S1 | E7: Amityville Horror House | Part 2

Show Notes

Episode Description: In this second episode of the three-part series, Harry Chambers and Drew Hudson profile the DeFeo family: tensions, abuse, and domestic violence. They explore Ronnie “Butch” DeFeo, Jr.’s, childhood, and predilection towards drugs, guns, and violence, as well as cover key details about the crime/crime scene and confront lingering questions about the murder that occurred in the early hours of November 13, 1974.

CW/TW: This episode contains vivid and disturbing descriptions of domestic violence, child abuse, and family annihilation. Graphic imagery and details of the crimes are discussed. Listener discretion is advised.

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Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson

Logo Art: Drew Hudson

Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers

Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson

Producer: Rogue Media Network

Sources

Case Overview via CrimeLibrary.org: The Real Life Amityville Horror by Douglas B. Lynott

Article: “The Real ‘Amityville Horror’: Chilling Facts About the Crime and Haunted House” by Biography.com Editors

Article: “Ronald DeFeo”

Article: “The Dark History Behind the Amityville Horror House’s Rise to Infamy” by Alyssa Fiorentino and Kelly Allen

Article: “Slain Family Drugged, Police on L.I. Report” by Pranay Gupte (Nov. 18, 974; NYT)

Article: “Amityville Horror: Inside the DeFeo Family’s Brutal Murders” by Aaron Rasmussen

Article: “The Amityville Horror: Murders, Movies, and Those Who Remain” by Michael Natale

Article: “The Brutal Truth about Amityville: It Wasn’t Ghosts But Something Worse” by Jaime Lorite

Newspaper Article: “The Amityville Horror” by Hal Lipper (The Dayton Daily News)

CrimeLibrary.org: The Real Life Amityville Horror by Douglas B. Lynott

Book: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Book: The Night the DeFeos Died by Ric Osuna

Website: The Amityville Historical Society

Website: The Amityville Murders ™

Website: Riseup Paranormal

Documentary: Amityville: An Origin Story (2023)

Documentary: History’s Greatest Mysteries: The Amityville Horror S3E5 (2022; The History Channel)

Documentary: Famously Haunted: Amityville (2021)

Documentary: My Amityville Horror (2012)

Documentary: The Real Amityville Horror (2005)

Documentary: History’s Mysteries: The Amityville: Horror or Hoax? S6E27 (2000)

Documentary: The Serial Killers: S1E6 Ronald Defeo, Jr.: “The Amityville Horror”

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