It has been 50 years since the murder of a family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, but what s the real - and far from obvious - reason the home has been blurred from view on the internet?
Ronald DeFeo Jr gunned down his entire family in their three story colonial home in Amityville, New York in 1974. But who is the killer that inspired the cult classic horror film?
Some of America’s most notorious murders happened in private homes. Many were demolished – some have become tourist attractions, writes Andrea Cavallier
Some of America’s most notorious murders happened in private homes. Many were demolished – some have become tourist attractions, writes Andrea Cavallier
Thanks to fiction, 112 Ocean Avenue became the most famous ‘haunted’ house in the world. The book by Ric Osuna reveals judicial irregularities and scams that led to the legend around the notorious massacre