The Amityville Horror On the date of November 13, 1974, the house at 112 Ocean Avenue had been the scene of a mass murder. Twenty-three year old Robert DeFeo, Jr. shot his parents, two brothers, and two sister to death in the middle of the night. Thirteen months later a young couple by the name of George and Kathleen Lutz, along with their three children, moved into the abandoned house. The family lived in the house for only 28 days. On January 14, 1976 the Lutz family fled from the house, claiming to have been haunted and terrorized by evil spirits living in the house. George and Kathy Lutz married in July of 1975 and wanted to start their new life together. In December of 1975 they decided to buy the house for the bargain price …show more content…
Kathy Lutz claimed to have been embraced by an unseen force in a loving manner, almost like a mother nurturing her daughter (Anson 40). She also said that the family would smell an odor of perfume and excrement in odd areas of the house where there was no piping that could explain the source (Tom 1). The youngest family member and their only daughter, Melissa (Missy), created an imaginary friend by the name of “Jodie”, a demonic pig-like creature with glowing red eyes (Anson 72). George continued to look and transform more and more each day into the previous owner of the house and murderer, Robert DeFeo, Jr. …show more content…
Both boys, Danny and Chris, claimed to have seen a monster in their room and that it tried to grab them (Anson 290). Missy continued to see her pig-like friend named “Jodie”; George even saw the red glowing eyes in his daughter’s window (Anson 263). One night George ran to every room in the house screaming “Get out! Get out in the name of God!” (Anson 230). Nothing worked and it only got worse for the Lutz family. On the morning of January 14, 1976, the Lutz family fled from 112 Ocean Avenue, their new and haunted home in terror, never looking back. A month after they left news started to get around about the house. News reporters, scientific investigators, demonologists, and clairvoyants were in on the story. Even the famous team of demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, made an appearance. Within their investigations, every paranormal researcher said they felt an unexplained negative energy in the house (Anson 302-303). George Lutz made it known to reporters that he nor his family would ever go near the house again. (Anson 302) Many people are skeptical about what happened in that house. Eric Walter, a Los Angeles film director said, “I’m not a believer in what happened, but I’m not an outright skeptic. I believe something happened to these people, but we don’t know what it
Growing up in a small town you would never expect for a family to get murdered. Many people have the perception that in a small-town things, never happen. Well I’m sure that’s what Herbert and Bonnie Clutter thought to until the night of their death. Herbert and Bonnie Clutter lived in Holcomb, Kansas with their two kids Nancy and Kenyon on their family farm. The Clutter family was very respected within the community and in Garden City. Herbert was also a very respected employer. The Clutter family lived a very disciplined but still enjoyable and well provided for.
Helen emerged from her room around 11:00 pm asking for a bottle of wine and Mrs. Townsend delivered the wine and engaged in brief conversation while noticing the young man lying on the bed reading. She was very familiar with Robinson and was able to say without a doubt that he was the one that was in the bedroom with Helen. No one saw him leave nor did anyone let him out. Mrs. Townsend testified that a man had knocked on her door asking to be let out, but told him to have his woman to come and get the key. No one returned for the key so there is no possible logical explanation of how Richard got out of the house, nor was a logical possibility of how anyone else could have gotten in the house.
In the movie, Dream House, Daniel Craig portrays a New York editor named Will Atenton that recently quit his job to move to the suburbs and dedicate more time with his wife, Libby, and his two daughters. One night, Will began to search for what was going on when his family was frightened by someone peering through the window. In doing so, he finds a satanic cult of teenagers in his basement that reveal that a family man named Peter Ward committed heinous murders in that house. Will began to worry and found out the Peter Ward recently got released after five years from Greenhaven Psychiatric Hospital from going through his attic. The neighbor from across the street refused to give Will any information after he asked her for more.
During the early 1920s the Great Depression took place. The Great Depression affected many people's lives. The immigrants caught the worst of it. They had just come from another country and were trying to start their new lives when the depression hit. They had to struggle once more with poverty and desperation in taking care of their families, the main reason they had left their old countries was to escape the same epidemic that was now overtaking ?the land of the free?. Immigrants, such as the Jewish immigrants, had to live in poverty-stricken ghettos without the necessities they needed to live healthy lives. The 1920s was the time of rapid change, it was the time of risque fashion, it was the time of which that if you were rich and had all the latest fashions then you were ?in? but if you did not then you were an outcast.
The Haunting of Hill House is a book about four people that all have backgrounds of experiencing supernatural events. Because of this, they were all chosen to explore the supernatural happenings occurring at Hill House. The house was originally built by a man named Hugh Crain. It had been a place of mysterious events and also the deaths of those who lived there. Dr. Montague, a supernatural investigator, then carefully selected three people with paranormal backgrounds, and invited them to explore the occurrences at the house. Luke, the future heir of the house, Theodora, a careless artist, and Eleanor Vance are invited to the house. Eleanor Vance is the main character and narrator of the story. She lived alone, had few to no friends, and was looking for excitement going on a journey to Hill House. When the four arrived, they all were frightened by the looks of the house, but all seemed well until their third night there. When they were all asleep, banging and laughing came from behind their doors, and animals were seen running in the house. Large writings...
