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Tonight, a mystery
that's haunted the world

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for almost 50 years,

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one so terrifying,
it spawned

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a tidal wave of books,
documentaries, and film.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - They've endured what</i>
<i> some of the family</i>

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have defined as a circus act
of paranormal activity.

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<i> - They decide,</i>
<i> right then and there,</i>

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"We are leaving,"
in the dead of night.

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- Now we uncover
the top theories

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surrounding
the most notorious house

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in America.

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<i> - I don't think</i>
<i> it was the murders</i>

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<i> that scared them away.</i>

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I think it was something
much more devilish.

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<i> - There are a couple</i>
<i> of other things that indicate</i>

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that there is another
accomplice on the loose.

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- Can new testimony
finally reveal the answer?

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<i> - Danny claimed that Georgia's</i>
<i> interest in the occult</i>

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instigated the haunting.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- Who or what
is responsible for

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"The Amityville Horror"?

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> December 18, 1975.</i>

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<i> Amityville, New York.</i>

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<i> George and Kathy Lutz,</i>

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<i> along with their</i>
<i> three children,</i>

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<i> Danny, Christopher,</i>
<i> and Melissa,</i>

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<i> move into their new home.</i>

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<i> - It was a typical day</i>
<i> by anybody's standards.</i>

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The weather was fine.

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Uh, everything
was seemingly normal.

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<i> Fishburne: But it's</i>
<i> immediately clear</i>

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<i> that the Lutz's new house</i>
<i> is anything but normal.</i>

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- From the very first night
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they start to experience
knocks, chills.

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<i> So many things</i>
<i> are happening.</i>

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Gusts of wind
in a room that is sealed.

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George even believes

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that there is
an invisible force

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in this house.

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<i> Fishburne: As the days pass,</i>

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<i> patriarch George seems</i>
<i> to be affected the most.</i>

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- George says he could
never get warm.

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He's building fires
all the time.

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<i> He's not going into work.</i>

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<i> He stops bathing.</i>

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He's very disheveled
and unkempt.

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<i> Fishburne: Soon,</i>
<i> other members of the family</i>

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<i> are impacted as well.</i>

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- George's wife, Kathleen,
comes down

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with a mysterious illness.

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<i> Fishburne: The crescendo</i>
<i> of horrors continues to build</i>

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<i> until one final night,</i>

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<i> when it comes</i>
<i> to an alarming peak.</i>

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- George reports
a deafening sound

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coming from the living room,

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<i> like a marching band</i>
<i> at full volume</i>

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<i> marching across</i>
<i> the living room.</i>

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Windows are going up and down.

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<i> Doors are flying</i>
<i> off the hinges.</i>

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When they go to check,
there's nothing there.

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<i> - You know, they've been</i>
<i> living in this house</i>

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for 28 days,

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and they've endured
a onslaught,

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and what some of the members
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have defined as a "circus act,"
of paranormal activity.

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<i> Fishburne: The Lutzes</i>
<i> finally can't take it anymore,</i>

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<i> and at 7:00 a.m.</i>
<i> on January 14, 1976,</i>

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<i> they flee.</i>

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<i> - They packed just a couple</i>
<i> of changes of clothes,</i>

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<i> they grab the dog,</i>

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and literally leave
or abscond in the van.

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And that's it.

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And they're
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and they said
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never go
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<i> Fishburne: Why would</i>
<i> this seemingly normal family</i>

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<i> abandon their brand-new home</i>

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<i> in the dead of winter?</i>

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<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>
<i> What or who</i>

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<i> are they running from?</i>

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<i> While dozens of theories</i>

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<i> have risen over the years,</i>

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<i> the first is based on</i>
<i> an actual horrific event</i>

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<i> that happened</i>
<i> one year earlier.</i>

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<i> - Before the Lutzes purchased</i>
<i> 112 Ocean Avenue,</i>

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the DeFeo family lived there.

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The members
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<i> Ronald DeFeo Sr.</i>
<i> and his wife,</i>

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<i> Louise Brigante DeFeo.</i>

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<i> They are 42 and 43 years old.</i>

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They have five children:

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<i> Ronald DeFeo Jr.,</i>

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<i> who is known</i>
<i> to his friends and family</i>

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<i> as "Butch",</i>

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<i> his younger,</i>
<i> 18-year-old sister, Dawn,</i>

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<i> followed by Allison,</i>
<i> who's 13.</i>

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<i> And then the two youngest are</i>

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<i> Marc, 12,</i>
<i> and John, 9 at the time.</i>

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And they are a typical middle,
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suburban family.

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<i> - For the DeFeo children,</i>

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<i> coming from a small apartment</i>
<i> in Brooklyn,</i>

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<i> moving to this lavish property</i>
<i> had to be a dream come true.</i>

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<i> Fishburne: But that dream</i>
<i> comes to an abrupt end</i>

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<i> on November 13, 1974.</i>

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<i> At 6:30 p.m.,</i>
<i> the crowd at Henry's Bar,</i>

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<i> just a few blocks</i>
<i> from the DeFeo home,</i>

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<i> are enjoying their cocktails</i>

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<i> when suddenly,</i>
<i> Butch DeFeo, the eldest son,</i>

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<i> bursts in.</i>

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- He's very frantic.
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<i> that his mom and dad</i>
<i> had been shot</i>

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<i> and that he needs assistance.</i>

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Initially, the patrons
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They think he's making it up.

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They think it's
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the more they believe
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<i> A couple of his friends,</i>
<i> Bobby, John, Joey,</i>

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and three other men
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go to Butch's house,

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and see what's going on.

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<i> When the group gets</i>
<i> to Butch's house,</i>

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<i> there's some discussion</i>
<i> about who's gonna go in.</i>

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<i> There's some concern--"Hey,</i>
<i> is there a suspect inside?"</i>

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<i> What should they do?</i>

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<i> Bobby takes the lead.</i>
<i> He's going in.</i>

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<i> He becomes the alpha dog</i>
<i> in this group,</i>

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and he's gonna go in
and find out what's going on.

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<i> Fishburne: As the rest</i>
<i> of the men come inside,</i>

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<i> the house is eerily quiet.</i>

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<i> The only sound is</i>
<i> the barking</i>

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<i> of the DeFeo family dog,</i>
<i> Shaggy.</i>

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<i> - As they move up the stairs</i>
<i> onto the second floor,</i>

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<i> they start to smell</i>
<i> something.</i>

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It's a smell that they
associate with death.

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Nothing else in life
smells like death.

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<i> Once you smell it,</i>

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<i> you will always recognize it.</i>

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<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> Bobby heads straight</i>

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<i> to the master bedroom.</i>

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<i> - Bobby goes inside,</i>
<i> turns on the light.</i>

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<i> - The father,</i>
<i> Big Ronnie--</i>

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<i> he's laying facedown.</i>

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<i> He's been shot</i>
<i> a couple of times.</i>

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<i> And in the bed is</i>
<i> Louise, the mother.</i>

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<i> She's curled up</i>
<i> in a fetal position,</i>

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<i> and she's been shot</i>
<i> a couple of times.</i>

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<i> This is more</i>
<i> than Bobby can handle,</i>

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to the point
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that he needs to be taken
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and taken downstairs.

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<i> One of the men in the group,</i>
<i> John Altieri--</i>

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he decides to stay
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<i> Fishburne: Further</i>
<i> down the hall,</i>

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<i> John Altieri stumbles upon</i>

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<i> another horrific scene.</i>

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<i> - When he goes</i>
<i> in that bedroom,</i>

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he discovers
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<i> John, who's 9 years old--</i>

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<i> he is found</i>
<i> dead in bed,</i>

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<i> soaked with blood.</i>

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In the same bedroom
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who's 12 years old.

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<i> He, too, has been murdered</i>
<i> in his bed.</i>

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<i> Altieri sees this--</i>

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<i> this is too overwhelming</i>
<i> for him as well--</i>

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<i> leaves the bedroom.</i>

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He goes back downstairs.

