Explore the most notorious locations in New York. Fact-checked. Verified. Morbidly fascinating.

Legend has it that demons posessed Ronald DeFeo Jr. to murder his whole family in their suburban home.
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John Lennon was murdered by a super-fan in front of this famous NYC building
The apartment where serial killer Son of Sam lived while he went on a murderous rampage.

Donna Lauria was shot and killed by serial killer David Berkowitz aka "Son of Sam"

Christine Freund was shot and killed by serial killer David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam.

The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, killed 8 women in this Long Island home.

A 1911 New York factory fire killed 146 garment workers and led to landmark labor and fire safety reforms.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated outside a New York City hotel by Luigi Mangione.

28-year-old bar manager Kitty Genovese was raped and murdered outside her Queens apartment in 1964, sparking the "bystander effect" myth.

Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer, lived in this Rochester apartment building while he murdered women across the city between 1988 and 1990.

Six-year-old Etan Patz vanished near this SoHo corner in 1979 while walking to his school bus stop alone for the first time.