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The Amityville Horror: Did The Bad Pig Ghost Really Make Them Do It?

When it comes to Amityville, we have many assertions, a few checked facts and a lot of opinions.

Some is obviously true; some is probably made up.

But which is which? Here’s the story:

The Amityville story broke to the wider public in 1977 via Anson’s book “The Amityville Horror” in 1977.

I read that book and it scared me witless.

Since then, there have been movies in 1979 and 2005 and a series of further books on the subject. There was a 2012 film called “My Amityville Horror” which featured paranormal investigator, Lorraine Warren, telling what happened to her at the house.

The Amityville story has certain distinct elements. Think of them maybe like a five-act structure in a play. Here they are:

• Act 1: The murders that took place at the house in November 1974 committed by Ronald DeFeo Jr, or “Butch”.
• Act 3: The claims of poltergeist activity made by the Lutz family after they moved in and stayed for one month only in December 1975, one year after the DeFeo murders.
• Act 4: The frenzy over the Amityville Horror book that came out in September 1977. This book supported the claims that the Lutzes had suffered from real…