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<i> Fishburne: The men have found</i>
<i> four victims.</i>

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<i> But the body count</i>
<i> doesn't stop there.</i>

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<i> In another room,</i>

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<i> the two DeFeo daughters,</i>
<i> Dawn and Allison,</i>

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<i> are dead as well.</i>

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<i> - The police arrive</i>
<i> at the scene,</i>

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<i> and they start</i>
<i> to interview the group.</i>

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What these men find
are six people,

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all family related,

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<i> all murdered</i>
<i> in their own home,</i>

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<i> in their own bed.</i>

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<i> Fishburne: As police begin</i>
<i> to process the scene,</i>

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<i> a prime suspect emerges.</i>

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- On the outside
of the residence,

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they find a Marlin rifle,
.35 caliber.

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<i> This rifle is kind of unique.</i>

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One of the rifles
that Annie Oakley used to use

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in her competition.

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<i> They learn</i>
<i> that Butch is a gun guy,</i>

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<i> that he's a gun fanatic.</i>

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<i> [rifle cocks]</i>

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<i> In Butch's room,</i>
<i> they find a box</i>

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<i> of .35-caliber</i>
<i> rifle ammunition.</i>

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<i> Fishburne: Based</i>
<i> on these discoveries,</i>

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<i> Butch is brought in</i>
<i> for interrogation.</i>

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- He eventually breaks down
and admits

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that he is responsible,

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<i> saying that once he started,</i>
<i> he couldn't stop,</i>

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<i> that he killed everyone</i>
<i> in cold blood.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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[cell door clangs]

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Fishburne: Butch's trial</i>
<i> begins</i>

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<i> on October 14, 1975.</i>

232
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<i> - And on its face,</i>

233
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<i> it's a pretty</i>
<i> straightforward case.</i>

234
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<i> You have a confession,</i>
<i> you have the murder weapon,</i>

235
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<i> you have lots of pieces</i>
<i> of physical evidence.</i>

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Butch goes through
multiple lawyers

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before he finally decides
on William Weber.

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<i> William Weber and Butch decide</i>
<i> on an insanity defense.</i>

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<i> Butch states</i>
<i> that he was hearing voices,</i>

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that he did these murders

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based on the voices
that he heard,

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that these voices
drove him insane,

243
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and that's
why he killed his family.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

245
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<i> Fishburne: Butch also claims</i>
<i> he was possessed.</i>

246
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<i> - During the trial,</i>

247
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<i> the prosecution brought out</i>

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that Butch is a heavy user
of LSD and heroin.

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LSD and heroin can both cause
psychotic symptoms

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in the using individual

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<i> during the time</i>
<i> that they're in the body.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

253
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<i> While someone is</i>
<i> under intoxication of LSD,</i>

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they can have
psychotic symptoms

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including, but not limited to,

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feeling that they're possessed.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

258
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<i> If someone is possessed,</i>

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<i> they may not know</i>
<i> what they're doing,</i>

260
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<i> much like a hypnotist</i>

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can get someone out of a crowd
and hypnotize them,

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and make them quack
and walk like a duck,

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and then, when they
snap out of the hypnosis,

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they don't remember
what they did.

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[crickets chirping]

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<i> - I find the insanity defense</i>
<i> a little weak.</i>

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And I'm not the only one

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that thought
it was a little weak.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Fishburne: The jury rejects</i>
<i> the insanity argument.</i>

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<i> And on December 4, 1975,</i>

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<i> Butch DeFeo is sentenced</i>

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<i> to 25 years to life.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

275
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- Most people in Amityville
and Long Island in general

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thought that once Butch
was put away,

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<i> that that was the end</i>
<i> of the story...</i>

278
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[cell door clangs]

279
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<i> That the house would be wiped</i>
<i> of its dark past...</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

281
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<i> And that life would move on.</i>

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That was only the beginning.

283
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<i> Fishburne: 13 months</i>
<i> after the murders,</i>

284
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<i> and just two weeks</i>
<i> after Butch's sentencing,</i>

285
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<i> George and Kathleen Lutz</i>
<i> buy the property.</i>

286
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- George and Kathy Lutz got it

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for the bargain basement price
of $80,000.

288
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<i> They also purchased</i>
<i> a great deal of the furniture,</i>

289
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<i> including the beds,</i>

290
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<i> the living room furniture,</i>
<i> you name it,</i>

291
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because the DeFeo family
wanted no part of it.

292
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<i> Fishburne: But unfortunately,</i>

293
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<i> new owners don't mark</i>
<i> a fresh start</i>

294
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<i> for the Amityville house.</i>

295
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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

296
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<i> Fishburne: One month</i>
<i> after they move</i>

297
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<i> into their new</i>
<i> Amityville home,</i>

298
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<i> the Lutz family</i>
<i> flees in terror.</i>

299
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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

300
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<i> The question is why?</i>

301
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<i> Some believe the property's</i>
<i> dark past is to blame.</i>

302
00:11:44,262 --> 00:11:45,352
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

303
00:11:45,447 --> 00:11:48,097
<i> But not everyone's convinced.</i>

304
00:11:48,191 --> 00:11:50,283
- I don't think
it was the murders

305
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that scared them away.

306
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I think it was something
much more devilish.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

308
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<i> Fishburne: According</i>
<i> to the Lutz family's account,</i>

309
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<i> from the moment they arrive</i>
<i> at the Amityville house,</i>

310
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<i> they face a host</i>
<i> of terrifying events.</i>

311
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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> As practicing Catholics,</i>
<i> the Lutzes bring in a priest,</i>

313
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<i> Father Ralph Pecoraro,</i>

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<i> to bless the home</i>
<i> before they move in.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

316
00:12:15,143 --> 00:12:16,568
<i> - The ritual in blessing</i>

317
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is going through
every room of the house,

318
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sprinkling holy water...

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

320
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And reciting prayers of peace
throughout the house.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

322
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<i> When Father Pecoraro</i>
<i> goes inside of the house,</i>

323
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everything is calm
and peaceful.

324
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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> But when he enters</i>
<i> the room</i>

326
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<i> of John and Marc DeFeo,</i>

327
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<i> he hears this voice</i>
<i> say to him, "Get out."</i>

328
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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

329
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<i> Fishburne: Pecoraro leaves</i>
<i> the house as commanded,</i>

330
00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,510
<i> but he doesn't say anything</i>

331
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<i> about the ghostly voice</i>
<i> he's just heard.</i>

332
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<i> He doesn't tell the Lutzes</i>
<i> what he heard</i>

333
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because he does not want them
to think that he's crazy.

334
00:13:00,855 --> 00:13:04,857
<i> But he does tell them</i>
<i> to not sleep in that room.</i>

335
00:13:05,010 --> 00:13:07,343
<i> Fishburne: Soon after,</i>
<i> the Lutzes begin</i>

336
00:13:07,436 --> 00:13:09,028
<i> having their own</i>
<i> strange encounters.</i>

337
00:13:09,180 --> 00:13:11,347
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

338
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<i> - George starts this habit</i>

339
00:13:13,609 --> 00:13:15,868
<i> of waking up at 3:15 a.m....</i>

340
00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,129
[clock ticking]

341
00:13:18,356 --> 00:13:21,299
Every morning,
'cause he's not able to sleep.

342
00:13:21,526 --> 00:13:25,637
<i> 3:15 is important,</i>
<i> because this is the time</i>

343
00:13:25,864 --> 00:13:29,198
<i> Butch DeFeo did these murders</i>
<i> in the house.</i>

344
00:13:29,217 --> 00:13:31,868
<i> [clock ticking]</i>

345
00:13:31,961 --> 00:13:34,370
The Lutzes didn't
even know this.

346
00:13:34,389 --> 00:13:36,222
<i> They had to talk</i>
<i> to the authorities</i>

347
00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:39,734
to piece together a time frame
of what took place.

348
00:13:41,713 --> 00:13:43,229
<i> Fishburne: But it may be</i>
<i> the Lutzes' daughter,</i>

349
00:13:43,381 --> 00:13:45,565
<i> Melissa, who experiences</i>

350
00:13:45,717 --> 00:13:47,141
<i> the most bizarre terror.</i>

351
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,735
<i> - Melissa, or Missy,</i>
<i> as she was called</i>

352
00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:51,220
<i> at that time--</i>

353
00:13:51,314 --> 00:13:52,738
<i> she spends a lot of time</i>
<i> in her room,</i>

354
00:13:52,891 --> 00:13:55,750
which is typical
for any child of that age.

