In 1979, WPIX reporter busted outside 'Amityville Horror' house

[@snakejones3847]

That's REAL journalism, nothing like what we have today!

[@Ranbutch75]

Social media journalism

[@finster1968]

⁠​⁠@@Ranbutch75- Oh please. It was social media journalism that let you know the Russian collusion conspiracy pushed by “real” journalism was a hoax. (Just like the Lutz’s claim of a haunted house….)

[@MMAfighter38113]

I personally would respect the current owners and their privacy, but when you knowingly buy a tourist attraction what do you expect ?

[@SLIMECORE_TV]

I'd say that's true for now. I think the buyers would have to know that going in. Back in 1979 though, this was probably a family that moved in before the book was published and it was the same year the movie was released, so you can't really blame them.

[@MMAfighter38113]

Slimecore I’m mainly referring to those who chose to buy after the publicity started.

[@TheIndependentLens]

@@SLIMECORE_TV At the beginning they mention the family who had moved into the house before the publicity, the Cromartys. They mention that they moved out because of the onslaught of tourists, so the the person shown in the video knew before he moved in that this would be an issue. This was infamous before the movie as the book came out in 1977. You'll notice the guy in the burgundy colored van talks about the book, not the movie.

[@roryotoole3279]

@whip The film crew can stand there all day and film if they want as long as they're not ON or trespass on the actual property then the owner/occupant wouldn't really have any say.

[@razieltalos]

This is true, you have to walk a fine line.

[@bonniemagpie1552]

Really nice of this reporter to share this and to talk to all these people to get their reasons for wanting to visit Amityville.

[@MeYouFitness]

Such a dramatic description. Captivity...LMAO😂

[@alexbury2622]

Even though it's a big tourist attraction spot, I would buy the house if I could, because of it's history and the fact that it's just such a beautiful house, even before it got totally refurbished on the outside.

[@SJM6791]

It’s for sale.

[@vacuumguy5793]

I plan to buy the house later on and change it exactly to how it looked in 1974 I hate the square windows now it has no character

[@michaelblaine6494]

Nothing makes you feel old like seeing how the world was the year you were born

[@MrEkzotic]

I was 8 when the movie came out. How do you think I feel? 😄

[@rickyparker3853]

Hell if I owned that property I would MOST DEFINITELY capitalize on the legend and story and open it up to tourists and MAKE THAT MONEY! Could you IMAGINE what kind of money you could make just on Halloween? Lol!!!! Anyone who owns that property is a FOOL to not Capitalize on the History of that Haunted House.

[@marti_442]

a family was murdered in there dude you are as creepy

[@rickyparker3853]

@@marti_442 Oh FUCK you! Many people would do the SAME thing I would! That's NOT CREEPY! Yes it's sad people died there but people are naturally curious about haunted houses. It is what it is. Your the only "creepy" one.

[@marti_442]

@Fawk Yuu awww sad

[@marti_442]

@Fawk Yuu i know right we keep giving views to this video also lmao

[@WolfgangR5150]

No you wouldn't, the city would never allow it.

[@mariogiresi6792]

1:09 If there is one eerie part of the house’s structure other than the eye-shaped windows, it’s the side door entrance because that’s where all six of the body bags carrying the DeFeo family came out of. One neighbor said the only horror he ever witnessed was when the poorly secured bag of the youngest child opened up and the little boy’s lifeless body spilled onto the driveway.

[@scotscub76]

Well there goes my sleep for this evening!

[@taoccsnndn4961]

!!!

[@taoccsnndn4961]

@@scotscub76 lol!

[@stephaniebaker1542]

I realize that this must be a pain in the ass for townsfolk, but good grief, they turn a case of lookie loos into a federal case.

[@finster1968]

The owners aren’t psychic. Not everyone who comes there has the intention of staying on the sidewalk for a “lookie loo”. They’re supposed to figure out which gawker is sane and which one is bat sh*t crazy? Back then, they had people throwing various things at the house, holding seances on their lawn, or trying to break in to have one inside. Try to think outside your own circumstances and imagine getting harassed on a daily basis. I’d say it would be a federal case for your own ass.

[@FireMadeFleshII]

Wow, escorted to the passenger seat of the patrol car.

