Episode 27 // The Amityville Horror

It's the most infamous haunted house story of all time. But what really happened to the Lutz family when they moved into 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York? With an entire family gunned down in the home just a year before, did ghosts and demons really torment the home's new residents? Or did the Lutz family make it all up in an attempt to gain fame and fortune? We explore all the options.

SOURCES:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081217093007/

• http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/14/archives/six-in-family-found-slain-in-bedrooms-in-li-home.html?searchResultPosition=1

• http://amityvilletruth.freeservers.com/newsday.htm

• https://theunredacted.com/the-defeo-family-massacre-amityville-horrors/

• https://www.maxim.com/not_migrating/return-amityville

• https://www.gq.com/story/dropping-knowledge-the-snorkel-coat

• https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132035&page=1&singlePage=true

• http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml

TRANSCRIPT:

SAU Episode 27 Amityville Horror

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