Amityville Fact or Fiction
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Published Jun. 24, 2026, 9:14 PM
On November 13, 1974 six members of the Defeo family were murdered in their beds. The surviving member, Ronald "Butch" Defeo claimed to be in the house but never heard anything. The neighbors also said they never heard anything but the barking of the family dog. Even that, there was…
Sources & Notes
The Night the Defeos Died by Ric Osuna, HBO Max Shock Docs: Amityville, My Amityville Horror, Ultimate Evil by Maury Thierry, Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack "Son of Sam" killings, Josh Zeman's The Sons of Sam: A Decent into Darkness (Netflix).
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