355
00:13:56,911 --> 00:13:59,395
<i> But when asked</i>
<i> what she's doing,</i>

356
00:13:59,414 --> 00:14:01,247
<i> she's talking</i>
<i> to an imaginary friend.</i>

357
00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:05,159
This isn't
your typical imaginary friend.

358
00:14:05,253 --> 00:14:06,344
It's a red-eyed pig.

359
00:14:06,571 --> 00:14:08,996
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

360
00:14:09,090 --> 00:14:10,740
<i> It can supposedly</i>
<i> change shape.</i>

361
00:14:10,758 --> 00:14:12,091
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

362
00:14:12,243 --> 00:14:13,852
<i> Sometimes even as large</i>
<i> as the house.</i>

363
00:14:14,079 --> 00:14:15,745
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

364
00:14:15,763 --> 00:14:18,748
And it apparently has a name,
Jodie.

365
00:14:18,766 --> 00:14:19,691
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>

366
00:14:21,102 --> 00:14:23,102
<i> Fishburne: And their troubles</i>
<i> don't end there.</i>

367
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:24,178
<i> - They claim</i>

368
00:14:24,272 --> 00:14:26,698
that there is green slime

369
00:14:26,849 --> 00:14:29,425
coming down from the ceilings
and on the walls,

370
00:14:29,444 --> 00:14:30,927
<i> an infestation of flies</i>

371
00:14:30,945 --> 00:14:33,429
<i> which doesn't seem</i>
<i> to make any sense.</i>

372
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They see objects moving
and breaking.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

374
00:14:40,271 --> 00:14:44,215
- The Lutzes try
to contact Father Pecoraro

375
00:14:44,442 --> 00:14:46,626
<i> to do a second blessing</i>
<i> to cleanse the house.</i>

376
00:14:46,778 --> 00:14:48,702
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

377
00:14:48,796 --> 00:14:51,464
But every time
they try to call him,

378
00:14:51,616 --> 00:14:53,799
the phones shut off.

379
00:14:53,952 --> 00:14:56,285
It's as if the house

380
00:14:56,304 --> 00:14:59,230
won't let them
contact Father Pecoraro.

381
00:14:59,457 --> 00:15:02,625
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

382
00:15:02,644 --> 00:15:03,902
<i> - I don't know</i>
<i> how they survived</i>

383
00:15:04,053 --> 00:15:06,053
four hours in that house,
let alone four weeks.

384
00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:07,721
Regardless, they never spend
another night

385
00:15:07,815 --> 00:15:09,073
in their dream home,

386
00:15:09,225 --> 00:15:10,983
which is now
nothing but a nightmare.

387
00:15:11,136 --> 00:15:12,559
[crickets chirping]

388
00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:15,246
<i> Fishburne: To the Lutzes,</i>
<i> one thing is clear.</i>

389
00:15:17,992 --> 00:15:20,585
<i> Evil lurks in their new house.</i>

390
00:15:22,814 --> 00:15:25,739
<i> - Over the 140 years</i>
<i> of parapsychology</i>

391
00:15:25,833 --> 00:15:27,258
<i> and cyclical research,</i>

392
00:15:27,410 --> 00:15:29,669
we have looked at
a lot of possible explanations

393
00:15:29,821 --> 00:15:30,987
for what are
called "hauntings."

394
00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,764
These are
repetitive experiences

395
00:15:32,991 --> 00:15:33,932
<i> that people have.</i>

396
00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:35,934
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

397
00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:38,436
The DeFeo murders
are definitely,

398
00:15:38,663 --> 00:15:41,164
to my mind,
an environmental imprint.

399
00:15:41,182 --> 00:15:44,333
In hauntings
like the Lutz family situation,

400
00:15:44,427 --> 00:15:45,835
<i> they are picking up</i>
<i> on an imprint</i>

401
00:15:45,853 --> 00:15:47,520
<i> that is tied</i>
<i> to that environment,</i>

402
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:49,855
<i> an event that happened</i>
<i> that is completely negative,</i>

403
00:15:50,008 --> 00:15:51,449
which is killings
of this family.

404
00:15:51,676 --> 00:15:52,951
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

405
00:15:53,178 --> 00:15:54,026
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> When the Amityville hauntings</i>

406
00:15:54,179 --> 00:15:55,602
<i> make national headlines,</i>

407
00:15:55,697 --> 00:15:57,271
<i> it catches the attention</i>

408
00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,958
<i> of two world-famous</i>
<i> paranormal investigators.</i>

409
00:16:01,853 --> 00:16:04,020
<i> - The Warrens are</i>
<i> paranormal investigators</i>

410
00:16:04,113 --> 00:16:07,781
who'd done
over 10,000 investigations.

411
00:16:07,875 --> 00:16:09,208
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> But they aren't ready</i>

412
00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:11,544
<i> for what lies ahead.</i>

413
00:16:11,696 --> 00:16:14,213
<i> - When we went</i>
<i> into the house that day,</i>

414
00:16:14,365 --> 00:16:15,640
<i> we didn't realize</i>

415
00:16:15,791 --> 00:16:17,867
that it was
diabolically infested.

416
00:16:17,885 --> 00:16:19,869
<i> And on a scale of one to ten,</i>

417
00:16:19,962 --> 00:16:22,205
I would have to say
that Amityville was a ten.

418
00:16:22,223 --> 00:16:24,148
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

419
00:16:28,062 --> 00:16:29,821
<i> Fishburne: In January of 1976,</i>

420
00:16:30,048 --> 00:16:33,065
<i> the Lutz family claims</i>
<i> their house is haunted.</i>

421
00:16:33,218 --> 00:16:35,901
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

422
00:16:36,054 --> 00:16:37,553
<i> But can they prove it?</i>

423
00:16:37,646 --> 00:16:41,407
- The Lutzes were not nutjobs.

424
00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:45,578
<i> They were very ordinary,</i>
<i> suburban, middle-class people.</i>

425
00:16:45,730 --> 00:16:48,506
<i> Back in the mid-'70s,</i>

426
00:16:48,733 --> 00:16:51,492
you couldn't just go online
and look things up.

427
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:54,828
You actually had to have
feet on the street,

428
00:16:54,848 --> 00:16:59,258
dig for information,
look for people face to face,

429
00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:01,427
talk with the Lutzes,
talk with the neighbors,

430
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,856
and then go into the house
and see what was happening.

431
00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:07,750
<i> Fishburne: To help them</i>
<i> gather evidence,</i>

432
00:17:07,769 --> 00:17:09,769
<i> the Lutzes call on</i>
<i> world-renowned</i>

433
00:17:09,921 --> 00:17:13,422
<i> paranormal investigators</i>
<i> Ed and Lorraine Warren.</i>

434
00:17:13,441 --> 00:17:14,757
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

435
00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:17,443
- The Warrens are
paranormal investigators

436
00:17:17,595 --> 00:17:20,763
<i> who'd done</i>
<i> over 10,000 investigations</i>

437
00:17:20,782 --> 00:17:23,616
<i> for hauntings,</i>
<i> poltergeists, exorcism--</i>

438
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,451
this is what they do.

439
00:17:25,603 --> 00:17:27,103
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> The real-life inspiration</i>

440
00:17:27,196 --> 00:17:29,455
<i> for "The Conjuring"</i>
<i> film franchise,</i>

441
00:17:29,607 --> 00:17:32,717
<i> this husband and wife team</i>
<i> make a name for themselves</i>

442
00:17:32,868 --> 00:17:36,629
<i> in the late 1960s</i>
<i> when they investigate a doll</i>

443
00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:38,114
<i> supposedly possessed</i>

444
00:17:38,132 --> 00:17:39,949
<i> by the spirit</i>
<i> of a little girl.</i>

445
00:17:39,967 --> 00:17:41,784
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

446
00:17:41,803 --> 00:17:43,227
<i> - Lorraine was psychic.</i>

447
00:17:43,454 --> 00:17:44,954
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

448
00:17:44,972 --> 00:17:47,957
<i> She was a light trance medium.</i>

449
00:17:48,050 --> 00:17:50,459
She would go into a trance

450
00:17:50,553 --> 00:17:54,130
to try and connect
with the other side.

451
00:17:54,223 --> 00:17:57,408
<i> Ed was a self-styled</i>
<i> demonologist.</i>

452
00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,060
<i> He would guide Lorraine</i>
<i> through her trances,</i>

453
00:18:00,154 --> 00:18:01,304
<i> ask her questions,</i>

454
00:18:01,397 --> 00:18:03,989
generally run
the investigation.

