About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "True Crime Time For October 14, 2026 | The Amityville Murders, 21 Children in an Alleged House of Horrors & a Death Row Request" from Real Life Real Crime covers the 1974 Amityville murders, revisiting how the case and its eventual trial became the basis for countless horror films while the real victims and their surviving families were often overshadowed. Cyndi Overton also runs through a batch of current headlines: a Florida death-row inmate who admitted killing his cellmate because he wanted to be executed, a California investigation into 21 children, many born via surrogacy, whose parents face abuse-related charges, updates on the Baby Angelita investigation, concerns over a possible serial killer linked to deaths along Michigan's Lansing River Trail, and school stabbings in Poland that prompted retailers to pull certain Halloween products.
The case behind the episode
The episode centers on DeFeo-familiedrabene — seks dræbt i Amityville-huset 1974, in which 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed his parents and four siblings in their Long Island home in 1974. His murder trial began on October 14, 1975, and the case later became the inspiration for a wide range of horror stories and haunting lore. Cyndi Overton's focus here is on the real victims and the families left behind, rather than the fictionalized retellings that followed.
Hosts and release
Woody Overton hosts Real Life Real Crime, a weekly true crime podcast available on Apple Podcasts in which he draws on cases he has personally investigated. This segment, presented by Cyndi Overton, was released on October 14, 2026 as episode 302, running 43 minutes.
