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They moved their blended family, with her three children from a previous marriage into the home before Christmas. With the entire DeFeo family deceased, except for Ronald, their home remained vacant until it was put on the market a year later. In December 1975, George and Kathleen Lutz bought the house for $80,000, under market value due to the infamous murders. George Lee and Kathleen Lutz read documents of their Amityville home, which had been the scene of heinous murders on November 13, 1974. Who bought the home after the Amityville murders? RELATED: 5 'haunted houses' we need SYFY's SurrealEstate crew to look into ASAP He was ultimately sentenced to six sentences (for each victim) of 25 years to life. initially blamed a mob hit man, but after intense questioning (and the hit man's credible alibi), he admitted to committing the murders and cleaning up evidence that implicated him.ĭeFeo Jr.

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He then ran to a local bar and, according to the trial transcripts, said, 'You got to help me! I think my mother and father are shot!' DeFeo Jr. In the middle of the night, he got up and shot his parents and four siblings: Dawn (18), Allison (13), Marc (12), and John (9). While The Amityville Horror films focus on the hauntings and dark spirits that exist in the house, what caused those paranormal symptoms was the mass murders that Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. committed against his family inside the house on November 13, 1974. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Getty Images Helen Shaver screaming with fear while (L-R) Margot Kidder, Michael Sacks and James Brolin look through the broken wall in a scene from the film 'The Amityville Horror', 1979. What happened in the Amityville Horror house in 1974? So, the house is still a viable property with residents. Those two rumors are uncorroborated, but are now chalked up to the many fabricated claims about the property that have bloomed from the multiple horror films about the property, and from the book, The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson. Per the story, the property was built on top of a Shinnecock burial ground, and one of its previous owners, John Ketchum, was an avowed Satanic worshipper. In 2016, The Wrap reported that it was sold for $850,000. to deter the influx of tourists trying to find the residence. Publicly, the address was changed to 108 Ocean Ave.

First built in 1927, it has gone through several renovations and sales since it was constructed. The house that first came to be known as the 'horror house' in the wake of the murders, and then The Amityville Horror house after the 1979 movie, refers to the large, three-story Dutch Colonial home at 112 Ocean Ave. Where is the Amityville Horror house located and does it still exist? RELATED: Peacock Adding a Ton of Horror Movies in September Here's what you need to know about the true to story, to make your next Amityville Horror universe (with many of the films now streaming on Peacock) binge watch all the more chilling. And then, a year after, the property was sold for a song, with the subsequent hauntings sending the new owners running a mere 28 days later. It was there on Novemthat a mass murder occurred inside.

Time has favored Stuart Rosenberg's 1979 version starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder over Andrew Douglas' 2009 remake starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George, but what most people don't know is that the film franchise has since spawned a whopping 26 sequels or spin-offs.īut none of that would have happened without the actual story behind both Amityville Horror films, the true-life haunting of the infamous residence located in the Long Island, New York suburb of Amityville. In the category of 'haunted house' stories, a modern favorite remains The Amityville Horror. As the days get shorter and the leaves fall, it's the time of year to work on curating your Halloween viewing list of scary season favorites.

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