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Podcast: Highway to History Podcast
Episode: Highway to History #4 - The Truth About The Amityville Horror and The Warrens
Description: Recorded on September 18, 2024.
There are a few foundational horror movies that live in the cultural consciousness of America, films that shocked and frightened the more innocent population of the United States of the past. The Exorcist awakened the fear of demons among us, not to mention within us, in 1973, while the Texas Chainsaw Massacre made travelers weary of stopping in small town America for gas and snacks the following year. From Rosemary's Baby to Halloween, the genre of horror took off in the 1970s, leading to the tremendous output seen in the 1980s. The Amityville Horror closed out...