal reasons.

Warning--this episode will be brutal and detail his heinous assaults, and killings. SA is involved so listener discretion advised.

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References for this Episode:

"The Night Stalker The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez" written by Philip Carlo--1996 Pinnacle Books--Kensington Publishing Corp--https://www.amazon.com/Night-Stalker-Crimes-Richard-Ramirez/dp/0786013621

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1098993.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/richard-ramirez-night-stalker-murders/29/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-04-me-15057-story.html

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

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez.

This is Part 2 (Part 1 was a deep dive into Richard's whole family history, his childhood and into his first 2 murders): in this episode I'll start with the rest of the events on March 17, 1985 and go through every known victim until Richard is arrested on August 31. 1985.

Warning--this episode will be brutal and detail his heinous assaults, and killings. SA is involved so listener discretion advised.

Part 3 will come out by Monday July 14, 2025-this Part 3 will deep dive into Richard's trial and aftermath until his death in 2013.

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References for this Episode:

"The Night Stalker The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez" written by Philip Carlo--1996 Pinnacle Books--Kensington Publishing Corp--https://www.amazon.com/Night-Stalker-Crimes-Richard-Ramirez/dp/0786013621

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1098993.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-04-me-15057-story.html

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez.

June 28, 1984, Richard Ramirez whom had been burglarizing LA County for years, went on the hunt for more than just a burglary. He found the apartment of Jennie Vincow, a 79 year old retired woman from New York, and brutally murdered her in her own bed.

Eight months later he would follow up with a double homicide in 1 night.

This episode takes a deep dive into Richard's past-beginning with his father's tough and humble upbringing- all the way to the night of March 17, 1985. This is Part 1 of a 2 Part series.

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References for this Episode:

"The Night Stalker The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez" written by Philip Carlo--1996 Pinnacle Books--Kensington Publishing Corp--https://www.amazon.com/Night-Stalker-Crimes-Richard-Ramirez/dp/0786013621

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1098993.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-04-me-15057-story.html

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the famous cryptid the Jersey Devil; the demon devil of New Jersey.

The origin story of the Jersey Devil goes way back to the Province of New Jersey in 1735, one story begins with a "Mother Leeds" who is pregnant with her thirteenth child and in her frustration and exhaustion prays to God to make this baby a devil...her prayer comes true allegedly and the devil child is said to haunt the area forever....

We will further discuss in the episode all the other stories related to the Jersey Devil or the Leeds Devil. What the devil looks like and what happened to solidify the Jersey Devil in New Jersey in 1909.

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References for this Episode:

Trenton Sunday Advertiser: Sunday January 24, 1909-Doctor Condemns Devil Stories Press Agent's Hoax-https://www.newspapers.com/image/1192982748/?match=1&terms=jersey%20devil

News of Cumberland County-Friday, January 22, 1909--Jersey Devil Struck Bridgeton--https://www.newspapers.com/image/1083634578/?match=1&terms=jersey%20devil

"MonsterQuest"-2009 S3E4 Devils in New Jersey-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386254/

https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction#:~:text=The%20story%20of%20the%20Jersey,have%20seen%20or%20heard%20him.

Press of Atlantic City: Sunday, August 26, 1979 Article by Edward Hitzel--Jersey Devil Unloved in Leeds--https://www.newspapers.com/image/921288154/?terms=jersey%20devil

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Daniel-Leeds-The-Real-Jersey-Devil

Youtube--Travel Channel-A Sinister Presence: The Jersey Devil's Chilling Legacy --In the Search of Monsters--April 19, 2025--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l58ut7hcy4I

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss The Phoenix Lights-a UFO sighting phenomenon event in Phoenix, Arizona.

On March 13, 1997, tens of thousands of people between California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico witnessed a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) that covered 400 + miles, multiple hours and could never be explained over the past 28 years.

In this episode, we will cover the events of that night, events leading into that evening, the aftermath of the event and then all the many explanations put forward over the years.

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References for this Episode:

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/phoenix-lights-ufo-mystery-explanations-19105870

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDy1QfBlxs -Youtube Video The Phoenix Lights 28 Years later, the mystery endures..ABC15 Arizona March 13, 2025

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/phoenix-ufo-mystery-solved-lights-high-school-football/story?id=14884994

The Arizona Republic Article-July 17, 1997--by Chris Fiscus

https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/jul/25/military-now-says-flares-may-be-cause-of-mysteriou/#:~:text=%7CLog%20out-,Military%20now%20says%20flares%20may%20be%20cause%20of%20mysterious%20Arizona,calls%22%20asking%20about%20the%20lights.

https://youtu.be/nbofgMtYcqU?si=io3umSdNHuVWNmIn

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

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Cleveland Torso Murders--also known as, the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run and also was called the Kingsbury Slayer and other things in the press.