[@somallo2180]

1:23 "I begged for mercy" ???? So weird how reporters used to talk 40 years ago

[@b52270]

People were more humble and respectful back then; not like the entitled arrogance we see nowadays.

[@howdyimdan]

@@b52270 Yup, your racist generation was so humble.. lmfao.

[@TheIndependentLens]

@@howdyimdan Oh here we go with the REGRESSIVE LEFT Millennial screaming racism. LOL! It's YOU WHO IS THE RACIST! Sad thing is you've been indoctrinated into your racism and so brainwashed you can't even see what colossal hypocrites you are. Grow up, Boo! *ANYTHING BUT IMPRESSED WITH YOU!* Thanks to you morons I can actually say I've witnessed a hysteria on a mass scale; that's how ridiculous, easily manipulated and controlled you idiots are. BRAVO!!!

[@somallo2180]

@ Until the yo yo straight outta Compton changed their mentality I guess. 9/10 US veterans in Iraq used to listen to gangsta hip-hop while serving in Iraq back in 2003-2011.

[@Zeldafan1ify]

@@howdyimdan you're the reason this generation is a cesspool

[@joshuaecht]

How come she sat in the front of the squad at 1:25 and not the back? Usually you are cuffed and put in the back. As a Mopar nut, it's neat seeing the last of the Fury intermediates (B-body Mopar) as squads. Also, as she is placed in the car, a sharp eye can see a rare Volare/Aspen squad too at 1:30!

[@AnnieBoBannie421]

If I had a dick it would be really hard right now..........Mopar lovers are rare these days 💔

[@Dompass1999]

Its 1979 what do you expect

[@Eric_1991]

That escalated quickly. Imagine going to work, doing your job and then getting arrested for it

[@micheller6804]

I love how the reporter says she didn't leave quickly enough...within minutes police arrived. If someone tells you to leave, you leave immediately. It doesn't take even one minute.

[@roryotoole3279]

It takes up some time to pack up the equipment. He probably called the police before he actually talked to her. She may have got off the property and retreated to the street area by the time the cops showed up.

[@epicman004]

Calling the police and pressing charges for someone standing on your lawn. Lol Long Island hasn’t changed.

[@Stuck_inthe_80s]

I love getting to see the house like this. White exterior paint, eye windows, starting to look run down. Just like in the films… it would look even more run down and scary in the following years but a fake rectangular window would be added between the eye windows before they were replaced all together. I’m 42 now. I no longer believe the ghost stories about the defeo family. It was just drugs and terrible people doing terrible things to family members… but it still makes for a smashing ghost story and that house always looked terrifying

[@dontellgucci1117]

That cop looked like a stripper dressed as a cop. But in 79’ that was the look

[@kathleendobens6648]

Did you see that mustache on him too? I lived that era. I was 19 at the time.

[@trentmiller8139]

Wow! Not a friendly Neighborhood! No Wonder the Devil likes it there!

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Lol!

[@jovanayala5775]

😅😅😅

[@shirleebostrom7230]

Were going to need a Bigger House!😂

[@evaneibach]

Lol

[@AlexAlexon3897]

"In Amityville, ya say 'yaaaaarrrd'!"

[@dr.lecter9795]

Now days the reporter Would have claimed the cops touched her inappropriately and then sued the township claiming she was disabled and traumatized for life

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

"Stop, don't touch me there. This is my no, no square..."

[@notofthisworld5267]

Oh yes... That victim mentality. Poor me.

[@toddstarks226]

True. If I was to buy this house, I would totally expect this. The owner’s should know this lol

[@daphneycandy810]

I lived in Amityville, Ny and everybody knows the history and people go about their business do people stop in front of the house yes because that's the only house on that block that does not face the street

[@toddstarks226]

@@daphneycandy810 I’ve always wanted to visit Amityville. Not just to see Ocean Ave, but to see the town. Looks like a beautiful community

[@daphneycandy810]

@@toddstarks226 Amityville is nice because it's the beginning of Suffolk county, and there is a little beach around the corner from Ocean Ave, you have the library and train station . It's very nice area

[@toddstarks226]

@@daphneycandy810 I’m very much sure the locals of Amityville could care less, but for the people who bought the house and want to live a peaceful life... you bought the frikkin Amityville Horror House. One of the most infamous houses in the world lol. Can’t stop the “thrill seekers” who travel to the quant town of Amityville for one reason and one reason only. I’d turn it into a museum and Bed & Breakfast

[@texasbeast239]

"Psst!!!" "Sir, are you accosting me?" "Yeah, psst! I can't yell! My throat'll give out. Come over here, why don't ya?" "OK, sir. I'll come to you to make it easier." "Now I got ya! You're trespassing, honey, and you're going to jail! Ethel, call the police!"