455
00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:06,567
<i> Fishburne: In February 1976,</i>

456
00:18:06,661 --> 00:18:09,253
<i> Lorraine meets George Lutz</i>
<i> at a local pizza parlor.</i>

457
00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:10,479
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

458
00:18:10,498 --> 00:18:11,923
<i> George gives permission</i>

459
00:18:12,074 --> 00:18:14,074
<i> for the Warrens</i>
<i> to enter the house,</i>

460
00:18:14,168 --> 00:18:17,169
<i> but he refuses to come along.</i>

461
00:18:17,322 --> 00:18:19,430
<i> - George Lutz wouldn't</i>
<i> even go to that home.</i>

462
00:18:19,657 --> 00:18:21,841
He said, "There's no way
I'm going into the house."

463
00:18:21,935 --> 00:18:23,826
And when I asked him,

464
00:18:23,845 --> 00:18:25,344
at this restaurant
where we met him--

465
00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:26,996
I said, "Mr. Lutz,

466
00:18:27,014 --> 00:18:27,939
what happened to you
in that house?"

467
00:18:28,166 --> 00:18:29,498
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

468
00:18:29,592 --> 00:18:30,516
He didn't say anything.
He just looked at me.

469
00:18:30,668 --> 00:18:32,017
He said, "You know."

470
00:18:32,170 --> 00:18:33,502
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

471
00:18:33,596 --> 00:18:35,095
<i> Fishburne: According</i>
<i> to the Warrens,</i>

472
00:18:35,189 --> 00:18:36,839
<i> although the property</i>
<i> is empty,</i>

473
00:18:36,858 --> 00:18:38,765
<i> they can tell</i>
<i> they are not alone</i>

474
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,451
<i> from the moment they arrive.</i>

475
00:18:40,678 --> 00:18:42,345
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

476
00:18:42,438 --> 00:18:45,289
<i> - Ed Warren is</i>
<i> drawn to the cellar.</i>

477
00:18:45,516 --> 00:18:48,851
<i> And down here is</i>
<i> where he believes</i>

478
00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:50,369
<i> that everything started.</i>

479
00:18:50,521 --> 00:18:51,537
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

480
00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:53,522
- This home is haunted.

481
00:18:53,616 --> 00:18:55,299
<i> I mean,</i>
<i> they left behind everything:</i>

482
00:18:55,526 --> 00:18:57,193
<i> everything to eat,</i>
<i> everything to drink.</i>

483
00:18:57,286 --> 00:18:59,211
Within seconds, I could feel

484
00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:00,529
what I can only describe

485
00:19:00,623 --> 00:19:02,031
as being under
a waterfall.

486
00:19:02,049 --> 00:19:04,142
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

487
00:19:04,369 --> 00:19:07,294
<i> Pressure pushing me</i>
<i> down to the floor.</i>

488
00:19:07,388 --> 00:19:09,538
Then I could feel
hundreds of pinpoints

489
00:19:09,632 --> 00:19:11,874
of electricity
hitting my body.

490
00:19:11,893 --> 00:19:13,300
<i> Fishburne: Ed leaves</i>
<i> the basement</i>

491
00:19:13,394 --> 00:19:15,728
<i> to check on Lorraine upstairs.</i>

492
00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,304
<i> She also describes feeling</i>

493
00:19:17,398 --> 00:19:20,216
<i> a powerful, unseen force.</i>

494
00:19:20,234 --> 00:19:21,492
<i> - Going up the stairs,</i>

495
00:19:21,644 --> 00:19:24,912
<i> I was going against</i>
<i> a tremendous pressure.</i>

496
00:19:26,073 --> 00:19:28,416
It was the worst feeling.

497
00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,743
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> In over their heads,</i>

498
00:19:30,895 --> 00:19:33,078
<i> the two quickly flee.</i>

499
00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:35,840
<i> - I knew right at that point</i>
<i> what we were dealing with,</i>

500
00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:37,824
and I said to myself,

501
00:19:37,919 --> 00:19:39,635
"I don't think I'll ever
come back in this house again."

502
00:19:41,239 --> 00:19:42,571
<i> Fishburne: But despite</i>
<i> their misgivings,</i>

503
00:19:42,590 --> 00:19:44,015
<i> the Warrens don't give up.</i>

504
00:19:44,242 --> 00:19:46,091
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

505
00:19:46,244 --> 00:19:47,852
<i> A few days later,</i>
<i> they return to the house,</i>

506
00:19:48,079 --> 00:19:50,837
<i> but this time,</i>
<i> they bring backup</i>

507
00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:52,581
<i> and cameras.</i>

508
00:19:52,675 --> 00:19:54,433
- There were five people
from Channel 5:

509
00:19:54,585 --> 00:19:57,086
<i> myself, Marvin Scott,</i>
<i> and the crew.</i>

510
00:19:57,104 --> 00:20:01,014
<i> Two other reporters,</i>
<i> the Warrens and their team,</i>

511
00:20:01,108 --> 00:20:03,259
<i> which was about seven people.</i>

512
00:20:03,277 --> 00:20:05,778
Then there was
another team of psychics

513
00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:06,946
<i> and investigators.</i>

514
00:20:07,098 --> 00:20:08,021
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

515
00:20:08,115 --> 00:20:09,874
<i> So all in all,</i>

516
00:20:10,101 --> 00:20:12,451
I counted 21 people
in the house that night.

517
00:20:12,603 --> 00:20:14,103
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

518
00:20:14,121 --> 00:20:15,213
<i> Fishburne: The Warrens</i>
<i> and their team</i>

519
00:20:15,364 --> 00:20:17,606
<i> spend hours</i>
<i> investigating the house.</i>

520
00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:20,292
<i> And it's not long</i>
<i> before disturbing things</i>

521
00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:21,368
<i> start happening.</i>

522
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,303
<i> - It moves.</i>

523
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:25,723
And as it moves,
it kind of--

524
00:20:25,874 --> 00:20:30,061
it--it--it says,
"I feel personally threatened."

525
00:20:30,288 --> 00:20:32,230
- [panting]

526
00:20:32,381 --> 00:20:33,880
It's a thing--

527
00:20:33,975 --> 00:20:35,474
it's--it's whatever's here.

528
00:20:35,626 --> 00:20:36,817
[gasps]

529
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,721
Whatever is here is--

530
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:41,964
- You're trying to harm them?

531
00:20:42,057 --> 00:20:43,632
- It--yes.

532
00:20:43,651 --> 00:20:46,969
<i> - We had a cameraman,</i>
<i> Steve Petropolis.</i>

533
00:20:47,062 --> 00:20:49,730
Steve was in his 40s,
about 5'10",

534
00:20:49,824 --> 00:20:51,749
<i> a marathon runner.</i>

535
00:20:51,976 --> 00:20:54,810
<i> So in other words,</i>
<i> he was in good shape.</i>

536
00:20:54,903 --> 00:20:57,830
<i> He starts up the stairs</i>
<i> with his light meter</i>

537
00:20:57,982 --> 00:20:59,665
<i> to take light readings,</i>

538
00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:01,592
<i> and I'm standing</i>
<i> at the bottom of the stairs</i>

539
00:21:01,744 --> 00:21:03,427
with the other members
of the crew.

540
00:21:03,654 --> 00:21:04,929
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

541
00:21:05,156 --> 00:21:06,822
<i> He gets to the middle</i>
<i> of the staircase,</i>

542
00:21:06,915 --> 00:21:08,340
and he turns around,
and he says to me,

543
00:21:08,493 --> 00:21:11,844
"Hey, there's a room

544
00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:13,938
<i> "at the left,</i>

545
00:21:14,165 --> 00:21:16,499
and it's--one wall
is filled with mirrors.

546
00:21:16,517 --> 00:21:17,608
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

547
00:21:17,835 --> 00:21:19,502
<i> So he continues</i>
<i> up the stairs.</i>

548
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,262
<i> He gets to the top</i>
<i> of the landing,</i>

549
00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:24,931
and he turns around,
and he looks at me strangely.

550
00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:28,861
He says...
"I don't know how I knew that."

