Who knows what really happened in the DeFeo's, Amityville, New York house back in 1974? Whether it was a family member who snapped, or a case of demonic possession, the legend has grown into a hugely successful series of films over the years.
Hannover House is pleased to announce that it is now shipping (and invoicing) it's largest Walmart order of the year>>> the January 7th new release title, "
THE AMITYVILLE ASYLUM." Fingers crossed, as the last Amityville DVD release sold over $2.5-MILLION worth of videos at Walmart...! Will consumers react with the same enthusiasm? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, "it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas" as they say, here at Hannover House, as a lot of hard work is finally paying off! Check it out, and see the nice essay below on the Amityville Legend.
The
Amityville Legend:
When Walls
Can Talk
By Cambron
Clark
In the early
morning of November 14, 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were brutally murdered
-- inciting a terror that cloaks the Long Island town of Amityville to this
day. Though the basic facts surrounding
the suburban slaughter are well-established, the most disturbing details have
yet to be proven.
Around 3:00
A.M., 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed his sleeping father, mother,
two younger brothers and two younger sisters in their home. After admitting to slaying
his family with eight separate blasts from a .35-caliber rifle, DeFeo testified
that voices from the house called him to commit the crime.
Nearly one
year after the massacre, DeFeo was found guilty and sentenced to six consecutive
life sentences in Green Haven Correctional Facility. However, the closing of
DeFeo’s case was only the beginning of the legend that would ultimately
surround the shore-side home in Suffolk County.
One month
following DeFeo’s conviction, two newlyweds, George and Kathy Lutz, purchased
the three-story Dutch Colonial-style home at 112 Ocean Avenue. Within moments
of moving in, the couple and their three children encountered paranormal
incidents occurring around the property.
According to
the Lutz family, swarms of flies blotted the bedroom windows, sounds of
shuffling and screams echoed from the home’s foundation, and doors and windows
creaked open and closed near the times of the DeFeo family murders. Like Ronald DeFeo, the Lutz children testified
to speaking to a grotesque spirit who claimed she would live in the house
forever. After 28 days, the Lutz family fled their Amityville home in the early
morning – never to return.
Historians, psychics
and scientists have all traveled to the ominous Amityville residence in recent
years. Some claim the house resides on a massive Native American burial ground.
Some believe an escapee from the Salem witch-hunts had once practiced demonic
rituals on the land. Others would like
to believe that the alleged paranormal happenings are best suited for campfire
stories.
Whether fact
or fiction, the Amityville legend lives on. Decades after the murders, the house
itself still stands - serving as a mysterious reminder of eight gunshots, six murders
and one chilly November night in the quiet village of Amityville.
