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April 15, 2024
The Amityville Horror: Part II
This episode is the second in a three-part series on The Amityville Horror House. 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.
A second episode in a three-part series, we profile the DeFeo family: tensions, abuse, and domestic violence. We uncover 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
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Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers
Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson
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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