KEY FACTS
- Location: 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, New York
- Period: winter 1975–76
- Residents: George and Kathy Lutz and their three children
- Unanswered question: why did they leave after 28 days?
- Category: Paranormal Encounters
On 18 December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz brought their three children to a large house on the Amityville waterfront. They knew another family had died there. They moved in anyway.
Twenty-eight days later, they left. The explanation they gave would make it one of the most famous homes in America.
What happened during those four weeks? The answer depends on whether you follow the family’s recollections, the book that made them famous, or the much thinner record independent of either. Each takes the reader to a different Amityville.
THE AMITYVILLE QUESTION
The departure is documented. How much of the story told about it can the surviving evidence support?
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
Enter the family’s 28 days, then follow the contradictory accounts through the evidence, the courtroom and the making of a modern legend. The full report includes an expandable Archive Vault.
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