6 Paranormal Cases Made Famous by Ed and Lorraine Warren
6 Ghost Stories Made Famous by Paranormal Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren
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The demonologists became a household name for the supernatural after their involvement in the infamous Amityville house. The scary elements of this story really began in 1974, when 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr., one of the children of the DeFeo family, murdered his two parents and four siblings in their sleep. The house was empty for a year, but George and Kathy Lutz eventually bought the house for a very cheap price of $80,000. The couple and the children only stayed for 28 days after seeing slime ooze from a wall and a red-eyed pig creature among other disturbances. In addition to these occurrences, George saw his wife levitating and said that he woke up at 3:15 am every day, the time when DeFeo killed his family. The Warrens came in and determined that there were psychic troubles even before the notorious murders.
The house became the stuff of horror pop culture, most notably portrayed in the 1979 and 2005 films The Amityville Horror based on Jay Anson's 1977 book on the case. (Yes, the latter film is the one with an especially hot Ryan Reynolds.) We see it mentioned briefly in The Conjuring 2. But did the Amityville haunting really happen? Back in 1979, lawyer William Weber (DeFeo's attorney) apparently claimed that he and the couple made the story up over lots of wine.