Amityville: The Awakening, The Horror, or The Hoax?

One of the most known and controversial stories in the annals of the paranormal is the “Amityville Horror”. The story has such an elaborate plot, with enough conspiracies to make the writers of any of the CSI shows jealous.

I remember reading the book when I was a teenager, and I have to be honest, it was a very terrifying read. I did not know any better so I assumed that it was all true. Throughout the years the controversies started to surface. Eyewitnesses would claim that they have seen and felt strange occurrences in the home, while officials investigating the case claimed the opposite.

The movie and the book written about the murders and haunting are really well written. As far as it being all true, I think this was all just a hoax. The Warrens were involved with the investigation and right away deemed this to be the “most haunted house in America”.

Although to this day I have not really heard much about the picture of the little boy that seems to be peeking out from a room. The story behind it is that supposedly when the investigators (including a reporter) and psychics were in the home, they had setup a tripod on the second floor, snapping pictures every so often. On one of the pictures you see the clear face of a boy, peering out through the doorway. This is not pareidolia or some trick of light, this is a genuine solid object. The report claims that no children were present during the investigation. So was this one of the DeFeo kids who was murdered? To this day, the photograph creeps me out.

Picture said to have captured one of the murdered boy's spirit

Picture said to have captured one of the murdered boy\’s spirit

Enjoy this Friday Video presentation of the Amityville Horror documentary

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