Residents still haunted in Amityville by sightseers to house of horror

[@charmedlilsis1]

Im not living in any residence where someone has died especially brutally murdered.

[@lightingbolt8148]

Same

[@Lilugh]

Exactly

[@jonathanmcvay4499]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄how do you know that you haven’t? It’s just a house.

[@janedoe6704]

Dont ever stay in a hotel or go to the hospital either.

[@CherylDarr-v6p]

Me Too!

[@ahill4642]

Murder houses are often demolished, and for good reason.

[@GhostbustersFan77]

Not all of them. Some are turned into a bed and breakfast.

[@CandacePayne-s5l]

The John Wayne Gacy house in Chicago was demolished.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

Paul Bernardo Port Dalhousie Canada

[@GhostbustersFan77]

@@CandacePayne-s5l In that situation they tore the house apart so they could extract the remains from under the floor.

[@sandraphillips5091]

the Lizzie Borden house is a bed-and -breakfast and tourist attraction. ​@@GhostbustersFan77

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Why would anybody want to live in a house with that history?

[@ICgay4]

Cuz it's cool, also I wanna be like American Horror Story

[@Sunmoonstars748]

Many would bc it's not real

[@rhiannonclark2932]

@@Sunmoonstars748the murders were real tho

[@guilty-of-being-right]

Spirits are real. I had a face 2 face experience with a spirit being made of light ,one night in a dark hallway.. Spirit was behind me..I turned around and we were face 2 face..It was made out of pure bright light , didn't blind my eyes at all .. Happened when I was a child

[@rhiannonclark2932]

@@guilty-of-being-right I’m also a believer.

[@barrymantelli8011]

headlines should read: local people upset about tourism dollars

[@tiamarrow6366]

Here’s the issue….while Amityvillw does attract tourists which means more money for the town, you’re forgetting that actual people still live in the area and specifically in the direct area of the house. Those people probably get tired of tourists taking up parking spaces, and taking unnecessary pictures of a house that isn’t actually haunted.

[@jena.alexia]

Maybe don't buy a famous murder house? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@involuntarilycelebrate]

Article is about tourists causing problems for the local residents it's nothing about the owners buying it

[@kitkat914]

They even have the house blurred on Google Street View

[@jemlesvideo]

On thing annoying me is that they changed the upper Windows... It completly disfigure the house from its originality

[@byerenny]

The exterior was dark, too. The house they used in the 70s film was located in Toms River, N.J. and went on the market back in 2022. It's been through renovations and doesn't look the same.

[@winston_smith311]

why? i see more violence going in on NY in 24 hours than what happened in the whole history of that house.

[@manlymen552]

Because it happened in a “safe” town

[@chayo4537]

Its incredible to me how people move to new york to be in the middle of all the mayhem.

[@saturnlights5239]

Long Island isn't NYC. Get your facts straight.

[@tiamarrow6366]

@@chayo4537sweetie you do realize that crime happens in every city in America right? Crime isn’t specific solely NY and here in NY has actually gone down in recent years (compared to the 60’s-90’s), and you probably aren’t smart enough to realize that the news and media like to hype up the news of the “violence” because that’s what attracts more attention and views. As a native NYer, trust me it’s not everyday that a stabbing or shooting happens and it doesn’t happen every single minute. Yes crime does in fact still happen but not as often as you’d think. Also, this is Long Island not Manhattan/The Bronx/Brooklyn/Queens/Staten. If you actually try educating yourself and look at a map of NY: you’d see that there’s 5 boroughs (Manhattan included) upstate NY (going towards Canada) and Long Island, at the edge of NY.

[@cosmic_pursuit]

I have a theory that the house had a carbon monoxide leak during the Lutz stay.

[@andycummings-music]

Is that what made them lie?

[@cosmic_pursuit]

@@andycummings-music Carbon Monoxide causes hallucinations, auditory hallucinations too, seeing things, smelling things, basically all the haunted house tropes. Maybe they weren't lying.

[@gallery7596]

@@cosmic_pursuit And both parents went to their graves insisting their account was true. Not saying that authenticates the story, but it's impressive commitment.

[@cosmic_pursuit]

@@gallery7596yea that would be weird af for a normal family to make this story for life and stick to it.

[@gallery7596]

@@cosmic_pursuit Never saw it, but one of the sons participated in a documentary in which he claims something weird was actually going on in that house.

[@gallery7596]

Any residents annoyed by all the tourists might as well move away, because decades from now people are still going to be fascinated by that story. The Amityville city council should buy both the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, as well as the properties that border it, and just sell tickets for guided tours of the place. They'd make a fortune.

[@danwilson9530]

@@gallery7596 The DeFeo murders were a tragedy and the Lutz hoax was a shameful embarrassment. Why would anyone with an ounce of decency want to exploit either of those things for profit. The town is not proud of what’s made it so famous, or infamous.

[@gallery7596]

@@danwilson9530 It's hardly unprecedented. Look at the Lizzie Borden case. Those murders happened in 1892, and that house is actually a bed and breakfast now. Might as well say the British government is indecent for allowing people to tour the Black Tower of London where torture was routinely practiced. Tragic or shameful, it's still history, dan.