551
00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,863
And all of the sudden,

552
00:21:31,015 --> 00:21:33,106
I can see the blood
drain from his face,

553
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,701
<i> he goes ashen,</i>

554
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:38,945
<i> and he doubles over,</i>
<i> and he's clutching his chest.</i>

555
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,781
And he's gagging.

556
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,691
He's trying to get words out
but he can't,

557
00:21:42,785 --> 00:21:45,303
so our sound man
and our lighting man

558
00:21:45,454 --> 00:21:48,288
run up the stairs
to assist him down the stairs.

559
00:21:48,382 --> 00:21:50,199
<i> - One of the scientists</i>

560
00:21:50,217 --> 00:21:53,293
that had come up
from Duke University--

561
00:21:53,387 --> 00:21:57,723
he became so terrified
in this home,

562
00:21:57,875 --> 00:22:00,726
<i> and the chair</i>
<i> that he was sitting on</i>

563
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:04,380
actually went right backwards
with him in it.

564
00:22:04,398 --> 00:22:06,973
They had a real hard time

565
00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:09,643
just stabilizing
him emotionally

566
00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:11,053
in that home.

567
00:22:11,072 --> 00:22:12,813
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

568
00:22:12,907 --> 00:22:15,391
<i> Fishburne: The Warrens record</i>
<i> their entire experience.</i>

569
00:22:15,409 --> 00:22:16,667
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

570
00:22:16,894 --> 00:22:19,319
- That night,
the Warrens were accompanied

571
00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,230
<i> by Gene Campbell,</i>
<i> their photographer,</i>

572
00:22:21,248 --> 00:22:23,749
who had what, for the time,
was advanced

573
00:22:23,901 --> 00:22:25,568
infrared equipment.

574
00:22:25,661 --> 00:22:27,511
<i> He's hoping</i>
<i> to pick up something,</i>

575
00:22:27,663 --> 00:22:30,072
<i> white noise,</i>
<i> what have you.</i>

576
00:22:30,091 --> 00:22:31,515
<i> So he sets up the camera.</i>

577
00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:34,593
<i> He points it</i>
<i> at that second-floor landing,</i>

578
00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,520
<i> sets it, forgets it.</i>

579
00:22:36,747 --> 00:22:39,339
He takes many photos
that night.

580
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,433
You know, well over a hundred.

581
00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:43,844
<i> Fishburne: Once the infrared</i>
<i> photos are processed,</i>

582
00:22:43,938 --> 00:22:46,755
<i> the team uncovers</i>
<i> an unusual find.</i>

583
00:22:46,774 --> 00:22:48,941
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

584
00:22:49,093 --> 00:22:53,262
- This image
on the one picture,

585
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,522
peeking out of a doorway,

586
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:57,166
<i> looks like it's a young boy.</i>

587
00:22:58,936 --> 00:23:02,788
<i> The eyes are sort of bright</i>
<i> and glowing.</i>

588
00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:04,273
<i> Fishburne: There are</i>
<i> no children present</i>

589
00:23:04,291 --> 00:23:05,508
<i> during the investigation.</i>

590
00:23:06,794 --> 00:23:09,294
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>
<i> So who or what</i>

591
00:23:09,447 --> 00:23:11,555
<i> is the mysterious figure</i>
<i> in the photograph?</i>

592
00:23:11,782 --> 00:23:12,723
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

593
00:23:12,950 --> 00:23:15,117
- It's what has come
to be known

594
00:23:15,136 --> 00:23:17,636
as the ghost boy photo.

595
00:23:17,788 --> 00:23:20,956
And this has been the object
of much curiosity

596
00:23:20,975 --> 00:23:23,067
<i> and much controversy.</i>

597
00:23:23,294 --> 00:23:25,385
<i> People have said,</i>
<i> and speculated,</i>

598
00:23:25,479 --> 00:23:28,480
"Oh, it's
the youngest boy,

599
00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:31,575
<i> 9-year-old John DeFeo.</i>
<i> It's his ghost."</i>

600
00:23:31,802 --> 00:23:32,968
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

601
00:23:33,061 --> 00:23:34,470
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> Ed Warren, however,</i>

602
00:23:34,488 --> 00:23:36,563
<i> thinks it's</i>
<i> something different.</i>

603
00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:38,416
<i> - Well, it is not the spirit</i>
<i> of the young boy.</i>

604
00:23:38,643 --> 00:23:40,476
<i> No, it is not the spirit</i>
<i> of the young boy.</i>

605
00:23:40,494 --> 00:23:42,753
But it is a spirit
of a diabolical nature

606
00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:44,813
in that room,

607
00:23:44,832 --> 00:23:48,092
<i> that appears in that home</i>
<i> to confuse the investigators.</i>

608
00:23:49,262 --> 00:23:50,486
<i> Fishburne: The mysterious</i>
<i> figure in the photo</i>

609
00:23:50,504 --> 00:23:52,671
<i> remains unidentified.</i>

610
00:23:52,823 --> 00:23:54,840
<i> But the Warrens agree</i>
<i> that something</i>

611
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,159
<i> is terrorizing the property,</i>

612
00:23:57,252 --> 00:23:59,586
<i> and they're now armed</i>
<i> with proof.</i>

613
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,180
<i> - I always consider myself</i>

614
00:24:01,332 --> 00:24:03,774
an objective person

615
00:24:04,001 --> 00:24:08,837
and not given to flights
of imagination or fancy.

616
00:24:08,856 --> 00:24:11,674
<i> But at the same time...</i>

617
00:24:11,692 --> 00:24:15,268
<i> there were many things</i>
<i> that happened that night.</i>

618
00:24:15,362 --> 00:24:16,845
<i> There were subtle signs</i>

619
00:24:16,939 --> 00:24:19,531
<i> of what many</i>
<i> paranormal investigators</i>

620
00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,184
classify as infestation,

621
00:24:22,277 --> 00:24:23,535
and some not so subtle things.

622
00:24:23,688 --> 00:24:26,130
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

623
00:24:30,211 --> 00:24:31,043
Fishburne: "Amityville Horror."

624
00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,377
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

625
00:24:32,530 --> 00:24:34,863
The very name conjures fear.

626
00:24:34,882 --> 00:24:36,623
While some believe
the home's darkness

627
00:24:36,642 --> 00:24:39,551
was brought on
by the DeFeo family murders,

628
00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:43,481
others chalk it up
to paranormal activity.

629
00:24:43,708 --> 00:24:45,040
But one member
of the Lutz family,

630
00:24:45,059 --> 00:24:47,968
who experienced
the terrors firsthand,

631
00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:50,729
thinks the source
is much closer to him.

632
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:53,807
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

633
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:57,052
<i> Their move</i>
<i> to Amityville in 1975</i>

634
00:24:57,071 --> 00:24:59,145
<i> was supposed to mark</i>
<i> a fresh start</i>

635
00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,073
<i> for the blended Lutz family.</i>

636
00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:02,574
[camera shutter snaps]
<i> - Kathy had three children</i>

637
00:25:02,727 --> 00:25:04,502
<i> from a previous marriage.</i>

638
00:25:04,653 --> 00:25:07,654
<i> There was Daniel,</i>
<i> Christopher, and Melissa.</i>

639
00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:09,155
<i> At the time</i>
<i> they lived in this house,</i>

640
00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:11,250
<i> Daniel was nine,</i>
<i> Christopher, seven,</i>

641
00:25:11,402 --> 00:25:13,418
<i> and Melissa was</i>
<i> five years old.</i>

642
00:25:13,571 --> 00:25:16,071
<i> George was actually</i>
<i> their stepfather.</i>

643
00:25:16,090 --> 00:25:18,665
These were very young,
impressionable children,

644
00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:20,851
certainly, uh, subject
to the feelings

645
00:25:21,003 --> 00:25:22,853
that were going on
from the family.

646
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,597
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

647
00:25:25,750 --> 00:25:29,084
<i> Fishburne: Eldest son Daniel,</i>
<i> stays silent for decades.</i>

648
00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:30,176
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>

649
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,087
<i> Then, in 2009,</i>

650
00:25:32,180 --> 00:25:34,106
<i> he finally speaks publicly</i>

651
00:25:34,258 --> 00:25:35,591
<i> in a series of interviews.</i>

652
00:25:35,609 --> 00:25:36,925
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

653
00:25:36,944 --> 00:25:38,852
<i> - Daniel Lutz reached out</i>
<i> to me,</i>

654
00:25:38,946 --> 00:25:40,763
wanting to tell his story.

