The 1974 murders of the DeFeo family in Amityville, New York, became part of horror history. But what actually happened that November night? The new podcast Very Scary People: The Amityville Murders goes back to the start of the story. Coming March 18.
In 1974, a mass murder shook the sleepy waterfront town of Amityville, New York. One November night, police found the DeFeo family shot dead, face down in their beds. Only one survived: Ron DeFeo Jr., the eldest son with a troubled past.
In this six-part series, host Donnie Wahlberg untangles the dark and complicated story of what happened that night, and unearths how these grisly murders sparked an infamous haunted tale.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy