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Episode 610: The Amityville Horror Conspiracy

2024/10/17
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Milena: 阿米蒂维尔恐怖事件长期以来被认为是真实的超自然事件，但实际上，故事中的许多细节被夸大甚至虚构。虽然故事中可能存在一些真实的超自然元素，例如负面能量残留，但Lutzes夫妇可能并不知道这栋房子的历史，或者即使知道，他们也选择利用这个事实来编造故事，以摆脱经济困境。他们与律师William Weber合作，将这个故事包装成畅销书和电影，从中获利。然而，这个故事中存在许多不一致之处，例如目击证词的矛盾、天气记录与故事描述的不符以及教会官员否认参与其中等。这些证据表明，阿米蒂维尔恐怖事件很可能是一个精心策划的骗局，其目的是为了牟利，而不是为了揭露真实的超自然事件。 Ash: 阿米蒂维尔恐怖事件的故事中有一些细节被夸大，甚至到了难以置信的地步，例如窗户破裂和门被吹掉铰链等说法。虽然房子本身可能确实存在一些负面能量残留，但Lutzes夫妇可能利用了公众对超自然现象的兴趣，将这个故事夸大，以达到自己的目的。William Weber律师也参与其中，利用这个故事为他的委托人Ronald DeFeo Jr.争取新的审判。整个事件中，许多关键人物都存在不一致的证词，这进一步证实了这个故事的虚构性。尽管如此，这栋房子本身的历史和发生的悲剧事件，也可能导致一些超自然现象的发生，但这些现象很可能被夸大或虚构。

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Newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz search for a home in Long Island, eventually settling on the infamous Amityville house despite its tragic history.
  • George and Kathy Lutz looked at over 60 homes before deciding on the Amityville house.
  • The house was out of their budget but met their criteria for a waterfront property.
  • The house had been the site of a brutal murder of the DeFeo family.

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On December 18, 1975, George and Kathy Lutz moved their family into their new house on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, NY, where, just one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo Jr. had murdered all six members of his family. Twenty-eight days later, the Lutz family fled the home, leaving behind all their belongings and vowing never to return again. According to the Lutzes, their time in the house on Ocean Avenue was a nightmare of psychic attacks and demonic activity that put them in fear for their lives.

The supposed experience of the Lutz family served as the basis for the iconic haunted house story, The Amityville Horror, and the countless films adapted from or inspired by the original novel. However, unlike most other stories of paranormal experiences, The Amityville Horror became a phenomenon that influenced everything from Ronald DeFeo’s criminal defense to the American public’s belief in the supernatural. Yet for all their talk of it being a genuine story of demonic activity, in the years since the publication of The Amityville Horror, a large body of evidence from skeptical evaluations to court records and interview transcripts suggest that America’s most notorious haunted house might not have been quite so haunted after all.

Thank you to the Incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and Writing support!!

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