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Love the idea of an Ethel in the most haunted house in the US!🤣

[@donnabyers5037]

Sounds to me like the guy occupying the house also was hostile.

[@ceruleanc505]

Probably oppressed 😂

[@jovanayala5775]

And he had a baird too 🤣

[@kathleendobens6648]

Yah he was dressed in carpenter pants too. That was the time.

[@nicw3251]

Don’t live in the most infamous house in America if you don’t want gawkers

[@mightymightyironhead]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[@littlesister7021]

I'm surprised that house wasn't torn down yet.

[@xxkillemxx4862]

@Pop-Actor what’s cielo drive never heard of it

[@bigstock21]

“It’s a lie it’s all a lie” he says as he drove to see the house 😂😂😂

[@M60gunner1971]

Releasing him from false arrest? Lady you were on his property without permission, your intent is irrelevant.

[@rizkhan3368]

Its Police procedure! to make sure she do not press charges on him later

[@vacuuminfo3526]

In all honesty the owners can't expect a lot of privacy buying the most famous house in america

[@maineindividual5202]

Was this the actual 🏠 house or the one in Tom's River NJ that they used to film the first three movies at?

[@daphneycandy810]

This is Amityville,NY

[@maineindividual5202]

@@daphneycandy810 I’d heard the actual house they used was in NJ because police wouldn’t allow the real house in NY to be used

[@daphneycandy810]

@@maineindividual5202 that's true

[@maineindividual5202]

@@daphneycandy810 Oddly enough the two houses looked a lot alike that must’ve been a common design for those areas back in the day when they were built

[@daphneycandy810]

@@maineindividual5202 yeah

[@karimoon5323]

People are so GULLABLE

[@AlexAlexon3897]

"GULLIBLE".

[@sting64az]

The iconic quarter-moon windows from the front of the home, when illuminated by artificial light, become specialized vacuums which absorb surrounding air. The lack of oxygen can cause shortness of breath, rapid heart rates, and mental aberrations. Actual sounds can become muffled, further distorting perceptions. When the house was remodeled soon after the first throngs of paranormal enthusiasts invaded Amityville in the seventies, Warehouse 13 quietly collected the windows. They are now stored in a vacuum sealed crate in the Samhain Sector.

[@sozijlt]

"He demanded I leave. I thought I did so fairly quickly." Since she was still on property long enough for him to call police and for them to show up, "I thought I did so fairly quickly" is a lie.

[@jimk5447]

If ur goen buy a house like that. You have to know people are going to stop and stare etc (even today) if you don't like it don't buy it.

[@indianapatsfan]

That house must present some unique challenges for the realtor anytime it goes on the market. Unlike a normal property, I would think that having an open house would probably be out of the question. Any potential buyer would probably have to be vetted and qualified before being shown the house. Not doing so would just invite gawkers that are going to waste the owner's and the realtor's time.

[@ivyedan7183]

Lauraine Warren said the house was exercised..

[@susansherlock7474]

Or even exorcised....

[@otisopse7808]

Ya read the story about her and husband Ed, so called ghost Hunters.

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

Fucking tv “journalists.” The children in the room at every event. “I wasn’t aware I was trespassing.” You. Were. On. His Lawn.

[@caesartopacio9636]

That is wild.

[@hornet6969]

As to the veracity of claims made by the family of haunted things in the house. I would not live in a house with that kind of history. The place obviously is going to have some kind of karma from the events that happened.

[@BLUification]

Dont like when folks move into places that are infamously known and expect privacy its like you gotta know folks are going to be interested just like u were which is probably why u bought it😳😒

[@learntotakeajoke3100]

The author of the book even admitted he knew it wasn't "based on true events" and how he was going to be "living on a island with a truckload of cashmere sweaters" !

