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- The Dark History of The Amityville House
- A Chance at A Second Life For The Amityville House
- Third Time’s The Charm?
- The Amityville House Today
The bone-chilling history of the house at 112 Ocean Avenue begins in 1925 in the small, quaint town of Amityville, roughly 30 miles outside New York City. A couple named John and Catherine Moynahan started building their dream home here in 1924, and they lived in the house happily for many years. Then, in 1965, their descendants sold the home to th...
George and Kathy Lutz didn’t really get to enjoy life in their new mansion for long. They followed the advice of a friend and had the house ‘cleansed’ by a priest before moving in, but as it turned out, that didn’t help much. There’s no way of knowing if what the Lutzes claimed actually happened, but one thing is clear: they got out of that house a...
Many previous owners of the Amityville house had to move out over the years, fed up with the attention their home was attracting on a daily basis. TIME Magazine even included the house on their list of the top 10 haunted places in America, which certainly didn’t help anyone forget about all that happened. And yet nobody else ever complained about s...
In the summer of 2016, the Dutch Colonial house was put up for sale once again, after the untimely passing of David D’Antonio. It hit the market with an asking price of $850,000 and eventually sold in February 2017, though well below ask, at $605,000. This also gave us a better look at the many merits of the house — beyond its bone-chilling history...
The following year, Amityville builder Jesse Perdy constructed the large Dutch Colonial that still stands there today. While their new home was being built, the Moynahans relocated to the old house down the street.
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Mar 15, 2021 · Built in 1925, the single-family home sits on a 10,900-square-foot lot. DeFeo Jr. was convicted in 1975 of six counts of second-degree murder and received six sentences of 25 years to life.
Oct 26, 2023 · The house at 112 Ocean Avenue owes its reputation to The Amityville Horror, the 1977 book and its 1979 movie adaption, which tell the “true” story of George and Kathy Lutz, a young newlywed ...
Aug 27, 2023 · The Amityville house in 1973, one year before the grisly killings occurred. Wikimedia Commons
Oct 18, 2022 · The former DeFeo home at 112 Ocean Avenue became notorious as "the murder house" and sat empty for nearly a year until George and Kathy Lutz moved in with their three kids and a dog. At $80,000, the property was a steal: In addition to the six-bedroom home, there was a heated pool and a boathouse on the Amityville River.
In December 1975, George and Kathleen Lutz bought the house for what was considered to be a bargain price of $80,000. The five-bedroom house was built in Dutch Colonial style, and had a distinctive gambrel roof. It also had a swimming pool and a boathouse, as it was located on a canal.
