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unusual facts about Amityville


Amityville, Pennsylvania

Amityville is an unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania near the borough of Pottstown.


Amityville II: The Possession

The cast includes Academy Award nominee Burt Young who was finding fame in Rocky at the time; there are a few references to the Rocky films within Amityville II.

Though supposedly set one year before the first Amityville Horror film, Amityville II is full of elements that are clearly from the 1980s, such as a miniature "Walkman" radio/headphone set and the presence of 1982 cars, televisions, etc.

Amityville Memorial High School

Hip-Hop group De La Soul got their start here, as students of Amityville High School, and released their debut LP 3 Feet High and Rising soon after (1989).

Andrew Montgomery

Montgomery moved to Brighton in 2005 and, following the break-up of Amityville, embarked on a collaboration with Keris Howard, formerly of the band Harper Lee.

Brothers Grym

The first incarnation of the group was formed around 1989 in Amityville, Long Island, New York, although the family grew up in Wyandanch, Long Island.

Demon Murder Trial

Glatzel's younger brother supposedly had been possessed by demons and the family called in the self-described demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren most famous for their investigation into the Amityville Haunting.

Manuel Azadigian

Through this contact he was introduced to the famous actress Hazel Dawn, who invited him to her Amityville estate to paint her portrait.

Rose Eytinge

Eytinge died of a stroke on December 20, 1911 at the Brunswick Home of Amityville, New York where she was supported by the Actors Fund of America.

Steve Loeb

The forerunner of synthesizing the genres of heavy metal and hip-hop, Loeb produced chart records for 13 albums for heavy metal icons Riot and the Top 10 pop single "Amityville" for rapper Lovebug Starski which Loeb wrote with rapper Kurtis Blow.

Stigmatized property

One example is the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York where Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered his family, later made famous by a best selling book and numerous film adaptations.

The Amityville Curse

The Amityville Curse is the fifth installment to the Amityville Horror saga and was directed by Tom Berry, it stars Kim Coates, Cassandra Gava and Jan Rubes.


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