655
00:25:40,781 --> 00:25:42,206
At the beginning,
I was very skeptical.

656
00:25:43,267 --> 00:25:44,708
<i> But as soon I saw photographs,</i>

657
00:25:44,935 --> 00:25:46,693
<i> right away,</i>
<i> the likeness to Kathy Lutz</i>

658
00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:48,712
<i> was so striking,</i>
<i> I knew it was him.</i>

659
00:25:48,939 --> 00:25:50,030
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

660
00:25:50,124 --> 00:25:51,440
<i> At that time,</i>

661
00:25:51,458 --> 00:25:53,942
<i> I began conversations</i>
<i> with Daniel Lutz</i>

662
00:25:53,961 --> 00:25:55,219
<i> that really...</i>

663
00:25:55,446 --> 00:25:58,463
changed the paradigm
of how I view

664
00:25:58,558 --> 00:25:59,615
this entire case.

665
00:25:59,633 --> 00:26:01,466
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

666
00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:03,302
- This is not something
I enjoy discussing.

667
00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,120
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

668
00:26:05,213 --> 00:26:06,638
I don't look forward
to this [bleep].

669
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:08,048
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

670
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:10,884
<i> It's--it's not easy</i>
<i> to tell somebody</i>

671
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:12,311
<i> how you got thrown</i>
<i> up a staircase.</i>

672
00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:13,571
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

673
00:26:13,798 --> 00:26:14,980
<i> It's not easy</i>
<i> to tell somebody</i>

674
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:17,816
<i> that your bed was bouncing</i>
<i> off the ceiling.</i>

675
00:26:17,968 --> 00:26:20,469
Once I start talking
about it,

676
00:26:20,487 --> 00:26:22,413
I become stuck with it.

677
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,081
<i> - I felt strongly</i>
<i> sitting with him...</i>

678
00:26:24,308 --> 00:26:25,231
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

679
00:26:25,326 --> 00:26:27,567
The passion,
the anger

680
00:26:27,587 --> 00:26:29,587
for living in the shadow
of this story.

681
00:26:29,738 --> 00:26:32,497
His story had been told
by everyone else but him.

682
00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:36,001
<i> He felt that his voice</i>
<i> had been silenced,</i>

683
00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,429
<i> and so it was almost</i>
<i> a cathartic process</i>

684
00:26:38,656 --> 00:26:40,431
to purge these demons
of his past,

685
00:26:40,582 --> 00:26:41,506
for him to have a say.

686
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:42,991
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

687
00:26:43,010 --> 00:26:44,343
<i> Fishburne: Daniel offers</i>

688
00:26:44,495 --> 00:26:46,586
<i> a dramatically different</i>
<i> potential reason</i>

689
00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:48,013
<i> for the Amityville hauntings.</i>

690
00:26:48,165 --> 00:26:49,422
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>

691
00:26:49,442 --> 00:26:51,424
<i> - When you walked</i>
<i> into George's house,</i>

692
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:54,186
<i> it wasn't inviting</i>
<i> and welcoming.</i>

693
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:55,671
If you read his, uh...

694
00:26:55,689 --> 00:26:57,339
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

695
00:26:57,432 --> 00:27:01,935
Bookcase, you know,
it--it would range

696
00:27:02,029 --> 00:27:08,125
<i> from satanic history,</i>
<i> mind control type of books,</i>

697
00:27:08,276 --> 00:27:10,869
<i> and hypnosis books.</i>

698
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:13,188
<i> This guy was</i>
<i> into some pretty dark stuff.</i>

699
00:27:13,207 --> 00:27:14,965
<i> And I walk over to my mother,</i>
<i> and I said,</i>

700
00:27:15,192 --> 00:27:17,784
"You married this guy.
You moved me to his house.

701
00:27:17,878 --> 00:27:18,636
What the hell is he into?"

702
00:27:18,863 --> 00:27:21,287
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

703
00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:24,808
Danny claimed that George's
interest in the occult

704
00:27:25,035 --> 00:27:26,718
instigated the haunting,
that it was like

705
00:27:26,871 --> 00:27:28,387
a magic trick
that you couldn't shut off.

706
00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:30,722
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

707
00:27:30,875 --> 00:27:33,542
<i> Fishburne: Was an evil spirit</i>
<i> invited to Amityville</i>

708
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,378
<i> by George Lutz</i>
<i> in a spell gone wrong?</i>

709
00:27:36,397 --> 00:27:38,063
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

710
00:27:38,215 --> 00:27:40,565
<i> Daniel believes it was.</i>

711
00:27:40,718 --> 00:27:43,235
Danny claimed that he felt
he was possessed,

712
00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:44,736
and that the only way
to get away from it

713
00:27:44,889 --> 00:27:46,330
was to leave the family.

714
00:27:46,481 --> 00:27:48,223
And so that's what he did.

715
00:27:48,242 --> 00:27:49,558
<i> And in a lot of ways,</i>

716
00:27:49,576 --> 00:27:51,743
<i> I think Daniel</i>
<i> was haunted by George,</i>

717
00:27:51,896 --> 00:27:53,170
<i> and still is to this day.</i>

718
00:27:53,397 --> 00:27:54,413
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

719
00:27:54,565 --> 00:27:55,580
<i> And at the end of the day,</i>

720
00:27:55,733 --> 00:27:57,582
something happened
to his family

721
00:27:57,677 --> 00:28:01,570
and to him in that house
that forever shaped them.

722
00:28:01,663 --> 00:28:03,163
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> Daniel's story isn't</i>

723
00:28:03,182 --> 00:28:06,074
<i> the only firsthand account</i>
<i> from the Lutz family.</i>

724
00:28:06,093 --> 00:28:07,017
<i> Thirty years earlier,</i>

725
00:28:07,169 --> 00:28:08,410
<i> his parents offer</i>

726
00:28:08,429 --> 00:28:11,079
<i> a very different</i>
<i> and very public version</i>

727
00:28:11,173 --> 00:28:12,264
<i> of what happened</i>
<i> in Amityville.</i>

728
00:28:12,358 --> 00:28:13,582
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

729
00:28:13,675 --> 00:28:14,933
<i> - After the Lutzes move out,</i>

730
00:28:15,085 --> 00:28:17,510
they're telling people
about the situation.

731
00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:18,770
And they're not actively
just trying

732
00:28:18,923 --> 00:28:20,589
to tell people
to get help,

733
00:28:20,682 --> 00:28:22,366
they are actually
telling people

734
00:28:22,593 --> 00:28:24,276
to try to sell
the story somehow,

735
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:25,852
to make some money,
to make the money back

736
00:28:25,946 --> 00:28:27,112
that they paid
for their house.

737
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,189
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

738
00:28:29,283 --> 00:28:32,935
<i> - The Lutzes paid out $80,000</i>
<i> with a large down payment</i>

739
00:28:33,028 --> 00:28:34,527
<i> for this particular house.</i>

740
00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:37,214
<i> George needed</i>
<i> to recoup that loss.</i>

741
00:28:37,441 --> 00:28:39,775
<i> You know, if it were me</i>
<i> paying all that money,</i>

742
00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,109
<i> I'd be really concerned</i>

743
00:28:41,128 --> 00:28:42,945
<i> about how to provide</i>
<i> for my family.</i>

744
00:28:42,963 --> 00:28:44,388
<i> And one way to do that</i>

745
00:28:44,615 --> 00:28:46,372
would have been to try
to sell the story somehow.

746
00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,450
At the time,
the media was very interested

747
00:28:48,469 --> 00:28:50,302
in these kinds of stories.

748
00:28:50,454 --> 00:28:52,471
They had covered
"The Exorcist"

749
00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:55,640
and looked for other types
of cases like that.

750
00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:58,460
And so George may have seen
an opportunity.

751
00:28:58,553 --> 00:29:00,571
So the Lutzes hire
an attorney

752
00:29:00,798 --> 00:29:02,722
who turns out to be
William Weber,

753
00:29:02,742 --> 00:29:05,467
who was the defense attorney
for Butch DeFeo.