[@Nathan-pj2yl]

Is it possible it really happened

[@learntotakeajoke3100]

@@Nathan-pj2yl yeah anything is a possibility but when you weigh facts ....🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Nathan-pj2yl]

@@learntotakeajoke3100 okay

[@BreeL1998]

So these people knowingly bought a house where 6 murders took place (pretty morbid) & a family fled for their lives because the dark/residual energy in that home became too overbearing... And they expected privacy?

[@tabbycat6458]

That's a load of crap 26 families moved in and out up to date 2021 that family back then left for the same reason. They just didn't want notoriety.

[@jimmayuer3441]

26 families lol???? Where did you get that info from?

[@jimmayuer3441]

@Prince Nelson Sheesh i wish people would have knowledge about the matters they speak about, Ive studied this case for 30 years now, Ive been to Amityville, ive lived in Amityville, so its kind of annoying when people just spout dumb shit

[@otisopse7808]

So u have proof,like public records.? Love to see it

[@Alisha73nana]

Of course the new owners at that time would say there is no haunting they wanted the people to leave them alone! But they should’ve known what they were getting themselves into when they bought the place! There is some truth in every fictional story or the idea for a story would never exist

[@darlenedeluca7850]

I do agree! I lived in a haunted house! Before i moved in my new house! A woman was stabbed 2 death! & I got a real strong feeling that Amityville house is haunted 2 !

[@lannybianchi9351]

I think the reason he dropped the charges was because he was about to get his ass sued off if you see where she was while interviewing the people was the opposite side of the street notbon his property she was talking to people off his property not on it. That was clearly showed the other thing is he came out on the porch she went up to talk to him he told her to leave I think the clown knew if he went to the max on the charges it was going to show where she was and he was going to get his ass sued off and he was going to loose in court

[@finster1968]

The clowns are the people who were coming there throwing various objects at the house, trying to hold seances on the lawn, or trying to break in to have one inside. How would you like being harassed every day? That guy was no clown. He knew she was a news reporter. It was his chance to send a message to the all idiots watching that he was dealing with DAILY back then. I don’t blame him.

[@TakePrayersSayVitamins]

A book & a movie so early after a heinous family murder?

[@frankieturner630]

The house that they use in the movie is much prettier than the real original House that original house is not all that

[@TheGhostWhisperer]

Yep. The Lux family knew if they claim all that bogus shyt that it would get them in the spotlight after what happened before they moved in

[@siremschannel5782]

That lady is someone grandma now

[@Muhammad1time]

Most confusing Amityville horror vs Amityville house im lost

[@AlexAlexon3897]

"I'm".

[@dariusketchup4781]

If your on someone's property without the owner's consent, then your trespassing. How hard can it be to understand that? Duuuuh!

[@regalgs51]

You’re. Not your.

[@user-sb1vz9pv5y]

@@regalgs51 Most of us could have figured out what he ment but thanks anyway Captain Obvious. Its just a message board. You act he was writing a novel or an essay for a final term paper.

[@regalgs51]

@@user-sb1vz9pv5y meant, not ment.

[@Lars1540]

Well that’s what happens when you buy the most notable haunted house in America. Not that I condone what all of the so-called “tourists” and “thrill seekers” put the latter owners of the house through, as I’m sure it’s miserable to live in that house now...BUT let’s be completely honest for a moment, anybody contemplating purchasing this house SHOULD CLEARLY UNDERSTAND that this house is WELL KNOWN for being one of the MOST HAUNTED HOUSES IN THE WORLD! And as such, it’s obviously going to attract a LOT of people... So anyone moving into that house SHOULD already understand AND expect that there are always going to be tons of people coming by. Honestly, all of this could be avoided if one were to simply purchase the house and turn it into either a museum or bed & breakfast like they did with the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River, MA. Then everyone could get their fill of the house, the town would make lots of money, and eventually the tourism would calm down and reach acceptable levels. The reason half of the problems with tourists exist is because they all try so hard to shut the public out and actually PRETEND that someone can just buy the house and live like normal people! I mean, that Amityville home probably draws nearly as many tourists as the White House for christ’s sake! LOL. And for a psychology perspective, the more you attempt to shut people out, make exclusive, or taboo something, it just creates even more attention and desire. A perfect well known example is when night clubs like studio 54 wouldn’t let anyone in the club, and so that “exclusivity” created the abnormally high desire for everyone to try to get in. Restaurants today often do the same thing. They are just playing on human psychology, nothing more. Simply put, the more you tell someone they can’t have something, the more they want it. The Amityville Horror House has been sensationalized to the level that no family could ever peacefully reside in the home without being constantly disturbed by tourists, let alone ghosts! So break down the psychological barrier, allow the public in and turn it into a money maker for the town and it will also alleviate the tourists after a while.

