{"podcast":{"title":"TRUE CRIME with Bratterstein","slug":"true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898","podcast_index_feed_id":7162898,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ff35b5b0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://youtube.com/bratterstein","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42717100/42717100-1735259976964-37144093cde88.jpg","author":"BRATTERSTEIN","episode_count":211,"summary":"As someone who has been personally effected by homicide, I approach every True Crime case I cover with the goal of balancing facts with empathy—giving victims a voice while exploring the larger cultural and societal implications of the cases. I want you to leave my episodes not only knowing that the people who I talk about are real.. what happened to them is real but also acknowledging that they are much more than just their deaths. Each audio file from this podcast is taken from my videos on YouTube. If you want to see me in action, you can search \"Bratterstein\" there.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T00:18:40.255210+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898"},"episode":{"title":"High Hopes Dashed : The Defeo Family Destruction","slug":"high-hopes-dashed-the-defeo-family-destruction","published_at":"2026-07-24T14:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/high-hopes-dashed-the-defeo-family-destruction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bratterstein/episodes/High-Hopes-Dashed--The-Defeo-Family-Destruction-e3mgbqh","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5372811762.mp3","summary":"As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering the Defeo family with me today. In November 1974, 23‑year‑old Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. murdered six members of his family in their Amityville, New York home as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. DeFeo later admitted he was the killer, but his story shifted over time as he blamed the mob, then claimed the house itself and “voices” pushed him into it, while investigators found all six victims face down in their beds with no signs of a struggle. The crime became infamous because it was later turned into the Amityville Horror myth, but the real case was a brutal familicide, not a haunting. After trial, DeFeo was convicted of six counts of second‑degree murder and sentenced to six consecutive terms of 25 years to life, meaning he would spend the rest of his life in prison. He died in 2021 while still incarcerated, and the house at 112 Ocean Avenue remains one of the most notorious addresses in American true crime.","meta_description":"As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering the Defeo family with me today. In November 1974, 23‑year‑old Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. murdered six m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/episodes/high-hopes-dashed-the-defeo-family-destruction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/high-hopes-dashed-the-defeo-family-destruction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}