Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

The Amityville Horror

Everyone knows about the large, beautiful house that sets right on the shore on Ocean Ave, in Amityville, New York. Was it real or a hoax? Most people seem to think that it was just a hoax, but most famous paranormal investigators think that the house is haunted by an evil presence.

In November 1974, Ronald DeFeo murdered his entire family, shooting them all with a 35 Marlin Rifle. According to DeFeo he was being controlled by evil spirits and heard voices. He was sentenced to six life sentences. A year later Kathy and George Lutz moved in, they moved out after a month. They made incredible claims of black ooze coming from toilets, doors blown off hinges, unexplained teeth marks, a pit to hell in the basement and of course the bleeding walls. It was a little to sensational for most people to believe.

But there were some remarkable things that did have some truth. George Lutz did look very much like Ronald DeFeo. So much it is literally scary. The stories that the Lutz'd told sounded like previous cases of demonic possession, but many claimed they were just rumours.

The stories spawned numerous books, movies and a cult following. There are stories about the property being built on Indian Burial grounds, an Indian sanitarium or even a supposed witch living on the property from Salem Massachusetts. None of the claims have been proven.

Recently the house has been occupied by new owners, they have reported nothing unusual. .