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World● Low1h ago · Nov 13, 2026, 5:32 AM

“I killed them all in self-defense”: an entire family murdered while sleeping by one of their children that inspired a horror saga

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Between the night of November 13 and the early morning of November 14, 1974, Ronald DeFeo, 23, killed his parents and his four siblings by shooting them with a high-powered rifle while they slept in their Amityville, Long Island, New York home. The paranormal experiences of the new owners of the

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