112. The Real Amityville Horror Story: What Really Happened

🎙️ In this episode, we uncover the chilling truth behind The Amityville Horror — separating fact from fiction in one of America’s most infamous stories. Long before the bestselling book and Hollywood movies, there was a real tragedy inside 112 Ocean Avenue: the DeFeo family murders.

Join us as we explore what really happened that night in Amityville, New York — the crime, the haunting that followed, and how a story of horror became a pop-culture phenomenon. Was the house truly cursed, or was it all a hoax?

Listen now to discover the real Amityville Horror story and decide for yourself.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/715487755/?terms=defeo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/amityville-murders

https://www.newspapers.com/image/711844267/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/396305136/?match=1&terms=defeo

https://www.newspapers.com/image/715487755/?match=1&terms=defeo

https://www.newspapers.com/image/715467699/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/255433373/?match=1&terms=defeo

https://www.newspapers.com/image/137758435/?match=1&terms=defeo

https://www.newspapers.com/image/715473474/?match=1&terms=defeo

https://www.aetv.com/articles/amityville-murders-defeo

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/amityville-horror-house.htm

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