S3 Ep38: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 2

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After the murder of the Defeo family, the house known as "High Hopes" where the murders occurred was purchased by the George and Kathy Lutz. But the Lutz family soon fled the property, claiming frightening paranormal activity. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren arrived and began studying the scene. But did they find evidence of supernatural occurrences - or were they perpetrating a fraud on a too-credulous public?

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from the Obsessed Network exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	Hello all, crimes of the centuries, the book drops tomorrow.
0:06.2	That's right, a day after this episode's release on January 16,
0:10.6	2024, the book enters the world for all to judge.
0:14.8	And we're celebrating, aren't we, Scott?
0:16.2	We are, yes.
0:17.2	I am pretty humble that a couple of the early reviews are super nice.
0:22.0	Publishers Weekly calls it a brisk and fascinating overview of American criminal history.
0:28.0	Bookless said it's an exemplary assessment of American crime and Punishment.
0:32.6	And Library Journal says her prose is crisp.
0:35.7	And also my publisher, Union Square,
0:37.7	designed it super well.
0:39.6	I hope you love it.
0:40.6	Crimes of Centries, the cases that change dust is available at all
0:44.4	major online retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble or you can request it
0:49.0	from your local bookseller or go to our website Centries pod.com slash book.
0:54.0	Some crimes are
0:57.0	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even
1:10.6	earn the label Crime of the Century.
1:14.0	But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.
1:20.0	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.
1:32.0	This is Crimes of the centuries. At last episodes end I walked you through one possible description of what happened
1:50.9	when all but one member of the Defeo family was brutally
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