The DeFeo Murders and the Rise of True Crime Obsession

DeFeo was convicted in the 1974 killings of his parents and four siblings in a Long Island home that became the basis of a horror-movie classic. The most haunted house in the world” got the title based on a horrible tragedy that befell the family that lived there inspired a ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., the Long Island man convicted of murdering his family in Amityville, New York has died. Katie Johnston reports. ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., center, leaves Suffolk County district court after a hearing, on New York's Long Island. DeFeo, the man convicted of ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., who shot and killed his parents and four siblings in their Amityville, Long Island, home, died Friday at the Sullivan Correctional Facility. Ronald Joseph “Big Ronnie” DeFeo, Sr. was born on November 16, 1930, to parents Rocco and Antoinette DeFeo. NEW YORK — Ronald DeFeo Jr., who was convicted of murdering six members of his family and was the inspiration behind the film “The ... Ronald DeFeo, 69, was convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at the family's Amityville home in 1974, a grisly tale that became ... On a cold November night in 1974, the small suburban town of Amityville, New York, became the backdrop of one of the most chilling family ... Ronald DeFeo — the convicted murderer responsible for killing six family members and inspiring the long-running "Amityville horror" franchise — ...