Post by derangedfaery on Jan 29, 2006 3:50:23 GMT -5
112 Ocean Drive,Amityville NY
We have all either read the book or seen the movies(ugh) on the house from Hell in Amityville New York.But what do we all really know about the facts.I, like everyone else, live for the Halloween specials on haunted history and infamous murders.Last Halloween,what caught my attention was an infamous murder piece on Ronald"Butch" DeFeo on the history channel.
On November 13,1974 Ronald "Butch" DeFeo took a .35 marlin rifle and shot his entire family in cold blood.Both parents , 2 brothers and 2 sisters perished in his murderous rampage.The grisly acts brought one question to mind ,why?Butch DeFeo was immediately evaluated by shrinks.His story and reasons for commiting the crimes changed by the hour.From mysterious voices ordering him to do it to even more outlandish claims.In the end, the doctors come to one solid diagnosis.Though Butch DeFeo was afflicted with antisocial personality disorder,he was sane when he did his deadly deeds.His true motive became more and more obvious as he spent his time in prison.In the end, Butch DeFeo was sentenced to 6 consectutive 25 years to life terms.But Butch DeFeo's lawyer didnt stop working on his behalf there.He continued to hatch a grand scheme to throw a monkey wrench into the system.
As time progressed,the police came to know about a running log of people Butch DeFeo planned to kill once his case was overturned.A hit list of sorts.How they came to find out about it has never really come to light.But more than likely a prison stool pidgeon provided this information.It was a rather legnthy list that was growing daily and stood testament to the twisted mind Butch DeFeo possessed.
Though Butch DeFeo was incarcerated,he continually asked about his inheritance.His family was quite comfortable financially, and he firmly believed he stood to inherit a great deal of money from thier life insurance policies.Apperantly, he didnt realize that if you are convicted of murdering said family you cannot collect on the life insurance policies.The family home had been sold to the Lutz family just less than a year after the murders, and he believed he was entitled to that money as well.This was when his lawyer came up with an ingenious plan.All he had to do was get the family who bought the family home to go along with it.
His plan was induced by the growing popularity of the then new book/movie "The Exorcist"And the timing of his plan was perfect,as the young couple who bought the house were having second thoughts about thier purchase of the home.The mortgage was a bit intimidating to them and they felt they may have bitten off more than they could chew.When Weber approached them,they invited him in and they sat down and drank more than a couple of bottles of wine as they developed the plan in brilliant detail.They original concept developed by the Lutzes and William Weber was further sensationalized by author Jay Anson.The Lutzes were into it for the mass amount of money,and Weber was into it for a retrial for Butch DeFeo.Weber fed the Lutzes gruesome pictures of the murder scene and all the information they needed to devise the twisted tale of demonic possession.
Together the Lutzes and Jay Anson devised the tale of black ooze coming up from the toilets and blood running down the wallsThey added insect swarms of biblical porportions,doors being blown off the hinges mysteriously,flying pigs with glowing red eyes and a portal to Hell in the basement.All of these things they swore to be facts, not the fiction that it was proven to be by real paranormalists.The story instantly became an urban legend and spread like wildfire.An obscene amount of money was made, and to this day the occupants of 112 Ocean Ave are besieged with lookiloos and horror fans who want to tour the house and take pictures.But do these people take the facts into consideration?Leading Paranormalists have delved deeply into the phenomena of the house and the lore that goes with it.The fact are quite conclusive and speak for themselves.
Lets list just a few of the fact held up by evidence
1) Demonic Hoofprint in the snow:weather records prove that there was absolutely no snow for it to be etched into.The ground was frozen but there was no snow.
2)Doors blown off hinges:close examination shows all hardware to be the original.
3)During the 28 day siege there were absolutely no calls to police
4)No calls were ever actually placed to any priest or religious leaders of any sort.
So far, the only proven fact of the book/movies was that George Lutz did bear an uncanny resemblance to Ronald "Butch" DeFeo.Though the story was a good one, it was just that just a good story!Though diehard believers have even gone so far as to say the house was built on the site of an old indian burial ground(hello!,can you say Poltergiest?) or over an old indian sanitarium(is there any such thing?) And some grasping even further insist it was the old house of a witch from Salem who moved just before the trials began(uh,yeah right).
But today the house has been inhabited by a family who have been there quite some time now.No occurances have ever surfaced for them and the only pesky problems they have are the lookiloos.I believe that the facts speak for themselves,how about you??