[@shmemsta]

smart guy right here!

[@dzanier]

As to the last thing you said, I'm sure the amount of tourists has diminished a lot over the last 40 years, to the point where it's possible that whoever is living there now has little to no problem with gawkers and thrill seekers, but as to your last suggestion, on a moral level it's wrong for the town to cash in on a tragedy of such proportion. If it were just the haunting, it would be no big deal. Obviously opinions will vary about whether the house was ever haunted. But what isn't debatable is the horrible, unspeakable murders that happened there in November of 1974. To cash in on that is tasteless even if many if not all of the relatives of the family have passed away. I can just imagine a tour guide taking tourists into a room and saying "now this is the room where Ronnie shot his sister Dawn in the head blowing off the left side of her face."

[@davidkraft314]

When you buy a house that had a movie made about it, that has been the spectacle of mass murder, was widely covered in newspapers, interviews, and talk shows, and is an interest to the whole world, you knowingly should be aware that people are going to come, interest is not going to just go away just because you bought it. The neighbors, on the other hand, I agree deserve some privacy, they shouldn't have their lawns trampled and parking lots blocked. But there should be no harm in staring at the house from the street.

[@roryotoole3279]

They bought the house after the Lutz's left, the movie hadn't even been made yet and possibly the book hadn't been out either at that time. The Lutz's claim probably wasn't known till after the book was published.

[@NoahE01]

What is the true color of the house before the murders?

[@cbr600rrturbo]

Black with white trim

[@sting64az]

A demonic voice spoke out to Mr. Birch to tell the woman reporter to "Get out of here".

[@SurgeCess]

yes! i was suspecting the same thing 😂😂

[@trunkzdbz]

Notice how at 1:00 the person behind the man has no face.

[@nickroman2931]

It’s bad quality video

[@timmy6402]

He just a bun LMFAOO

[@ruthcortez1229]

Poor lady the owner had her arrested later released her without charges just for asking for the old house they call Amityville horror house

[@kathleendobens6648]

Dont seem right does it.

[@bobingalls4643]

no trespassing signs

[@peezraw2815]

I watched this movie last night every thing in this is ture

[@johnboys4697]

Wow what a story .. they should tear down the house ..problem solved

[@Anonymous-zx3do]

Phss,h!!! lady you don't know what captivity is

[@robertthompson3941]

I WONDER!!!!!!

[@rachaeljade6663]

The new Tennent there almost remindes me of Butch jr

[@brendanwalsh5213]

That was hilarious

[@patrickbooten9149]

I believe there is more then we can explain . But this ???? Naaaahhhhh .....

[@rodstarcke5423]

The current owners may not be as psychically susceptible to the ghosts that haunt that house. Some sensitive people are in tune to it and others merely live in the physical world. If you're an Aries or a Leo you may have no problems in that house. But if you're a Pisces or a Cancer, watch out!

[@bonniemagpie1552]

Ronnie Snr was a Scorpio. Louise DeFeo was a Scorpio. Dawn DeFeo was Leo. Ronnie Jnr is a Libran. George Lutz was a Capricorn. Kathy Lutz was a Libran.

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

@@bonniemagpie1552 libra

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

@@bonniemagpie1552 I'm a Scorpio born on the cusp with Libra. Small world, ain't it?

[@Shane23Armada]

I believe the slime is fake !!! But the other stuff probably real

[@bonniemagpie1552]

It might have been real to George and Kathy Lutz because they had their third eye opened. It's like how their daughter could see and communicate with 'Jodie ' and no one else could see her or 'it'.

