Haunted Objects: Stories of Ghosts on Your Shelf by Christopher Balzano, Tim Weisberg Page B
Authors: Christopher Balzano, Tim Weisberg
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“I saw this face come through a wall when I was a child,” Jackie said. “I realized now (his) was the face I saw. Ronnie knew things about me no one else knew.”
She began to receive phone calls from him at all hours of the night, something nearly impossible because inmates at a prison, especially ones serving multiple murder convictions, do not have access to phones. The caller ID would never display the prison’s name, and most of the area codes were not from New York, where he is incarcerated. Jackie believes Ronnie was able to travel in different ways outside of his body. One way was through phone lines; another was through dark spirits who were with him the night of the murders and continued to be with him until recently.
“He had entities all around him,” she said.
Jackie now believes part of the connection she had with Ronnie was due to his documents stored at her house. However, she is much more disturbed by the new spirits roaming her house.
“There is always something happening here. I keep seeing these dark people in my house. I see them in mirrors and the windows. I see them just walking around and hiding. People don’t come to me like that. I can’t talk to them. They are coming all the time, and I can’t talk to them,” she said.
Chris’ epilogue : Whether the files are cursed or haunted, or whether there is just something odd about the case, DeFeo’s entities didn’t stop with Jackie. She called me, looking for advice. As we were talking, the phone line went dead twice. At one point during the conversation, I went online to look up some of the things she was talking about, and my computer shut down.
The Amityville House as it looks today.
She asked me if I would be willing to help her write the book about Ronnie. Having written about criminals before, and having received multiple letters from people in prison, I was hesitant to say yes. In addition to exposing my family to the criminal aspects of the case, I was unsure if I wanted to work on a book about someone who had been written about so often and who faced possible legal action because of what he was going to say. I also felt as if I was stepping onto a paranormal mine field. I was already experiencing odd things, and all we were doing was talking. I told her I probably would not get involved.
But Ronnie had other ideas. That night, I saw several black figures roaming around, and one walked into my room as I was falling asleep. I moved out to the couch so I wouldn’t wake my wife. Then my computer turned back on. At one point a loud noise shook the house, as if something large had dropped in my office.
Over the next week, I began receiving phone calls at all hours of the day, most with no number listed on the caller ID. A few displayed “New York State.” I always picked up, but no one was ever on the line.
At the end of October 2010, Jackie talked about the case on our radio show, “Spooky Southcoast.” Everything on my end began to malfunction. My computer would shut down or I would lose work I had done about her. The show aired without a hitch, but I suffered through several power outages throughout my whole house while it was broadcast.
The next night—Halloween—a documentary about her work and her struggle to free Ronnie from demons aired on cable TV. I set my DVR to record it, but the electricity went out again. I recorded a later broadcast, but when I attempted to watch it, my television kept shutting off. Eventually it was deleted and I never saw it.
My mind was made up: I would leave this case alone.
Jackie did not. She pressed on and believes she has freed Ronnie of the demons that plagued him, and has written a book about it: The Devil I Know: My Haunting Journey with Ronnie DeFeo and the True Story of the Amityville Murders . Since his deliverance, the hauntings have stopped.
Jackie continues to study the paranormal. That is her life, and however dark or intimidating it gets, she is a
“I saw this face come through a wall when I was a child,” Jackie said. “I realized now (his) was the face I saw. Ronnie knew things about me no one else knew.”
She began to receive phone calls from him at all hours of the night, something nearly impossible because inmates at a prison, especially ones serving multiple murder convictions, do not have access to phones. The caller ID would never display the prison’s name, and most of the area codes were not from New York, where he is incarcerated. Jackie believes Ronnie was able to travel in different ways outside of his body. One way was through phone lines; another was through dark spirits who were with him the night of the murders and continued to be with him until recently.
“He had entities all around him,” she said.
Jackie now believes part of the connection she had with Ronnie was due to his documents stored at her house. However, she is much more disturbed by the new spirits roaming her house.
“There is always something happening here. I keep seeing these dark people in my house. I see them in mirrors and the windows. I see them just walking around and hiding. People don’t come to me like that. I can’t talk to them. They are coming all the time, and I can’t talk to them,” she said.
Chris’ epilogue : Whether the files are cursed or haunted, or whether there is just something odd about the case, DeFeo’s entities didn’t stop with Jackie. She called me, looking for advice. As we were talking, the phone line went dead twice. At one point during the conversation, I went online to look up some of the things she was talking about, and my computer shut down.
The Amityville House as it looks today.
She asked me if I would be willing to help her write the book about Ronnie. Having written about criminals before, and having received multiple letters from people in prison, I was hesitant to say yes. In addition to exposing my family to the criminal aspects of the case, I was unsure if I wanted to work on a book about someone who had been written about so often and who faced possible legal action because of what he was going to say. I also felt as if I was stepping onto a paranormal mine field. I was already experiencing odd things, and all we were doing was talking. I told her I probably would not get involved.
But Ronnie had other ideas. That night, I saw several black figures roaming around, and one walked into my room as I was falling asleep. I moved out to the couch so I wouldn’t wake my wife. Then my computer turned back on. At one point a loud noise shook the house, as if something large had dropped in my office.
Over the next week, I began receiving phone calls at all hours of the day, most with no number listed on the caller ID. A few displayed “New York State.” I always picked up, but no one was ever on the line.
At the end of October 2010, Jackie talked about the case on our radio show, “Spooky Southcoast.” Everything on my end began to malfunction. My computer would shut down or I would lose work I had done about her. The show aired without a hitch, but I suffered through several power outages throughout my whole house while it was broadcast.
The next night—Halloween—a documentary about her work and her struggle to free Ronnie from demons aired on cable TV. I set my DVR to record it, but the electricity went out again. I recorded a later broadcast, but when I attempted to watch it, my television kept shutting off. Eventually it was deleted and I never saw it.
My mind was made up: I would leave this case alone.
Jackie did not. She pressed on and believes she has freed Ronnie of the demons that plagued him, and has written a book about it: The Devil I Know: My Haunting Journey with Ronnie DeFeo and the True Story of the Amityville Murders . Since his deliverance, the hauntings have stopped.
Jackie continues to study the paranormal. That is her life, and however dark or intimidating it gets, she is a
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