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AMITYVILLE HORROR

Long Island, USA

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Amityville Horror - The Lutz Family

Just over a year after the DeFeo's murders, a family of 5 moved into the DeFeo's old house, 112 Ocean Avenue, on the 18th December, 1975.

George and Katy Lutz, together with her 3 children from a previous marriage, Daniel, Christopher, and Missy moved into the sprawling house which had cost them just $80,000, and they loved it.

George Lutz said that the house was a dream come true. Even though the house had been the scene of a horrific multiple murder a little over a year before, when 23-year-old Ronnie DeFeo went from room to room methodically shooting his parents and his four brothers and sisters in their beds. The Lutzes sat down with their three young children and agreed the family could handle it.

Just to be on the safe side, the day the Lutzes moved in they had a priest, Father Ray Pecoraro, bless the house. While the priest was blessing the house as the family move in, a strange masculine voice clearly said to him "Get out!". Then, Lutz says, Pecoraro became ill with flu-like symptoms and his hands began to bleed.

As he drove back to the rectory, the bonnet of the priest's car flew open, smashing against his windscreen. One of the welded hinges tore loose. The right door flew open. The car stalled. The priest summoned a friend for help. Later the windscreen wipers, began to fly back and forth like crazy and couldn't be stopped.

The family moved in anyway, but within days they began to notice strange phenomena. The Lutz family lived in the house for only 28 days, before they fled one night claiming it was haunted. They never returned to the house for their possessions and have not been back to this day.

Read More:

Amityville Horror
Amityville Horror-The DeFeo Family
Amityville Horror-The DeFeo Family Background
Amityville Horror-The DeFeo Murders
Amityville Horror-Butch DeFeo's Trial
Amityville Horror-The Lutz Family
Amityville Horror-The Lutzes first few days
Amityville Horror-Poltegeist Activity
Amityville Horror-The Secret Room and the Ghostly Pig
Amityville Horror-The Lutzes Last Few Days in the House
The Amityville Horror - The Movie, 1979 and 2005 MGM Entertainment

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