[@Shane23Armada]

Bonnie Magpie hmmm but it left me wonder , why ghost leave slime on wall

[@one80srocker89]

@@Shane23Armada it can be a result of an energy from another dimension combined with the energy of our physical dimension.

[@Shane23Armada]

Same here

[@Baffled-f9d]

I think what was real was the evil in DeFeo himself murdering his whole family. That's worse than any ghost.

[@user-pp1on4fk7d]

Mercifully..lol

[@michaelderenne9838]

Well cant blame him. Its his property. Id get tired of trespassers to

[@tiborosz1825]

Screw the house..the Police station creeps me the fuck out. 1:48

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Yes, very grim!

[@amrose4214]

Never knew it got that bad, i was 6 when this came out saw moive on tv. Well reporter was standing in the drive way looks like so yeh that is trespassing on property,

[@moniquewalker4763]

This isn't at all amusing to me I never want to go anywhere near this property😕😮

[@Williamknow]

Beginning of "Fake News" for clicks back in 1979

[@nicolepicknell6351]

I was born before this year 1977

[@kathleendobens6648]

I was married that year.

[@ozzbow3507]

Hmm.. Sounds like you had more weight behind you (being a reporter an all) than he did! So you "came to an agreement"...

[@68fuel]

Good!! Get off of my lawn!!

[@walterszewczyk9024]

The other residents were chased out by the GGG HHHHOOOOOSSTTSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheDefJamm]

Sounds like Mr Birch is an arse.

[@tdaniel7258]

Methinks they doth protest too much!

[@CC72460]

Commerrys bought it thinking they were going to make millions on it o well they thought wrong

[@jovanayala5775]

Wow 1 hora en prisión por hacer tu chamba, esos ochentas eran la neta 🤣

[@blackmonday738]

Burn it down already!!!!@

[@Abitofeverything876]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keeferfleming6345]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@raeturner8711]

Funny looking cars in the 1970s. I was born 1980. Im so old!!

[@sabrinakellysouzagoncalves3558]

N entrava nem fudendo

[@ايادالدليمي-ف8ع]

IMFROMIRAQ IKNOW THIS STORY HORROR

[@tracyghosthunting814]

🤣

[@ايادالدليمي-ف8ع]

EAVILHOUSE

[@garyhaber333]

Captivity? Really? They had you in the front seat of the police car. You probably didn't even see the inside of a cell. WPIX 11 used to lie alot,even back then.

[@susansherlock7474]

Why don't they knock the house down ? Rebuild if necessary... that would stop it immediately...

[@piranhaowner1967]

Susan Sherlock even if they did that... the land itself is full of Energy.....the Energy would begin in the new house as well.......

[@one80srocker89]

There used to be another house on that lot. The house got moved. This one got built.

[@christopherrivera8664]

Leave the dead Rest in peace. If i owned that house I would just demolish it.turn that property into a beautiful memorial in honor of the loved ones.

[@diaparcastingswaddle.5929]

Jajaja

[@jajaja2540]

Yes bro wassup

[@YYUTESARK_CLAN]

Cromarty

[@dana_brooke_27]

Blame it on the Lutz's. They caused this whole circus. Even if it was true why tell everyone unless you're looking for a payout. All they did was screw up Kathy's kids with the stories..horrible mother.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

They prolly just bought more house than they could afford, so needed a creative way to pay or get out of the mortgage and property taxes.

[@Nathan-pj2yl]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 is it possible it really happened

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

@@Nathan-pj2yl Extremely doubtful. Occam's razor indicates that the Lutzes likely couldn't afford that house...because of the mortgage, taxes, maintenance, etc...and devised a way to get out from under it and make money.

[@0351nick-ch8ee]

Should've put her in jail.

[@milkdeath4734]

blame the movie for all this and that fake book they wrote

[@heissylopez8284]

Lmao she made herself look stupid

[@landonadams3364]

The reason why there are no current disturbances and haunting is because it had been cleansed and exercised by Ed and Lorraine Warren.

[@michaeldenton9618]

I think the lutz bought on their selfs think black magic or something