I am sorry for the loss of such a wonderful guy. the lutzs spent all their savings on the house and with no money said the house was haunted so they can get money. I guess Amityville is one of those things you either believe or you dont. Quaratinos brother, Daniel Lutz, did not return a call seeking comment. The notorious killer died behind bars on March 12 at 69. . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Born March 6, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA. Lutz sued his former stepson in Nevada district court in 2003 over what Quaratino said are allegations of trademark infringement and fraud relating to a future Amityville movie planned by Lutz.. new TWTR.Widget({ As always the media stepped in and Hollywood used their digital magic and waaalaaa we have a 2% truth account 98% hollywood fiction. [30] Lutz claimed that the film producers embellished or fabricated events portrayed in the 1979 version and the 2005 remake. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. shell: { Their tale of demonic possession would go on to inspire the 1977 book 'The Amityville Horror,' a hit 1979 movie of the same name, and several sequels, including a 2005 remake. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. One night, he apparently heard his childrens beds slamming up and down on the floor but couldn't do anything because an invisible force was paralyzing him. Do the spirits of the DeFeo family still roam around the house maybe. i totally believed george lutz and kathy lutz! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Failed to remove flower. Excuse me for one second here. In reality, 112 Ocean Avenue is a suburban house within 50 feet (15m) of other houses in the neighborhood. COUCHES, CHARIS AND TELEVISON SETS WERE IN THE AIR!!!! Estranged from his wife and two children, Daniel now lives in Queens, New York where he works as a stonemason. Sign up for the Altered Dimensions newsletter and receive the latest on science and tech news, new product notifications, exclusive features, and more. i think your all taking this a bit too far whatever happened in that house has nothing to do with us.Like one of you said as if they dont get harrased enough already. According to an interview George Lutz gave to Ghost Village in 2005 one of his last major interviews before his death in 2006 they didn't realize at the time that when they headed out . Jim and Barbara Cromarty, a couple that later moved into the house, claimed it was not haunted and even sued Lutz for bringing undue fame and attention to their lives. For those of you who say they were after the money, how would they have any idea that their story would sell? A month after DeFeo was convicted of the murders, in December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz and their three children moved into the house. I do know TAPS and well they know more about paranormal activities than what you and I will ever know and I am taking classes to become a ghost Hunter. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), This was just the beginning of what became one of the most famous haunted house stories. The house used in the 2005 version was in Silver Lake, Wisconsin, while other location work was shot in nearby Antioch, Illinois. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Please reset your password. type: 'profile', Are you sure it wasnt hers that she smelled or some kind of deordorizers? But George Lutz claimed the holy man felt an unseen hand slap him in the sewing room and heard a voice say "Get out." He has campaigned on a theme of " law and order " and welcomed the support of Chicago . JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT AND MY MOTHER GREW UP IN A TOWN WHERE A HOUSE THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE BLOCK FROM HER HAD AN ENTITY. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Kathy Lutz was an awesome lady, had a huge heart and was one of the nices ladies that I have ever known. Mr. Lutz, a former land surveyor, moved his new bride and three children into a three-story home on Long Island in 1975, about a year after six members of the DeFeo family had been shot and killed there. Thats just part of the movie, to make it scary. He claimed that he used to wake up mysteriously at 3.15 am every day, which was around the same time that DeFeo committed the murders. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. He died on 8 May 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. However, Daniel Lutz appeared in the 2013 documentary My Amityville Horror and remained adamant that the hauntings happened. I was a huge fan of the Amityville story. I loved the original movie and I felt sad for the Lutz family as well as the Defeos. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The Lutzes did not work directly with Anson, but submitted around 45 hours of tape-recorded recollections to him, which were used as the basis of the book. They spent every last dime they had on that house, everything they owned was in that house. The book and movies had visions of walls oozing slime, moving furniture and a visit from a demonic pig named Jodie. A system error has occurred. