It was a story that horrified Long Islanders and later inspired horror films. On Nov. 13, 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were murdered inside their Amityville home. Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The village of Amityville, New York has a rich and robust history. But unless you're an Amityville native, you probably only know ...

NEW YORK (NewsNation Now) — Ronald DeFeo Jr., who was convicted of murdering six members of his family and was the inspiration behind the film “The Amityville Horror,” died on Friday, according to the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The man convicted of slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a home that later inspired the “The Amityville Horror” book and movies has died, prison officials said Monday. Ronald ...

In 1974, 23-year-old Ronnie Butch DeFeo Jr., eldest of the DeFeo children, confessed to the murder of his entire family. Were these murders the springboard for the events that would take place in the ...

"Six in Amityville Family Found Murdered at Home" was Newsday’s headline 50 years ago. The killings gave rise to dubious claims the home was haunted and inspired a 1979 movie, "The Amityville Horror." ...

One of the most well known horror franchises of the last 50 years will soon get a modern style reboot, as The Amityville Horror is set to return to the big screen in a new adaptation of the ...

Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, New York. Sentenced to six ...

NEW YORK — Convicted “Amityville Horror” killer Ronald DeFeo Jr., who in 1974 shot and killed his parents and four younger siblings inside their Long Island home in a grisly case that inspired a book ...