Amityville Horror - The True Story

The historical documentary series continues. This edition examines the bizarre events surrounding a murder case in a quiet village in middle America. After six members of the same family were murdered in Suffolk County, New York, stories of hauntings, demonic possession and poltergeist activity grabbed the attention of the world’s media. Is there an element of truth behind these tales, or was the whole thing an elaborate hoax?

On November 13, 1974, police discovered six members of the DeFeo family dead at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. Eldest son Ronald had shot his parents, two brothers and two sisters as they lay in their beds. Local reporter Joel Martin was one of the first journalists to arrive at the scene. “It was national news from the first moment,” he says.