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ While son Christopher Quaratino claimed to the Seattle Times that although the book was not a hoax, it was extremely amplified. Surely the Lutzs would not abandon ship and run after only 28 days unless something mighty powerful was going on. Thats when my confusion started, he said. The Clark County coroner listed the cause as heart disease. let gads_event; DUH! They will never be forgotten. The Lutzes declined to give a full account of the events that took place on this occasion, describing them as "too frightening". with the lutzs gone why dont the kids come on tv or something and talk about what happened. "In other words, it was a hoax." The claim of cloven hoof prints in the snow on January 1, 1976, was rejected by researchers Rick Moran and Peter Jordan, whose investigation revealed that there had been no snowfall at that time. In December 1975, a month after DeFeo was convicted of the murders, the Lutz couple and their three young kids moved into the house, which they had reportedly snatched for $80,000. I dont know that Id call it black magic, but it was a way to call up spirits, he said. Death by Adaptation: The dog is killed by a possessed George. It means that 6 people were killed in that house of course it has a menacing prescense to it. At the same time, he blamed most of this exaggeration on the retelling in the book and original film. I have actually experinced paranormal activity. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? hitType: 'event', version: 2, George and Kathy Lutz divorced in the late 1980s. this whole storie baffles me. I think they were nuts to move into that house knowing its history. The boy even tried to get away and the father forced him backunreal. George Lutz, who died in 2006, stuck to his version of the story but admitted that some parts of the account were exaggerated. }, I know of someone whos husband was a close friend of George and she told me that her husband even experienced pretty creepy things when he went to visit. a. I just feel as though were being exploited.. The photograph did not emerge into the public domain until 1979, when George and Kathy Lutz and Rod Steiger appeared on The Merv Griffin Show to promote the release of the first film. The house was probably imprinted with negative emotional residue for the lack of a better term. The lutz family bought this house with all their savings, why would they leave 28 days later? IF YOU HAVENT START READING UP ON IT. }); This refers to a meeting that Weber is said to have had with George and Kathy Lutz, during which they discussed what would later become the outline of Anson's book. In the book the author tells the truth about the Amityville Horror. I wonder though, if some kind of environmental factor could be to blame. The notorious killer died behind bars on March 12 at 69. This is the two angle raw video footage that George and I shot for a project about the Lutz haunting. [24] This version exaggerates the isolation of 112 Ocean Avenue by depicting it as a remote house similar to the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining. The chilling murder story of killer Ronald DeFeo Jr acquired new significance after his house in Amityville, Long Island, was occupied by its new owners George and Kathy Lutz in 1975. However, I think the chapters regarding the Lutz family should be omitted. Are you ready for legalized online betting in the state of Texas? Kathleen Theresa Lutz (October 13, 1946 August 17, 2004) died of emphysema and George Lee Lutz (January 1, 1947 May 8, 2006) died of heart disease. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. I just feel as though were being exploited.. In June 1979, George and Kathy Lutz took a polygraph test relating to their experiences at the house. How do you get in?? I belive the story is a hoax. The following year, DeFeo was convicted on six counts of second-degree murder after confessing to the killings and was sentenced to 25-years-to-life at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York. Unless you actually went into a house and studied it read about the history and actually had activity, you wouldnt know exactly what paranormal activity is. Kathleen (Kathy) Lutz Amityville Horror - Good Morning America Watch on And i see the contridictions in your case. State Officials have confirmed the death of Ronald DeFoe, who died on Friday while serving his 25-years-to-life prison sentence at Sullivan Correctional Facility in New York. George felt sick and depressed and awoke each night at 3:15 a.m. with an uncontrollable desire to check the boathouse. I still think those on Ghost Hunters/TAPS are idiots. In December 1975, a month after DeFeo was convicted of the murders, the Lutz couple and their three young kids moved into the house, which. Now, the house at 112 Ocean Avenue has new owners after being bought in 2017 for $605,000. Even as a child, you realized there was something not right about this man something not good.. } As far as the Robert Defeo,I have been going over some of his case files. Try again later. Now you want to know how his children are? IM wondering why they are the only family to have experienced all this supernatural stuff and no one else living there has? Other reports, also mentioned that Weber, who had fallen out with the couple over money, said that he had passed details about the murders that they spun into the "hoax". The Lutz family. