Tag Archives: horror

Inside the ‘Amityville Horror’ house today, Long Island’s most notorious mansion

One of the country’s most famously creepy houses is back in the news. Ronald DeFeo Jr., the notorious killer at the “Amityville Horror” house — a dwelling whose mystique continues to fascinate the public in the wake of a subsequent book and film franchise — died in prison Friday at 69.   DeFeo, whose nickname was Butch, spread terror… Read More »

Man’s horror diagnosis at age 22

When Abhishek Malik was diagnosed with tongue cancer at just 22 years old, doctors were stumped. “I have no history of smoking or cancer in the family, so it was pretty much out of the blue,” the now 25-year-old from Western Sydney said. A few weeks earlier he had noticed a small sore on his… Read More »

Map shows horror epidemic

A tsunami of sick people flooding hospitals across the country has been exacerbated by earlier than expected record flu numbers. Health authorities are warning Australians to make sure they get the flu jab this year following a spike in cases, with more than 20,000 notifications already reported for 2019. New figures show almost one in… Read More »