The Amityville Horror House (112 Ocean Avenue)

The house at 112 Ocean Avenue in the village of Amityville, Long Island, is the location of a documented mass killing on November 13, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six members of his family. The event and DeFeo's subsequent trial (in which he at times reported hearing voices urging him to kill) are matters of public record. Several years later Jay Anson's 1977 book The Amityville Horror presented the Lutz family's claims of paranormal experiences while living in the house; those claims were widely publicized through the book and subsequent film adaptations. The book's assertions generated controversy and lawsuits over their truthfulness, and the house has since become a prominent cultural touchstone in American haunted-house lore. Reported paranormal phenomena associated with the site in secondary media derive primarily from the Lutz family's claims as presented in Anson's book; the provided sources reference those claims only generically and do not enumerate specific manifestations in detail. The factual basis of the Lutz family's account has been disputed in public and legal forums. The house has periodically appeared on the real-estate market and draws significant public attention tied to its notoriety rather than any independently verified supernatural evidence. Accessibility is limited by its status as a private residential property and by ownership changes; one source notes a past listing for sale, indicating it is not a public tourist site.