[@110311DONTWANTCHANNE]

I was 11 when a friend's father killed her mother. No where near as dramatic as this, but that is something that sticks with you. I still have the images in my head decades later of standing next to the killer before he was arrested and seeing the perp walk on the news.

[@theplatinumtakeoff6215]

I didn’t know that house was in a neighborhood. I thought it was a waterfront on several acres.

[@gallery7596]

Yeah, they make it look like it's off by itself in the movie, but it's actually bordered quite closely by neighbouring homes.

[@danwilson9530]

I’ve driven by it many times. It’s indeed in a neighborhood, and a beautiful one at that. It’s a lovely property. Nothing creepy about it. Sadly just a tragic past that some opportunists who got financially in over their heads took advantage of. The back of the narrow property is along the Amityville River, so there’s aa freestanding boat house back there. It’s not on a big piece of land.

[@beeflomein6154]

it is a beautiful neighborhood

[@billy1673]

Typical movie fan.

[@modtomodern]

I wonder if they get lots of kids at Halloween?

[@deandunn-q1o]

I see they changed the upstairs window.

[@ashleyparks1738]

Is the son that went to prison still alive?

[@AlexGuiness]

No, he died recently .

[@dmax64]

He died in prison in Mar/2021

[@Paumanokcom]

The house is beautiful and includes a boat house with direct access to the canal. We would drive there at 3:14 am to look for flying critters; along with so many other folks in their cars. A unique event, but a clear lesson- a good hoax.

[@Christophertracy09]

There was nothing supernatural. The killer was most likely psychotic and killed his family for a payout which never came. Definitely not paranormal, just a tragedy that has been happening a lot more in recent years💔

[@Jen-wo6on]

The son was a drug addict

[@johnnyflores1978]

The actual house used in the movie is at another location

[@Iccarus72]

New Jersey isn't it?

[@gumdokim]

If I'm correct one of the families who lived there lost a son during 9/11.

[@tommarsh9180]

Used to live down the street.

[@Dynomite611]

I live in queens and never thought of visiting the house. I did meet someone from the town and asked about the house. They just rolled their eyes and say no one really pays mind to it 😂.

[@danwilson9530]

@@Dynomite611 I was fascinated with the book as a kid, which is interesting considering I’m not into reading, but I read that one over several times. Scared the he!! out of me actually. It was a place on my bucket list to see one day. During my first visit to NYC I took a drive to Amityville. I stopped at the intersection that gives you a practically direct view of the house. It’s gorgeous, as is the neighborhood. It was lovingly decorated for Xmas, well lit like an upscale property. 100% charming, 0% off putting, or creepy or anything negative. Instantly got over my fear of that place/story. Several years later I had been in the area on a Sat when on the way back to Jersey I learned on 1010 WINS that the now last owners held a huge yard/moving sale that day, allowing public access into the house AND I MISSED IT! I was so bummed.

[@MrGruffteddybear]

I wouldn't mind living there. It's a beautiful home. Yes, a tragedy happened there but the house was never haunted. That story was dreamed up by DeFeo's lawyer and the Lutz family in order to try and get Defeo off on an insanity defense. At least three families have lived there since the Lutz's and have never had any problems.

[@limlianhui9462]

Reminds me of the recent Fall City murders of the Humiston family. Eldest son went for the entire family, tried to frame the next oldest. Here, he blamed his sister 18 year old sister and said he only killed her, no one else. There, he blamed his 13 year old brother, even placing the gun in his hand. Either way, young kids and teenagers were very brutally murdered in their own home along with their parents by someone they should’ve been able to trust their whole lives. Let’s not forget that. Beyond the news coverage, the speculation and the movies, this was a real family betrayed and killed by an enemy within.

[@k.p.5240]

Trumpf 🤔🤨🧐

[@JanBanJoovi-ol1qv]

I thought it’s a lone standing house in a big waterfront land. Just now i learned it’s in a neighborhood and have very close neighboring houses.

[@bravenewboi]

I still want to go visit someday

[@danwilson9530]

@@bravenewboi It’s a beautiful home in a great neighborhood. The streets there are narrow, so no street parking. Just drive by when traffic activity is low and be respectful by not stepping foot on or driving onto the property. Get you brief look and go… and while in Amityville stop and eat at a local restaurant or make a purchase from an Amityville business. Make the unwanted sensation a benefit to their community.

[@bravenewboi]

@@danwilson9530 Most definitely! I’m very respectful of peoples property. I’d like to just walk by the house, get a couple glimpses and go. And I’d love a little Amityville souvenir from one of the local businesses. Seems like a cute little village. 😃

[@danwilson9530]

@ It’s a nice little community. You’ll enjoy yourself.

[@jenniferlopez3554]

The house is nice 👌🏻 Hard to believe such tragedy happened there lots of years ago 😮

[@banzaifx4679]

Just ask a priest to bless the house.

[@AlissaEK1]

Worked GREAT the first time!

