No Witches in Amityville? by Daniel Meyer

Daniel Meyer explores the sensational claims connecting the Amityville Horror house to historical witchcraft, specifically the alleged involvement of John Ketchum and his lineage in the Salem witch trials. The article argues that these connections are largely unfounded, as genealogical research reveals the Ketcham family left Massachusetts long before the trials, with little evidence supporting the notion of witches or supernatural occurrences at the Amityville site. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/10/no-witches-in-amityville/ About the Author: Daniel Meyer has always been skeptical, but he has been known to entertain the unexplained. Occasionally sipping a margarita or waiting for whales to breach, for the past ten years he has been correcting the myriad mistakes within history’s lethargic rendition of the Salem witch trials. Want the real truth? Send Random House to his door. Meyer can be reached at [email protected]. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/ Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is a production of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry.