Well, here's the asshole that started it all. Despite the mystery and shock of the murder of his entire family by his own hand, William Defeo Jr. is no, nor has he ever been, a supernatural assassin charged by Satan (despite his claiming to be so). With the upswing in drug use by America's youth in the '60s & '70s and the cultural focus on the occult, particularly devil worship, DeFeo meant to shine a spotlight on himself through bloody carnage. But, William Jr. was no messenger of the Devil, regardless of anything he or others believed. In my opinion, he killed his family because he was jealous of his siblings and resentful towards his parents: nothing more. Looking past the allure of weird folklore, a gripping ghost story, and the glitter of Hollywood movies is the real truth. William DeFeo Jr. was and is an insecure nebbish who did something horrifically stupid that will never be forgotten.
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