754
00:29:05,486 --> 00:29:07,302
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

755
00:29:07,321 --> 00:29:08,561
<i> Fishburne: Weber agrees</i>
<i> to help sell</i>

756
00:29:08,655 --> 00:29:10,063
<i> the family's story</i>

757
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:12,491
<i> if they split</i>
<i> the profits 50/50.</i>

758
00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:13,900
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

759
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:16,253
<i> George declines Weber's deal,</i>

760
00:29:16,404 --> 00:29:19,331
<i> but Weber goes out</i>
<i> and sells the story anyway.</i>

761
00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:21,650
- So William Weber sells
two articles to publications

762
00:29:21,668 --> 00:29:23,910
about the situation
that George had described

763
00:29:23,929 --> 00:29:26,246
and that they had worked up
in their conversation.

764
00:29:26,340 --> 00:29:28,432
George is enraged about this

765
00:29:28,659 --> 00:29:30,325
because it was done
without his permission.

766
00:29:30,344 --> 00:29:32,511
<i> So at that point,</i>
<i> George is so upset</i>

767
00:29:32,663 --> 00:29:34,438
<i> that he walks away from Weber.</i>

768
00:29:34,589 --> 00:29:35,847
<i> As a consequence,</i>

769
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,275
Weber files a lawsuit
against the Lutzes.

770
00:29:38,502 --> 00:29:39,835
They eventually settle
out of court,

771
00:29:39,853 --> 00:29:41,003
but the damage
between the two of them

772
00:29:41,021 --> 00:29:43,005
is irreparable.

773
00:29:43,023 --> 00:29:45,023
<i> Fishburne: The Lutzes</i>
<i> ultimately move forward</i>

774
00:29:45,175 --> 00:29:47,509
<i> on a book deal</i>
<i> with author Jay Anson,</i>

775
00:29:47,528 --> 00:29:49,620
<i> who agrees to</i>
<i> a more reasonable partnership.</i>

776
00:29:49,847 --> 00:29:51,179
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

777
00:29:51,198 --> 00:29:54,199
<i> In response, Weber makes</i>
<i> a bold accusation.</i>

778
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,685
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

779
00:29:56,703 --> 00:29:59,871
<i> The Amityville hauntings</i>
<i> are a hoax.</i>

780
00:30:00,024 --> 00:30:01,298
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>

781
00:30:01,525 --> 00:30:02,782
<i> - Once the story</i>
<i> got very popular,</i>

782
00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:04,526
<i> and the book sales were high,</i>

783
00:30:04,545 --> 00:30:06,303
William Weber started
going out to the media

784
00:30:06,454 --> 00:30:10,198
<i> and actually disputing</i>
<i> the facts of the case</i>

785
00:30:10,217 --> 00:30:12,292
<i> as reported in the book.</i>

786
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:14,703
Weber was totally willing
to say

787
00:30:14,796 --> 00:30:16,555
that everything
was 100% true

788
00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:18,056
until it turned out
that he couldn't cash in.

789
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:20,133
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

790
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:21,634
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> To counter his claims,</i>

791
00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:24,229
<i> the Lutzes agree</i>
<i> to a polygraph test.</i>

792
00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:25,989
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

793
00:30:26,141 --> 00:30:27,065
<i> They pass.</i>

794
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:28,717
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

795
00:30:28,735 --> 00:30:32,329
George, unless he was
the Oracle of Delphi himself,

796
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,481
had no way of predicting that--
even if he was hatching

797
00:30:35,576 --> 00:30:39,411
this grandmaster scheme--
that it would come to fruition.

798
00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:40,653
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

799
00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:42,731
<i> Are you really going to bet</i>

800
00:30:42,749 --> 00:30:47,327
your entire life savings
on a ghost story?

801
00:30:47,421 --> 00:30:48,420
"Well, some people might."

802
00:30:48,572 --> 00:30:49,921
I never bought into that.

803
00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:51,331
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

804
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:52,498
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> Whether it's a haunting,</i>

805
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:55,260
<i> a summoning,</i>
<i> an elaborate hoax,</i>

806
00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:58,004
<i> or the chilling aftermath</i>
<i> of a family homicide,</i>

807
00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,691
<i> for the next several years,</i>

808
00:31:00,842 --> 00:31:04,102
<i> the Amityville case continues</i>
<i> to puzzle the public.</i>

809
00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,195
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

810
00:31:09,610 --> 00:31:11,201
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> While many questions surround</i>

811
00:31:11,353 --> 00:31:13,853
<i> New York's infamous</i>
<i> Amityville house of horrors...</i>

812
00:31:13,873 --> 00:31:15,263
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>
<i> At least one</i>

813
00:31:15,282 --> 00:31:17,766
<i> has long been assumed</i>
<i> to be solved.</i>

814
00:31:17,784 --> 00:31:19,042
<i> [camera shutter snaps]</i>
<i> Who committed</i>

815
00:31:19,269 --> 00:31:21,269
<i> the brutal murders</i>
<i> that started it all?</i>

816
00:31:21,288 --> 00:31:22,954
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

817
00:31:23,107 --> 00:31:24,030
<i> After a confession,</i>

818
00:31:24,124 --> 00:31:25,774
<i> a conviction,</i>

819
00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:27,609
<i> and a sentence</i>
<i> of 25 years to life...</i>

820
00:31:27,628 --> 00:31:28,793
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

821
00:31:28,946 --> 00:31:31,113
<i> It seems certain</i>
<i> that Butch DeFeo</i>

822
00:31:31,131 --> 00:31:34,466
<i> single-handedly</i>
<i> killed his family in 1974.</i>

823
00:31:34,618 --> 00:31:36,635
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

824
00:31:36,787 --> 00:31:40,122
<i> But in 2000, Butch DeFeo makes</i>
<i> an astonishing claim.</i>

825
00:31:40,140 --> 00:31:41,473
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

826
00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:44,960
<i> He didn't act alone.</i>

827
00:31:45,053 --> 00:31:46,886
<i> Butch writes a letter</i>
<i> from prison</i>

828
00:31:46,980 --> 00:31:49,314
<i> on May 1, 2000,</i>

829
00:31:49,466 --> 00:31:50,465
<i> with a shocking revelation.</i>

830
00:31:50,484 --> 00:31:51,742
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

831
00:31:51,893 --> 00:31:53,151
- Butch mentions
that he didn't kill

832
00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:54,319
his family by himself.

833
00:31:54,471 --> 00:31:55,487
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

834
00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:56,821
<i> He had help,</i>

835
00:31:56,974 --> 00:31:59,157
<i> and it wasn't</i>
<i> even his idea.</i>

836
00:31:59,309 --> 00:32:00,566
<i> So this is interesting.</i>

837
00:32:00,661 --> 00:32:01,977
If there was
another killer out there,

838
00:32:02,070 --> 00:32:03,478
is that who was tormenting
the Lutzes?

839
00:32:03,497 --> 00:32:04,755
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

840
00:32:04,982 --> 00:32:07,816
<i> Maybe it wasn't</i>
<i> a haunting after all.</i>

841
00:32:07,834 --> 00:32:10,168
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

842
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,670
<i> At the time of the murders,</i>

843
00:32:11,822 --> 00:32:13,672
<i> Butch is 23.</i>
<i> Dawn is 18.</i>

844
00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:16,341
They're in the family basement
with a few friends,

845
00:32:16,493 --> 00:32:17,750
drinking and smoking.

846
00:32:17,770 --> 00:32:19,269
This is an escape
from their family,

847
00:32:19,421 --> 00:32:21,329
especially their father.

848
00:32:21,348 --> 00:32:22,922
<i> Fishburne: Their father,</i>
<i> "Big Ronnie,"</i>

849
00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:25,667
<i> apparently lived up</i>
<i> to his intimidating name.</i>

850
00:32:25,686 --> 00:32:27,093
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

851
00:32:27,187 --> 00:32:31,448
<i> - This family was</i>
<i> not a happy one.</i>

852
00:32:31,675 --> 00:32:34,767
For many years,
Ronald Sr. in particular,

853
00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:36,620
had inflicted
domestic violence

854
00:32:36,847 --> 00:32:40,940
against Ronald Jr.,
Louise, the other children.