We have all either read the book or seen the movies(ugh) on the house from Hell in Amityville New York.But what do we all really know about the facts.I, like everyone else, live for the Halloween specials on haunted history and infamous murders.Last Halloween,what caught my attention was an infamous murder piece on Ronald"Butch" DeFeo on the history channel.
On November 13,1974 Ronald "Butch" DeFeo took a .35 marlin rifle and shot his entire family in cold blood.Both parents , 2 brothers and 2 sisters perished in his murderous rampage.The grisly acts brought one question to mind ,why?Butch DeFeo was immediately evaluated by shrinks.His story and reasons for commiting the crimes changed by the hour.From mysterious voices ordering him to do it to even more outlandish claims.In the end, the doctors come to one solid diagnosis.Though Butch DeFeo was afflicted with antisocial personality disorder,he was sane when he did his deadly deeds.His true motive became more and more obvious as he spent his time in prison.In the end, Butch DeFeo was sentenced to 6 consectutive 25 years to life terms.But Butch DeFeo's lawyer didnt stop working on his behalf there.He continued to hatch a grand scheme to throw a monkey wrench into the system.
As time progressed,the police came to know about a running log of people Butch DeFeo planned to kill once his case was overturned.A hit list of sorts.How they came to find out about it has never really come to light.But more than likely a prison stool pidgeon provided this information.It was a rather legnthy list that was growing daily and stood testament to the twisted mind Butch DeFeo possessed.
Though Butch DeFeo was incarcerated,he continually asked about his inheritance.His family was quite comfortable financially, and he firmly believed he stood to inherit a great deal of money from thier life insurance policies.Apperantly, he didnt realize that if you are convicted of murdering said family you cannot collect on the life insurance policies.The family home had been sold to the Lutz family just less than a year after the murders, and he believed he was entitled to that money as well.This was when his lawyer came up with an ingenious plan.All he had to do was get the family who bought the family home to go along with it.
His plan was induced by the growing popularity of the then new book/movie "The Exorcist"And the timing of his plan was perfect,as the young couple who bought the house were having second thoughts about thier purchase of the home.The mortgage was a bit intimidating to them and they felt they may have bitten off more than they could chew.When Weber approached them,they invited him in and they sat down and drank more than a couple of bottles of wine as they developed the plan in brilliant detail.They original concept developed by the Lutzes and William Weber was further sensationalized by author Jay Anson.The Lutzes were into it for the mass amount of money,and Weber was into it for a retrial for Butch DeFeo.Weber fed the Lutzes gruesome pictures of the murder scene and all the information they needed to devise the twisted tale of demonic possession.
Together the Lutzes and Jay Anson devised the tale of black ooze coming up from the toilets and blood running down the wallsThey added insect swarms of biblical porportions,doors being blown off the hinges mysteriously,flying pigs with glowing red eyes and a portal to Hell in the basement.All of these things they swore to be facts, not the fiction that it was proven to be by real paranormalists.The story instantly became an urban legend and spread like wildfire.An obscene amount of money was made, and to this day the occupants of 112 Ocean Ave are besieged with lookiloos and horror fans who want to tour the house and take pictures.But do these people take the facts into consideration?Leading Paranormalists have delved deeply into the phenomena of the house and the lore that goes with it.The fact are quite conclusive and speak for themselves.
Lets list just a few of the fact held up by evidence
1) Demonic Hoofprint in the snow:weather records prove that there was absolutely no snow for it to be etched into.The ground was frozen but there was no snow.
2)Doors blown off hinges:close examination shows all hardware to be the original.
3)During the 28 day siege there were absolutely no calls to police
4)No calls were ever actually placed to any priest or religious leaders of any sort.
So far, the only proven fact of the book/movies was that George Lutz did bear an uncanny resemblance to Ronald "Butch" DeFeo.Though the story was a good one, it was just that just a good story!Though diehard believers have even gone so far as to say the house was built on the site of an old indian burial ground(hello!,can you say Poltergiest?) or over an old indian sanitarium(is there any such thing?) And some grasping even further insist it was the old house of a witch from Salem who moved just before the trials began(uh,yeah right).
But today the house has been inhabited by a family who have been there quite some time now.No occurances have ever surfaced for them and the only pesky problems they have are the lookiloos.I believe that the facts speak for themselves,how about you??
