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Amityville Section

Ray Buckland: Starts the Modern Wicca near Amityville

Amityville's Sister City and Sport's Rival Sayville

Indians in the area: Massacres, Legends, and Reality

John Ketcham: The Facts

Bram Stoker who wrote "Dracula": His link to Amityville

Amityville General History

Al Capone in Amityville

The Doors: Jim Morrison's Witch Wife: Grew in same township as the horror house is in!


Hardy Boys and the Stratemeyer Syndicate

The Hardy Boys - Hardy Boys in Bayport, New York. Setting selected by Edward Stratemeyer.

 

Christopher Robbins of Winnie the Pooh.

Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean.

Peter Pan: Darlings are a family called the Davies!

The Exorcist: From an incident in 1947.

Poltergeist Movie: Based on incidents of poltergeists in Long Island's family's home.

Dracula: Bram Stoker uses Long Island Poet Walt Whitman as model for Count Dracula.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Influence from a small town.

Jaws: Shark movie based on real shark killing!

Vampires: Vampires in Suffolk County, NY

Sayville: Movies based on Sayville, NY
 

Selection of Movies from True Stories

" Death Benefit"aka "Justice for Annie"
";A Woman Scorned" and "Her Final Fury" (the Betty Broderick Story)
"83 Hours Till Dawn" starring Robert Urich and "The Longest Night" starring James Farrantino
"A Child Lost Forever" 
"A Family Torn Apart" starring Gregory Harrison and Corin Nemec
"A Father for Brittney" starring Andrew Mccarthy
"A Friend to Die for;starring Kellie Martin and Tori Spelling (based on the article Death of a Cheerleader
"A Killer Among Friends"starring Patty Duke and Tiffani Amber Thiessen
"A Matter of Justice" starring Patty Duke
"A Mother's Justice"
"A Promise to Carolyn" starring Delta Burke
"Abandoned and Deceived" starring Lori Laughlin
"And Never Let Go; starring Mark Harmon
"Before He Wakes";starring Jacklyn Smith
"Betrayal of Trust" starring Judith Light
"Beyond Obsession" starring Victoria Principal
"Beyond Obsession"starring Victoria Principle
"Beyond Suspicion" starring Markie Post
"Captive" starring Joanna Kerns
"Caught in the Crossfire: A Moment of Truth" starring Dennis Franz
"Corpse had a Familiar Face"
"Cradle of Conspiracy"
"Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly"
"Cross of Fire" starring John heard and Mel Harris
"Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story" starring Lynn Whifield
"Dead Before Dawn"
"Dead by Sunset" starring Ken Olin and Annette O'toole
"Deadly Matrimony" starring Treat Williams
"Deadly Relations" starring Robert Urich and Gyweneth Paltrow
"Deadly Vows"
"Deadly Whispers"
"Death in Small Doses"
"Deceived by Trust"
"Deep in My Heart"
"Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story" starring Mel Harris
"Double Jeapordy"; aka "Victim of the Night" starring Joe Penny and Teri Garr
"Every Mother's Worst Fear"starring Cheryl Ladd
"Fatal  Vows: The Alexandra O'hara Story" starring Cynthia Gibbs and John Stamos
"Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story" starring Marilu Henner
"For My Daughter's Honor"
"Forgotten Sins"
"Frequent Flyer"starring Jack Wagner
"Fried Green Tomatoes" starring Mary Stuart Masterson
"Ghosts of Missisisippi" starring Alec Baldwin
"Good Night, Sweet Wife";starring Ken olin and Joanna Kerns
"Guilty Hearts" starring Treat Williams
"Hav Plenty" 
"Highway Heartbreaker" starring Heather Locklear
"I Know My First Name is Steven"
"In a Child's Name"starring Valerie Bertanelli
"In the Blink of an Eye" starring Veronica Hamel
"In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory" and "Normal Life"
"In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy" starring Laura Leighton and Richard Crenna
"In Too Deep" starring LL Cool J
"Killing in a Small Town" starring Brian Dennehy
"Lean On Me"starring Morgan Freeman
"Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Jr Story"starring Bonnie Bedilia
"Lies He Told"
"Like Mother, Like Son"starring Mary Tyler Moore and Gabriel Olds
"Locked in Silence"
"Love, Lies, and Murder"
"Moment of Truth: One Child Too Many" starring Michelle Greene
"Mother Knows Best" starring Joanna Kerns
"Murder at 75 Birch";starring Melissa Gilbert
"Murder in New Hamshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story"starring Helen Hunt and "To Die For" starring Nickole Kidman
"Murder in the First" starring Kevin Bacon
"Murder of Mary Phagan"
"My Son is Innocent" starring Marilu Henner
"Nightmare in Columbia County"
"Not Our Son"
"Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge"starring Ally Sheedy
"Precious Victims" Park Overall
"Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story"
"Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story"starring Ann Margaret
"Separated by Murder"
"Shattered By Trust: The Shari Karney Story"
"Shattered Innocence" 
"Sleeping with the Devil" 
"Someone She Knows" starring Markie Post
"Stay the Night" starring Barbara Hershey
"Stolen Miracle"
"Sudden Death in Carolina" (the Rae Carruth story and the murder of Cherica Adams)
"Taking Back our Town" starring Ruby Dee and Laura Innes
"The Birds" (Alfred Hitchcock)
"The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer"
"The Perfect Crime" starring Jasmine Guy
"The Perfect Crime"starring Jasmine Guy
"The Perfect Mother" starring Tyne Daly
"The Preppie Murder"  starring William Baldwin and Laura Flynn Boyle
"The Price of a Broken Heart" starring Park Overall
"The Stalking of Laura Black" 
"The Texas Cadet Murder" starring Holly Marie Combs
"The Wednesday Woman" starring Meredith Baxter 
"Too Rich, The Secret Life of Doris Duke" 
"Twisted Desire"; starring Melissa Joan Hart
"Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story "(2002)
"Voice from the Grave from the files of unsolved mysteries"
"What happened to Bobby Earl" starring Kate Jackson
"What Makes a Family"; starring Brook Shields
"When Love Kills" starring Gary Cole
"When No One Would Listen" starring Michele Lee
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"starring Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, and Larenze Tate
"Why My Daughter: The Gayle Moffitt Story"
"Wife, Mother, Murder: The Marie Hilley Story" starring Judith Light
"Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story"
"Woman With a Past" starring Pamela Reed
;Betrayed By Love; starring Patricia Arquette and Mare Winningham
Our Mother's Murder:;starring Holly Marie Combs and Roxanne Hart
Snap Decision: starring Mare Winningham (2001)
 

 



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