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Very Scary People

Episode 6: Everyone Loves A Good Ghost Story

Very Scary People

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History, Tv & Film, True Crime

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Found guilty of killing his parents and siblings in their home, Ron DeFeo Jr. is sentenced to six counts of second-degree murder. But the convicted killer finds new fame in prison. Back in Amityville, the story of the gruesome massacre at 112 Ocean Avenue is taking on a life of its own. Host Donnie Wahlberg untangles the story of how the Dutch colonial home that was once a bloody crime scene becomes a permanent piece of horror — and pop culture — history.

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0:00.0

Previously on very scary people, Ron DeFaeo Jr. struggles to keep his motive straight in court

0:07.6

while under oath. After all the evidence is in, and the last witness has been called,

0:13.6

the jury finds him guilty of six counts of second-degree murder. Ron Jr. would go on to spend

0:19.3

the rest of his life behind bars. But while he was sitting in a prison cell doing

0:25.8

penance for brutally murdering his family, the masses flock to the theaters to watch

0:31.7

a tale spun out of his act of murder. This time though, 112 Ocean Avenue was the main

0:38.8

character, an antagonist unto itself that played a starring role in books and movies about

0:45.8

the occult.

0:46.8

Now you all came up from Queens to try to look at the house. Why? I don't know, I haven't

0:51.7

seen the movie and I'm waiting to see the movie just before him. Do you believe that

0:56.5

all that really happened here? I believe it. I believe the devil.

1:05.2

Nearly five years after Ron Jr. murdered his family in the middle of the night in Amity

1:10.2

ville, New York, a movie inspired by this massacre hit theaters everywhere. Based on a book

1:16.6

published in 1977, the film was called the Amityville Horror, starring Margot Kitter and

1:22.6

James Brolin. The film grossed for the 86 million dollars in box offices everywhere.

1:29.3

It's an experience in terror. You will never forget. And you will believe in the Amityville

1:36.5

Horror.

1:38.8

The film has everything that comes to mind when you think of the late 1970s horror genre.

1:45.4

It's the typical doide couple at the center of the movie looking for a fresh start in a

1:49.9

new home, a place to build a family. The house they find as you may have guessed is just

1:56.0

perfect. Three stories, gambler roof and dormer windows in the attic that kind of look like

2:02.4

eyes and a tall chimney with a wrap around yard. It's elegant and available, too good

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