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Oct 13, 2013 · The real Jeremiah Ketcham is most likely a man by the name of John Ketcham (as he appears in Jay Anson's novel). There is no record of him ever having tortured American Indians, nor was he a Reverend like in the movie (right).
Jerimiah Ketcham is a fictional character very remotely based on John Ketcham. The Ketchams were Puritans from the Salem area of Massachusetts that settled on Long Island and once owned the land that the famous horror house is on.
The 2005 film version of The Amityville Horror contains a character, a cult preacher named Reverend Jeremiah Ketcham, whose evil actions towards Native Americans in 17th century Amityville during his "mission" are said to be the cause of the haunting at 112 Ocean Avenue. In the film, Reverend Ketcham slit his own throat as part of a ritual that ...
Kathy discovers that the house once belonged to a cult preacher named Reverend Jeremiah Ketcham, whose evil actions towards Native Americans during his "mission" in 17th-century Amityville are said to be the cause of the haunting.
Apr 15, 2020 · Jeremiah Ketcham (aka Ketch’em and Kill’em) is loosely based on a John Ketchum. Although he lived on Long Island in the seventeenth century, he didn’t live in “the house.” He didn’t torture Indians.
- Kurt Marquart
His descendent, Revolutionary War hero Zebulon Ketcham, did reside in Amityville where he owned a hotel; the town subsequently named a street and several buildings after him. note
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Jerimiah Ketcham in the 2005 Amityville Horror movie was fictional. However, the Ketcham Family is real. They use to own the property that the famous house is on.
