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This is suburbia, America's newest lifestyle. Home to more than half
the nation's population. America has a lot to learn
about this new lifestyle called suburbia, this booming new phenomenon that is happening across
the breadth of our land. One place to look for
some of the answers is to America's first
and largest suburb, Long Island, USA. Amityville's an old town, and it was one of the
major towns, you know. There was bootlegging
in the '30s and '40s. That's pretty much what
Amityville was known for. I mean, Al Capone lived there. He had a house down
there on the water. And my family
moved from Brooklyn out to Long Island in 1952
the nation's population. America has a lot to learn
about this new lifestyle called suburbia, this booming new phenomenon that is happening across
the breadth of our land. One place to look for
some of the answers is to America's first
and largest suburb, Long Island, USA. Amityville's an old town, and it was one of the
major towns, you know. There was bootlegging
in the '30s and '40s. That's pretty much what
Amityville was known for. I mean, Al Capone lived there. He had a house down
there on the water. And my family
moved from Brooklyn out to Long Island in 1952
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This is suburbia,
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America's newest lifestyle.
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Home to more than half
the nation's population.
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America has a lot to learn
about this new lifestyle
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called suburbia,
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this booming new phenomenon
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that is happening across
the breadth of our land.
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One place to look for
some of the answers
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is to America's first
and largest suburb,
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Long Island, USA.
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Amityville's an old town,
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and it was one of the
major towns, you know.
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There was bootlegging
in the '30s and '40s.
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That's pretty much what
Amityville was known for.
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I mean, Al Capone lived there.
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He had a house down
there on the water.
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And my family
moved from Brooklyn
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out to Long Island in 1952.
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Movie Summary
This limited series is the first-ever elevated look at the strange alchemy of mass murder, 1970s paranormal obsession, and the explosion of the horror film genre that gave rise to The Amityville Horror sensation.