The killings begin in Cleveland, Ohio in 1935 (1934 depending in victim inclusion of the "Lady in the Lake")--a body is found without a head in a dark, dank area of Cleveland called Kingsbury Run.

Over the course, of a few months more mutilated and dismembered bodies are found. No witnesses, no suspects, just body parts.

Between 1935 and 1938, 12 victims will be found and only 3 of these victims will be identified.

Cleveland's new City Safety Director, Eliot Ness, will get involved but to no avail...no one will be tried for these heinous murders.

Listen to hear full details.

References for this Episode:

https://www.clevelandpolicemuseum.org/collections/torso-murders/

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

https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/torso-murders

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/torso-killer-cleveland-dna-testing-victims-identified/

https://fox8.com/news/cleveland-torso-murders-to-be-revisited-in-new-movie-being-filmed-in-city-this-summer/

The Cleveland Press Newspaper: Saturday July 8, 1939

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the most haunted place in America; the Myrtles Plantation of St. Francisville, Louisiana.

"General" David Bradford of Pennsylvania fled to the territory of Louisiana in 1794 after getting into some trouble with first President George Washington over the excise tax or slang the Whiskey Rebellion situation.

Once he landed in Louisiana, he purchased some land to settle for his family and built what he called Laurel Grove which was a modest eight room home.

In 1832, a man named Ruffin Gray Stirling purchases Laurel Grove and renovates a large addition to the home taking the eight rooms to twenty-two and renames the place the Myrtles Plantation.

What we'll discuss in this episode is all of the owner's, their history, the deaths, the lore, and my own personal overnight experience in 2007.

Listen to hear full details.

References for this Episode:

The Myrtles Plantation: Murder, Mystery and Magic-

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18116138/

https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-haunting-of-the-myrtles-plantation/

https://www.explorelouisiana.com/lodging/bed-breakfasts-and-guesthouses/myrtles-plantation

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

https://themyrtles.com/

Ghost Hunters: S2E1: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0911717/

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the sad and strangely mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg.

On January 26, 2011, Ellen Greenberg would be found dead in her apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that she shared with her fiance.

Ellen's death is at first ruled as a homicide by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner Dr. Marlon Osborne; however, the Philadelphia Police Department decide that lack of an intruder made the scene look like a suicide; even though Ellen sustained twenty stab wounds --many of which, were to the back of her neck and head area.

The Philadelphia ME would change the manner of death to suicide which would lead Ellen's parents on a 14 year legal battle with the state of Pennsylvania.

Listen to hear full details and note the actual 911 call is included in the episode.

References for this Episode:

https://crimetimelines.com/ellen-greenberg/

Philadelphia Daily News--March 10, 2011--David Gambacorta

https://www.newspapers.com/image/198342228/?match=1&terms=ellen%20greenberg

https://media.nbcphiladelphia.com/2022/06/Philadelphia-Court-of-Common-Pleas-Ellen-Greenberg-Case.pdf

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

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/us/ellen-greenberg-philadelphia-case-update-cec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut6181nvy9c

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/us/ellen-greenberg-philadelphia-case-update-cec/index.html

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

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In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss this horrible, tragedy in 1990's Tennessee.

On December 11, 1990; around 9:15am a dense, thick fog all of a sudden came upon motorist driving on I-75 between Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee.

On the southbound lane a first collision of two semi-tractor trailer trucks quickly becomes deadly when a 1981 Oldsmobile Sedan collides into the back of one of the trucks carrying dicumyl peroxide --a slew of multi-car accidents endue because of the fog.

Over one hundred vehicles are involved with what will be the most vehicles in one crash site in U.S. history up to that point.

Listen to hear full details.

References for this Episode:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR9202.pdf

"Killer Fog" 1997 Episode of Forensic Files-S2E3--https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1472364/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhTBY7A4K-c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Interstate_75_fog_disaster

South Sun Florida Sentinel Article 12 December 1990--https://www.newspapers.com/image/238518920/?match=1&terms=i-75%20crash

Kingsport Times-News 18 December 1990--https://www.newspapers.com/image/594741983/?match=1&terms=i-75%20crash

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!

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Xoxoxoxo, Lisa