What really happened at the infamous house on Ocean Avenue? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unfold the unsettling tale as they analyze the chilling events behind the Amityville Horror through the lenses of faith and reason. Get a compelling look at one of America’s most talked-about supernatural cases.

https://mysterious.fm/358

Further Resources:
• Loyd Auerbach’s book ESP, Hauntings, and Poltergeists: https://amzn.to/3FF3llL
• The Amityville Horror (book): https://amzn.to/4hkYLGu
• The Amityville Horror (movie): https://amzn.to/4kvDcG1
• House Beautiful on the Amityville house: https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a45618175/amityville-horror-house/
• Ronald DeFeo Jr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.
• 1977 New York Times story: https://archive.ph/2024.02.12-073723/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/09/archives/long-island-weekly-interview-a-reallife-horror-story.html#selection-4511.0-4511.258
• Hanz Holzer obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/jun/18/obituary-hans-holzer
• Plunkett’s Pest Control on flies in winter: https://plunketts.net/blog/flies-winter
• HealthLine.com “Why Do I Keep Waking Up at 3 a.m.?”: https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep/why-do-i-keep-waking-up-at-3-am
• Wikipedia on the Doorway Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_effect
• Troy Taylor’s article Amityville: Horror or Hoax?: https://web.archive.org/web/20081217085454/http://www.prairieghosts.com/amityville.html
• Washington Post story “The Calamityville Horror”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/09/16/the-calamityville-horror/3daedbf6-10e5-46cd-945c-faf52dc4db17/
• Joe Nickell’s Skeptical Inquirer article: https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/poltergeist-at-amityville/
• 1977 court documents (see links in sidebar): https://amityvillemurders.com/the-haunting/lutz-vs-weber.html
• Find-a-Grave on Ralph Pecoraro: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113129240/ralph-pecoraro
• 1992 New York Times story: https://archive.ph/2020.10.13-023138/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/25/nyregion/amityville-prisoner-says-movie-money-tainted-defense.html#selection-573.0-573.328
• AmityvilleMurders.com on Lutz vs. Weber: https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html
• Really disturbing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