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Craziness! Father Mancuso was a lawyer, judge of the Catholic Court and psychotherapist who lived at the local Sacred Heart Rectory. In other words, it was a hoax., Still, George, who died in 2006, maintained that the story was the real deal, telling ABC, I can just say what I experienced.. ga('ads.send', { I hope the family that is left has found peace. He did say he was spending a lot of time in the basement with that furnace. Punks) jk. [2] Neighbors[who?] (George and Kathy Lutz are dead; Daniel's siblings declined to participate in the film.) If the house is full of evil and these events the Lutzs claimed to really have happened, why didnt the owners after the Lutzs or the current owners not experiening what the Lutzs did. This was why Ed and Lorraine Warran still felt it, but when the new owners moved in, it not only had died off, but followed the Lutzes for a time before being spent. So, theres some truth to The Amityville Horror. When the History Channel made its documentary about The Amityville Horror in 2000, no member of the Historical Society would discuss the matter on camera. DeFeo died in custody in March 2021. [10] Other accounts say that Father Pecoraro did visit the house but experienced nothing unusual there. "25 Horror Films Inspired by Real-Life Events", "Amityville: The Horror of It All | Skeptical Inquirer", "The Amityville Murders' Reference Material", "George Lutz interview Amityville Horror", "Interview with George Lutz by Dan Farrands", "1979 letter from William Weber to Ronald DeFeo, Jr", "The Real Amityville Horror: The Tragic Murder of the Ronald De Feo Family", "Original Amityville Horror house on sale for $1.15 million", "The Amityville Horror Official Website: Documents", 'Amityville Horror' house back on market, for $1.15M, "The Amityville Horror Official Website: John Ketcham Man or Myth? Each member of the family experienced personality changes as well. It can die of eventually.It takes time though. its odd how kathy and george have both died at a somewhat young age. He and Kathy Lutz, who died last year, divorced in 1988. Interesting that nobody that follows this crap asks about the DeFeos, or their relatives, and how they are managing these days?? They pretended to respect each other, but George could not stand to be in the same room with Kathy. [36], In May 2010, the house was placed on the market with an asking price of $1.15 million. He was 69 when he died March 12 at a hospital in Albany, N.Y. Family (1) Spouse George Lutz ( 4 July 1975 - 1988) (2 children) Sebastian Quaratino (? George Lutz, who died in 2006, stuck to his version of the story but admitted that some parts of the account were exaggerated. Once the family fled, the psychic link was broken and possibly began dying off. George and Kathy married in July 1975, and each had their own homes, but they wanted to start fresh with a new property. ", "George Lutz Labels Amityville Remake Drivel", Judge tosses haunted house owner's 'Amityville' defamation suit, "Exclusive Interview with George Lutz and Dan Farrands", "The 'Amityville Horror' house is for sale: Five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and one bloody history", "Why Hollywood's version of DeFeo murders isn't Amityville's", "The Chronological History of Amityville", Buyer found for 'Amityville Horror' house, New 'Amityville Horror' house owners dread Halloween, "Hundreds come for 'Amityville Horror' house moving sale", "Amityville The Real Horror Story Part Iv", The Murder of the DeFeo Family from Crime Library on truTV.com, Reel or Real? if you research more into what happened in the defoe murders, it will open your mind to what really could have happened with the lutz family. Mold spores can do a lot of damage to people. eventAction: 'view' Cause of death Unknown. Perhaps mold spores got to him. After 28 days, the Lutzes fled the house, claiming to have been terrorized by paranormal phenomena while living there.[3]. Evil spirits delight in humans suffering. You people really are not that bright! podcast. George was said to wake up at 3:15 am every morning, which was around the time Ron carried out his murders. They did not recieve money from books or movies made about the amittyville house. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. And not only that but to be murdered in the way they were there is no doubt in my mind that bad energy was all around that place. 'Amityville Horror' killer, who murdered parents and 4 siblings, dies at 69 in prison, Ghost hunters ran out of Louisiana 'Amityville Horror' home as 'evil black mass' started to suck their energy. George Lutz was born on November 29, 1935, and died at age 38 years old in April 1974. 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