Posted on 11/18/2016 4:42:48 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Long Island home that served as the inspiration for the book “The Amityville Horror” and the subsequent films of the same name is being bought. […]
Before gaining fame with the release of the original movie in 1979, the house was where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and four younger siblings in 1974. …
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Luntz bought it for 80k back in ‘75. It’s made a nice profit for the owners since then and no spooky stuff since.
Thankfully, the creepy top windows have been replaced.
One of the biggest frauds perpetrated on the American public, other than Obama. The author of the book later “fessed up” that the entire story was a hoax.
What is sad is so many people fell for it!
You know, you’re right! That’s what happens to me.
After I pee and blow my nose, though, I wonder why I’m carrying my rifle as a quietly slink thru the bedrooms...
This is Amityville. Not Brooklyn.
;-)
I almost have to get up at that time to get to Manhattan in the morning.
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