Episode 99: Amityville: The Defeo Family Murders

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Amityville case but this episode is specifically covering the Defeo Family Murders.

On November 13, 1974, Ronald Defeo Jr. (Ronnie) ran into a local bar close to his home in Amityville, New York, and screamed "someone has shot my mom and dad".

Police would find 6 members of the Defeo Family shot and dead in the beds wearing pajamas on the night of the 13th of November. The only surviving Defeo being Ronnie, who would go on to imply the Mafia was responsible...at least, initially.

After further questioning, Ronnie would alter his story numerous times until he would admit to killing his own family his self.

We will discuss the back story of the Defeo family, the night of the 13th of November, the investigation, the trial and the aftermath; again specific to the Defeo Family.

In episode 100, I will have an episode that will begin in Amityville in December 1975.

Warning--listener discretion--the episode contains the description of children being killed and their injuries.

Listen to hear full details.

References for this Episode:

"Horrific Homicides: A Judge Looks Back at the Amityville Horror Murders & Other Infamous Long Island Crimes"-Author Judge Thomas M. Stark

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/horrific-homicides-thomas-m-stark/1140455840

https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/judging-the-amityville-horror/

https://amityvillemurders.com/

https://amityvillemurders.com/the-aftermath/archive.html#

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/amityville/4.html

https://www.thehorrorzine.com/Morbid/AmityvilleHorror.html

https://amityville-horror.fandom.com/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Sr._(Real_Life)

"Ronald Defeo Indicted as Family is Buried"-Daily News Tuesday November 19, 1974-by Stewart Artain

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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