The "Amityville Horror House" Up For Sale - May 30, 2010

I find it only fitting, as one who's studied Prof. Holzer's work all my life and admired him both as an individual and a ground-breaker in the paranormal field of study, that my first post here in this blog to honor his work be showing just how correct he really is on things. I admire you, Prof. Holzer, and I know you're watching somewhere.

I wrote this article for "A Paranormal World", one of my other blogs on Sunday, May 30, 2010.

On May 25th, 2010 I saw on CNN that the house that is famous for the Amityville Horror is now up for sale. Wolf Blitzer was asked if he was interested in buying it and without hesitation a big “NO” came from his mouth, even before the question was fully out of the lady’s mouth. I couldn’t help but chuckle and agree because that was my own reaction, too.

Professor Hans Holzer, Phd., did a television interview on the Amityville case that he investigated while the haunting of the Lutz family was still in progress. The interview was much later, rather recently before his death, in the timeline of events. I will post the video of this interview in the next posts. I found it quite intriguing that his prediction in that interview did come true. In fact, I have been waiting to hear this news also just as he was waiting. It was a “if and when it occurs” issue to Professor Holzer kind of thing. He stated he would not be surprised to hear of spontaneous fires and was watching the papers for the sale of the home and property. I’m not sure about the fires occurring as his prediction in the present time frame but the for sale part is indeed true at last. He had watched the newspapers in NY to see this ad since his initial learning of new owners.

The article states the address of the home had been changed but according to other sources the telling eye-like windows were also replaced to make the home less noticeable to “fans and fanatics”.

Here it is:

Source Link: BBC News - 'Amityville Horror' home goes on sale for $1.5m

Article:

Six members of the DeFeo family were shot and killed in the house in 1974.

The house made famous by the 1970s Amityville Horror film has gone on sale in Long Island, New York, with a price tag of $1.15m (£800,000).

The five-bedroom house at 108 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, gained notoriety through the film based on the story of the Lutz family, who moved in in 1975.

The Lutzes say they soon discovered that the house was haunted.

Several months earlier, six members of another family had been shot and killed as they slept in the house.
The family's eldest son, Ronald DeFeo Jr, was convicted of the 1974 murders.

A book and a series of films based on the events described by the Lutzes followed.

The high asking price of the house - a Dutch Colonial style home overlooking a canal - is based on renovation work, reports say.

It has had several owners since the 1970s. The address has been changed from the original 112 Ocean Avenue in a effort to keep onlookers away.

Another article says that the organization PETA may rent the home: PETA Aims To Rent 'Amityville Horror' House


Footnote: I've not done any further research into the selling/buying of the home since I found out about this the week it went up for sale but will post updates when I find them.