Ronald DeFeo, Jr. Essays

  • Ronald DeFeo: The Real Life Amityville Horror

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    murder of six people. Ronald and Louise DeFeo lived at 112 Ocean Avenue with their five children: Ronald, Jr., Dawn, Allison, Marc and John. Ronald, Sr. made a comfortable living working as a salesman at his father-in-law’s Buick dealership. They had the finer things in life: cars, boats, a beautiful home and wanted for nothing, but Ronald, Sr. had an incredibly volatile relationship with his family, often verbally and physically abusive toward his wife and children. Ronald, Jr., also known as Butch

  • Amityville Horror

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    November 13, 1974, in the house at 112 Ocean Ave., Amityville, 24-year-old Ronald DeFeo murdered his family. DeFeo used a high-powered rifle, shot to death his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters. All six members of Ronald DeFeo’s family were killed as they slept and all, said police, were found lying in the same position, on their stomachs with their heads resting on their arms. At his murder trial, Ronald DeFeo testified that he had killed his family because he had heard voices. "Whenever

  • Research Paper On The Amityville Horror House

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    the morning of November 13th, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr shot and killed his entire family. DeFeo claims that voices in the house were telling him to kill his family. People in the town say that he was insane and had mental issues, which is their reasoning for why he killed his family. He was found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder. Because of DeFeo's actions, he was sentenced to six consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison. Ronald DeFeo passed away in prison on March 12, 2021.

  • Amityville Haunted House

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    I think my mother and father have been shot!” DeFeo then fell to his knees and started to cry, as if he had no idea what had actually happened to his parents, but, it made the people at the bar think he was innocent because they ran home with him (Walter, 2016). They arrived at the DeFeo home only to go in and witness what was a mass murder. But, they had no idea how it happened or who was responsible. Joe Yeswit was one of the men who ran to the DeFeo home to see if he could help, he is also the

  • Amityville Haunted House

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    The Most Popular Haunted House On the beautiful autumn day of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr., shot and killed six family members in their beautiful house, in Amityville, New York. That may seem like just another murder committed and solved, but no, this murder caused many paranormal things to happen in what we now call the Amityville Horror House. Honestly, the amount odd and strange things that has happened in that house is just nerve-wrecking. After the murders, even the neighbors wouldn’t

  • The True Amittyville Horror Story

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    sleeping. The man responsible for their deaths, Ronald “Butch” De Feo Jr. son and brother to the victims that were killed that November night. Ronald DeFeo Jr also known as Ronnie, was raised in a middle class family and was the oldest of four children. Despite being raised in a financially stable family, Ronnies relationship with his parents, most notably with his father, would eventually lead him to live a life full of hate and rebellion. The older Defeo was a very controlling and temperamental man

  • Are Ghosts Are Real?

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    You’re home alone, in the middle of the night, and you get out of bed because you assume you hear footsteps in your kitchen, you get out of the bed and go into the kitchen to see a shocking sight; a shadow walking into the other room. You think you have witnessed a ghost in your own home; however scientists would declare it was just a hallucination. Millions of people around the world believe in ghosts and haunted houses; however scientists believe that there are far more “reasonable” explanations

  • Murder House Analysis

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    AUTHOR NAME: Rebeka Herron TITLE OF SHOW: Murder House FORMAT OF SHOW: One-hour Reality TV Series - Paranormal Writers Guild of America # for registration number: LOGLINE: From the famous LaLaurie house in New Orleans to Halloween night in 1961. America has seen it’s fair share of murders but what happens to the houses that are left behind. TREATMENT: This series will explore the phenomenon of a “Murder House” and residents who currently occupy them. It’s Architectural Digest meets Discovery’s