The Amityville House (112 Ocean Avenue)

112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York is a privately built single-family residence notable for a documented violent crime and subsequent claims of paranormal activity. On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family at this address; he was later convicted of second-degree murder in November 1975. In December 1975 George and Kathy Lutz and their three children moved into the house and left after 28 days, claiming they had been "terrorized by paranormal phenomena" while living there. These events formed the historical basis for Jay Anson's 1977 book The Amityville Horror and the 1979 film adaptation, which spawned numerous sequels and derivative works. Because the house and the underlying crimes are historical, the site has been repeatedly examined and reinterpreted in journalism, skeptical inquiry, and paranormal research; Ed and Lorraine Warren are among the investigators who have been associated with inquiries into the property. The supplied sources summarize the cultural impact and contested nature of the claims but do not supply detailed, independently corroborated inventories of specific paranormal occurrences, named entities, or conclusive investigative results. The Amityville House functions as a modern folk story and a persistent locus in American haunted-house lore due to the intersection of a verifiable homicide, published claims of supernatural terror by the Lutz family, high-profile investigations, and extensive fictionalization in books and films.