The book Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?, written by independent journalist and private investigator Ethan Brown, tells the horrific true story of the bayou town of Jennings, Louisiana located in the heart of the Jefferson Davis parish. During the four year duration between 2005 and 2009, the town of Jennings was on edge after the discovery of the bodies of eight murdered women were found in the filthy canals and swamps. The victims became known as the “Jeff Davis 8.” For years, local law enforcement suspected a serial killer, and solely investigated the murders based on that theory alone. The victims were murdered in varying manors, but when alive they all shared many commonalities and were connected to
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Bobby Dale Jamison, Sherilynn Leighann Jamison, and their six-year-old daughter were residents of Eufaula, Oklahoma. The Jamison’s were purchasing a 40-acre plot, 30 miles away from their rented residence. The last time they were seen alive was on their home security camera footage. They looked dazed, as though something was not quite right in the house. They packed their belongings, left the home, and were never seen alive again. (Wax, N.P.)
There was this rundown, old split-level on the edge of the town owned and inhabited by a young couple. This young couple did not have much money so they had to rent out the basement. The tenant that lived in the basement was a short, old man by the name of Louis. Louis lived there for about a year, but he NEVER came out of the basement. He NEVER answered the door during rent collection but just slid it through the mail slot. After a year, the couple was considering evicting Louis, mostly because they had a fear of Louis and his shady activities in the basement. Also, the couple was due for a baby in the upcoming year and they felt it was best for Louis to go. Louis did not respond well to the eviction however. So, when the couple was cleaning out the apartment, for another tenant, a skeleton fell out of the closet and landed on the floor with a loud CRASH! The couple ran out and called the police. After the whole thing with the police was sorted out, the couple moved out. More families would move in, but on the anniversary of the eviction, the Ghost of Louis would appear and haunt the inhabitants of the house, causing them to move out. The cycle continues today, and no one has seen Louis ever again, but rumor is he died after that eviction.
In Corsicana, Texas Cameron Willingham and his family’s home was burned down the twenty-third of December is 1991. According to the report Cameron was asleep when the fire started and survived the accident with only a few injuries, as for his children they were not so lucky, they lost their lives to the tragic accident. At the time of the accident Cameron’s wife was buying presents for their children for Christmas. According to a witness and her Daughter Diane and Buffie from a few houses down went outside and saw Cameron screaming, “My babies are burning up!” Diane and Cameron tried countless attempts to rescue the girls from their room until the fire department could get there. According to the New Yorker “The house, in short, had been deliberately transformed onto a death trap.” According to the reports on December twenty-fourth and twenty-seventh of 1991 the fire was declared arson and they later decided to conduct a criminal investigation. Cameron was questioned by the investigators on December 31st and was then later arrested on January 8th of 1992 for the death his three daughters.
... It has almost become a friend. The paranormal encounters and psychological effects of the house made her almost, insane. Dr. Montague and the others all agreed that she needed to be home. It was for her own safety. The morning that Eleanor was scheduled to leave was like any other. Mrs. Dudley set out their breakfast, and all in all, it seemed like a normal day. Everyone gave their good-byes, and Theo was especially sad to see Eleanor go. Eleanor got into her car, but something wasn't right. Her mind was telling her that Hill House belonged to her. How dare they tell me to leave, and what gives them the right to make the rules? Hill House was HER house. In an act to save her dignity, Eleanor presses the gas. She turns the wheel and crashes straight into a tree. Her life had ended. After an ending like this, you begin to think. Was Hill House really haunted? Or was it the psyche of Eleanor Vance that caused these encounters? All in all, Eleanor was never accepted, and she finally found someone that accepted her for what she was. That someone was Hill House. This story became one of my favorites after reading it. I would recommend this book to any person who has been the outcast.
reader want to know what the house is like and why it is haunted and
Ghosts, as with any other misunderstood group or people, have been preyed upon by others without understanding. The lack of knowledge about ghosts and haunting activity has led people astray as to what they really are. What Hollywood and television portrays is very inaccurate and cannot be relied upon as truthful. They show these spirits of the dead as being evil in nature, filled with malice and harmful intent. But that this is not the case. The field of paranormal activity is amazing. It has caught the imagination of people from every walk of life. It has always interested me and has influenced me to pick this as the topic for my research. Through this research I wish to uncover the truth about the existence of ghosts. I also wish to correct the wrong notions that people have about ghosts and enlighten non-believers.
Leonardo’s resume consisted of all of his abilities that he thought would be useful the Duke of Milan, like inventing weapons of war, draw maps and sculpture. The subject matter of Kara Walker describes her work as being about past events in history, the unexpected, and “wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the the heroine at the same time.” She is trying to get people to see the different perspectives of slavery. She also lets the viewer interpret her work to fill in the tension of it. When Kara read Gone with The Wind she was surprised how much she would like a book that has such terrible things in it. She mentioned that it was rich, epic, romantic, and grotesque. The part of the book that Kara made into art is the part is part
'What the heck was that?!?' is a very familiar phrase to many. Was it just the house settling? Maybe it was a friend playing a prank. Or could it possibly have been a ghost? The latter choice is normally ruled out fairly quickly. But for some, it is very plausible. To prove or disprove the possibility of an apparition, a surprisingly scientific and frequently detailed investigation is carried out.