The Amityville Horror: Part I

A first in a three-part series on the Amityville Horror House, we dispel Jay Anson's novelistic claims about the home. We explore the history of Amityville, Long Island, interview Religious Studies Professor Darryl Caterine (LeMoyne College) about the trope of the Indian burial ground, and separate myths from facts about the infamous Dutch Colonial on 112 Ocean Avenue.

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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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 Suburban Horror of the Indian Burial Ground” by Colin Dickey

Article: “Using Native-Land.ca Data for Studying Indigenous Long Island, New York” by Kristen J. Nyitray and Dana Reijerkerk

Article: “The History of North Amityville Found in Land Transfers” by Sandi Brewster-Walker

Article: “Historic Unmarked Burial Sites, Artifacts, Along with Toxic Soil” by Sandi Brewster-Walker

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

Article: “The Suburban Horror of the Indian Burial Ground” by Colin Dickey

Article: “Shopping Dollars May Go to Cosa Nostra Coffers” by Joe Demma and Tom Renner

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

Article: “Newsday (Nassau Edition)” from Friday, November 15, 1974

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: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders by Ric Osuna

Book: The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle

Website: The Amityville Historical Society

Website: The Village of Amityville New York

Website: The Village of Babylon History

Website: American Indian: Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Amityville, NY (americanindiancoco.org)

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: Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren (2020)

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”

Journal Article: Caterine, D. V. (2014). Heirs through FearIndian Curses, Accursed Indian Lands, and White Christian Sovereignty in America. Nova Religio, 18(1), 37-57. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.18.1.37

University Faculty Bio: Darryl V. Caterine, PhD | Le Moyne College

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