Another Campfire Story from Joshua Tree: Amityville — America’s Most Haunted House

Another campfire story from Joshua Tree… Tonight, we leave the desert behind and travel east — far from open skies and quiet highways — to a modest house tucked along the canals of Long Island, New York. At first glance, it looks ordinary. A family home. White siding. Dark shutters. A calm neighborhood. But inside this house, something happened that would permanently change how America talks about hauntings. This is the story of Amityville — often called America’s Most Haunted House. In November of 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered in their beds. The crime alone was horrifying enough. But what followed would turn a tragedy into a legend. Just over a year later, the Lutz family moved into the home. They didn’t last a month. What they claimed to experience still divides believers and skeptics to this day. Unexplained noises in the night. Cold spots that followed them from room to room. Doors slamming without warning. Voices. Apparitions. And a growing sense that something inside the house wanted them gone. Some say the activity was psychological — trauma layered on trauma. Others believe the house itself was altered by what happened there, becoming something more than wood and walls. And then there are the details that refuse to sit quietly. The identical stories told independently. The strange timing of events. The lingering reports from later occupants — long after the spotlight faded. In tonight’s video, we explore the murders, the alleged hauntings, the investigations, and the controversies that followed. We look at what can be verified, what remains disputed, and why this single house became the blueprint for modern American haunted-house mythology. Is Amityville a case of mass suggestion? A haunting rooted in violence? Or something darker — a place permanently marked by what occurred within it? Decades later, the house still draws attention. Still sparks arguments. Still refuses to fade into history. Because whether you believe the stories or not, Amityville represents something deeper — the idea that some places remember. And sometimes, they don’t forget. Watch the full breakdown in the video below, and decide for yourself what truly happened inside America’s most infamous haunted house. Until the next campfire…