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Amityville: Horror or Hoax?

 
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mishlert



Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:21 pm    Post subject: Amityville: Horror or Hoax? Reply with quote

I saw the re-make last nigh at COEX and it wasn't bad. But seeing that it was 'based on true events' made me do a search of which I found the following:

There seems to be little doubt that one of the most famous American hauntings to ever be documented occurred in the quiet town of Amityville, New York, a peaceful enclave on Long Island��s south shore. There stands no other case from the latter part of the 20th Century that so captured the imagination of the general public... and no other case that filled us with such fear. Rest of the story
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Dan



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did a report in high school about hauntings, and according to research, the house was definitely not haunted. Also, the claims made by the family were way off base with what a "normal" haunting entails.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy actually did kill his family in that house but the rest was made up.

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In 1979, a lawyer named William Weber confessed to his part in the hoax during a paranormal radio show hosted by author Joel Martin. Weber had been the lawyer for convicted killer Ronald DeFeo and he admitted that he and George Lutz had concocted the story of the haunting over a few bottles of wine. Weber��s motive was to get a new trial for DeFeo, using a ��Devil made him do it�� defense. According to Weber, Lutz merely wanted to get out from under a mortgage that he couldn��t afford. His business was in trouble and he needed a scheme to bail him out.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The book was a fabrication. There are a number of good web sites that debunk the story and the internal inconstancies of the book.

http://chatanuga.org/Amitypt4.html
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