[@billy1673]

Done and done several times over. The diocese of Rockville Center has it marked as a regular event.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

You havnt mentioned the most important part about new owners changing those iconic upper windows

[@dmonk2545]

How bout tearing the freakin house down and building a completely different styled house? Bet the unwanted traffic would eventually stop altogether

[@barrymantelli8011]

😂😂

[@danwilson9530]

Nothing wrong with the house. Just curious people. I’ve driven by it going down Ocean Ave a number of times over the years. The street is too narrow to stop, get out and gawk. Nobody was gawking when I went by, and NOTHING like the endless parade of tourists that stop at the house in Albuquerque used as Walter & Skyler White’s home in Breaking Bad. That’s literally a daily nonstop circus. This is as much a non story about the Amityville house as the haunting.

[@Jen-wo6on]

I would’ve kept original windows, but that’s just me , still a beautiful home

[@shawnhuff3920]

I was born in April 1974 i was a few months old when this happened 😊

[@parshotamlal1749]

Even someone offered me billions to live in this house I still wouldn't.

[@margiekinlaw4260]

I would.

[@Lilugh]

​@@margiekinlaw4260😂😂😂

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Are you sure? It's not magical. I'm sure they cleaned it in the 70's.

[@Kitten-l7w]

The devil didn't make em do it btw...the greed for money did

[@kathydavenport4422]

I think the only thing that happened there was a very abuse father. That drove his children to do this. I wish everyone Blessings.

[@MamboKing215]

A whole NY city known for that one house.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

I went to the cemetery they are buried at not knowing they were actually there. I went to visit someone else and in doing research I discovered the family was also there, as was mobster Jimmy Burke who was played by Robert De Niro in Goodfellas. Except in the movie his name was Jimmy Conway. Anyway, I visited my friend and Burke and then the Defeos last. I left a rose for each one of the children, spoke to them and said my piece. That was it. I was very respectful. Idk? It was weird though for me. It was surreal and I just felt "off" and my head was buzzing. I really don't know how else to describe it? It was peaceful though.

[@Loner2130]

None of the stuff happened at that house

[@jamesmcdonald5026]

I went to school with Dawn, and went to the house several times. There was something strange about that place 🤔

[@masonmainpage4105]

one person shot 4 sleeping people with a loud gun and no one woke up?????

[@danwilson9530]

@@masonmainpage4105 Five actually, and there’s no way to know if the gunshots woke anyone up within the house, but it appeared somehow they didn’t.

[@catherinemartinez5542]

The transcript says his parents and 4 siblings, so 6 actually.

[@Jen-wo6on]

It was 6 the parents and two brothers and two sisters

[@danwilson9530]

@@Jen-wo6on I stand corrected, it was six… unfortunately.

[@Jen-wo6on]

@@danwilson9530 I’m a documentary freak ,sometimes I know too much lol ,

[@MrDonster]

Is that house for sale? I would like to buy it & turn it into a night club

[@catherinemartinez5542]

I'm sure someone in another state says the same when these people go tour something.

[@kryptism]

I would like to a movie made about the Defaos, which led up to tragic events!😮

[@jasonm3835]

Amityville part 2 the possession is about the defeo family. There's another much newer film called the Amityville murders made in 2018 which is also about the Defeos.

[@kryptism]

@jasonm3835 I'm talking about way back! When his family had connections with the mafia in Brooklyn! Part 2 was a different family that had Defao characteristics!🥴

[@jasonm3835]

@kryptism OK. Well both movies focus more on the domestic abuse by Ronald Sr. because that was believed to be the motive for Ronald Jr "butch" to murder his family with the help of his little sister Dawn.

[@jasonm3835]

@kryptism I don't know that a movie like that will ever be made. Anyone watching a movie about that family is expecting a horror film and a movie that goes into too much detail about the Defeo mob connections probably wouldn't work well for a horror movie. Both movies I mentioned focus more on the domestic abuse from big Ronnie toward the children and his wife Louise. They focus on the abuse because it's thought that the abuse was the motive for the murders.

[@jasonm3835]

@kryptism The closest thing you are going to find is a three part documentary called "Shattered Hopes".

[@purple.burglar.alarm...]

Uh tourism is a thing

[@GeOsmomGina]

Why did you find the need to show the house? Leave these people alone. You just showed curiosity seeks the home. The only horror was the murders.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@perry_carrey8327]

Who hasn't already seen the home? Hahah

[@danwilson9530]

@@GeOsmomGina The second horror was the fraud the Lutz family pulled over on society. The DeFeo murders were a regional only story that most would not remember now had it not been for the Lutz fraud which will actually haunt the property and town forever, not any ghosts.

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

Soul not happy

[@cedarledgepublishing]

Boo on them for reshaping the windows Trying to hide the house!

[@4stringz.]

Rex

[@belle190]

Huge scam about house was written up.. NOT haunted at all.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Haunted? Are you serious? There ain't no spirit world.

[@mattwillman10]

BS

[@billy1673]

I grew up on the island and I’m proud to say I’ve never driven past this house. I will add, however, how can someone buy a house with this kind of history/fame and think it’s not gonna be a tourist attraction??? It’s like the morons who bought the Home Alone house in Winetka, IL. They get pissed when people show up, especially around Christmas!🤦🏻‍♂️