in on December 23". In Chapter 1, the date is given as December 18. This discrepancy was criticized by Stephen and Roxanne Salch Kaplan in The Amityville Horror Conspiracy. Events in the book dated to the period before December 23 suggest that this date may be incorrect. References Further reading Holzer, Hans: The Amityville Curse: Fact or Fiction? (a 2007 reprint of Murder in Amityville, The Amityville Curse and The Secret of Amityville). Kaplan, Stephen and Roxanne Salch: The Amityville Horror Conspiracy (1995) Osuna, Ric: The Night the DeFeos Died (2002) Savive, Will: Mentally Ill in Amityville (2008) External links The Amityville Horror – website created by George Lutz and Tim Yancey: contains documents and interviews Amityville FAQ – FAQ on Amityville case with interviews and articles and message forum. The Amityville Files – The largest archive of Amityville-related research on the web The Murder of the DeFeo Family from Crime Library on truTV.com Reel or Real? The Truth Behind Two Hollywood Ghost Stories (Skeptical Inquirer) Investigative Files – Amityville: The Horror of It All Amityville: Horror or Hoax? The Amityville Horror: Is The Amityville Horror based on a true story? (Snopes.com) 1977 American novels 1977 controversies American horror novels American novels adapted into films American ghosts Babylon (town), New York Reportedly haunted locations in New York (state) Paranormal novels Novels set in Long Island