855
00:32:41,034 --> 00:32:43,443
<i> There's been stories about how</i>
<i> he had walked over</i>

856
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,036
<i> and punched Louise</i>
<i> in the face,</i>

857
00:32:45,189 --> 00:32:46,188
<i> that she fell down...</i>

858
00:32:46,206 --> 00:32:48,190
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

859
00:32:48,283 --> 00:32:50,450
And that he had
just gone back to dinner

860
00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:52,285
and said,
"We can eat in peace now."

861
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:55,806
This type of... occurrence
encapsulates

862
00:32:56,033 --> 00:32:58,883
<i> what life must have been like</i>
<i> in that house</i>

863
00:32:59,036 --> 00:33:00,035
for these children.

864
00:33:00,053 --> 00:33:01,703
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

865
00:33:01,722 --> 00:33:02,962
<i> Fishburne: But despite</i>
<i> Butch's struggles</i>

866
00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:04,206
<i> with his father,</i>

867
00:33:04,299 --> 00:33:06,466
<i> he claims it's</i>
<i> his sister Dawn</i>

868
00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:08,801
<i> that harbors</i>
<i> the deepest resentment.</i>

869
00:33:08,895 --> 00:33:10,636
<i> - She is 18 years old.</i>

870
00:33:10,656 --> 00:33:13,215
She has a boyfriend
that lives in Florida

871
00:33:13,308 --> 00:33:14,974
who happens to be
33 years old,

872
00:33:15,068 --> 00:33:16,326
<i> a great age difference.</i>

873
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:19,404
<i> "Big Ronnie" is</i>
<i> very disapproving</i>

874
00:33:19,556 --> 00:33:20,980
<i> of this relationship.</i>

875
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,725
<i> He belittles her.</i>
<i> He berates her.</i>

876
00:33:23,744 --> 00:33:26,486
Per Butch,
Dawn comes up with a plan,

877
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:29,089
and the plan is
to murder their parents.

878
00:33:30,751 --> 00:33:33,418
<i> Dawn states</i>
<i> that the other siblings</i>

879
00:33:33,570 --> 00:33:35,328
<i> can be taken</i>
<i> to the grandmother's house</i>

880
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:38,406
<i> in Brooklyn,</i>
<i> and they can live there.</i>

881
00:33:38,425 --> 00:33:40,742
Mom and Dad will be
out of the way,

882
00:33:40,761 --> 00:33:42,001
kids will be taken care of,

883
00:33:42,021 --> 00:33:44,246
and everybody will live
happily ever after

884
00:33:44,264 --> 00:33:45,764
if Mom and Dad are murdered.

885
00:33:45,916 --> 00:33:47,432
♪ ♪

886
00:33:47,584 --> 00:33:49,934
- Apparently it wasn't hard
for Dawn to convince Butch,

887
00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:51,920
because the plans were put
in motion pretty quickly.

888
00:33:51,938 --> 00:33:53,012
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

889
00:33:53,106 --> 00:33:54,347
<i> Fishburne: Butch says</i>

890
00:33:54,441 --> 00:33:56,091
<i> he recruits</i>
<i> two friends to help.</i>

891
00:33:56,109 --> 00:33:57,275
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

892
00:33:57,427 --> 00:33:58,276
- About 1:00 in the morning,

893
00:33:58,370 --> 00:33:59,944
they sneak out of the basement

894
00:34:00,097 --> 00:34:01,763
<i> and go into the interior</i>
<i> of the house.</i>

895
00:34:01,782 --> 00:34:02,781
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

896
00:34:02,933 --> 00:34:04,282
<i> They then go upstairs</i>

897
00:34:04,434 --> 00:34:06,268
<i> to the parents' bedroom.</i>

898
00:34:06,361 --> 00:34:08,027
<i> Butch is arming himself</i>
<i> with a--</i>

899
00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:10,047
<i> with the .35-caliber</i>
<i> Marlin rifle.</i>

900
00:34:10,198 --> 00:34:12,290
<i> He makes no bones about that,</i>
<i> that he has the rifle.</i>

901
00:34:12,442 --> 00:34:13,775
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

902
00:34:13,794 --> 00:34:15,126
<i> Fishburne: Lit only</i>
<i> by a night light</i>

903
00:34:15,279 --> 00:34:16,795
<i> in the second-floor bathroom,</i>

904
00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:19,372
<i> the siblings open</i>
<i> their parents' bedroom door,</i>

905
00:34:19,466 --> 00:34:20,615
<i> and the massacre begins.</i>

906
00:34:20,634 --> 00:34:21,874
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

907
00:34:21,968 --> 00:34:22,893
<i> - Butch goes</i>
<i> into the bedroom...</i>

908
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,394
<i> [gunshots]</i>

909
00:34:24,621 --> 00:34:26,955
<i> Fires the rifle twice</i>
<i> into his father,</i>

910
00:34:26,973 --> 00:34:29,566
and then fires the rifle twice
into his mother,

911
00:34:29,717 --> 00:34:31,551
killing them both.

912
00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:34,053
<i> Fishburne: Butch then says</i>
<i> he and his two friends</i>

913
00:34:34,073 --> 00:34:36,965
<i> flee the Amityville house,</i>
<i> leaving Dawn</i>

914
00:34:36,983 --> 00:34:40,802
<i> and their three other siblings</i>
<i> inside, alone.</i>

915
00:34:40,895 --> 00:34:42,487
- Butch relates
that the plan was

916
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:44,414
merely to kill the parents.

917
00:34:44,641 --> 00:34:47,250
It wasn't to kill the--
the brothers and sisters.

918
00:34:47,402 --> 00:34:49,811
<i> Fishburne: He says Dawn,</i>
<i> however, goes rogue.</i>

919
00:34:49,830 --> 00:34:51,088
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

920
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,164
- Butch returns
inside the house.

921
00:34:53,317 --> 00:34:55,575
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

922
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:57,986
Dawn has done
something horrible.

923
00:34:58,004 --> 00:34:59,930
<i> Butch says</i>
<i> that she took it upon herself</i>

924
00:35:00,157 --> 00:35:02,657
to murder
the other brothers and sisters.

925
00:35:02,676 --> 00:35:03,992
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

926
00:35:04,085 --> 00:35:06,511
<i> Dawn believes</i>
<i> that these children</i>

927
00:35:06,663 --> 00:35:09,831
<i> were a liability,</i>
<i> certainly not an asset.</i>

928
00:35:09,924 --> 00:35:12,091
<i> This infuriates Butch.</i>
<i> He explodes.</i>

929
00:35:12,111 --> 00:35:13,759
<i> This is more</i>
<i> than he bargained for.</i>

930
00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:15,170
<i> He didn't want</i>
<i> his siblings killed.</i>

931
00:35:15,263 --> 00:35:17,263
<i> He only wanted</i>
<i> the parents killed.</i>

932
00:35:17,357 --> 00:35:19,507
They get
into a violent argument.

933
00:35:19,601 --> 00:35:21,343
And that argument
turns into a struggle.

934
00:35:21,361 --> 00:35:23,178
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

935
00:35:23,196 --> 00:35:24,863
<i> - They struggle.</i>
<i> He knocks her out</i>

936
00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,015
and then shoots her
in the back of the head.

937
00:35:27,033 --> 00:35:28,683
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

938
00:35:28,702 --> 00:35:30,034
<i> - Now, whether Dawn</i>
<i> was involved</i>

939
00:35:30,187 --> 00:35:31,277
in these murders or not

940
00:35:31,371 --> 00:35:32,871
really has no influence

941
00:35:33,023 --> 00:35:34,689
about what the Lutz family
went through.

942
00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:36,800
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

943
00:35:36,951 --> 00:35:39,527
<i> The bottom line,</i>
<i> six people got murdered there.</i>

944
00:35:39,546 --> 00:35:41,287
Whether Butch was
the primary shooter

945
00:35:41,381 --> 00:35:44,549
or Dawn was the shooter
really makes no difference.

946
00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,534
<i> Fishburne: But what</i>
<i> about the two other friends</i>

947
00:35:46,553 --> 00:35:47,886
<i> he claims were there</i>
<i> that night?</i>

948
00:35:48,038 --> 00:35:49,295
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

949
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:51,039
<i> Were they involved</i>
<i> in the massacre?</i>

950
00:35:51,057 --> 00:35:53,733
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

951
00:35:57,805 --> 00:35:59,047
[cell door clangs]

952
00:35:59,140 --> 00:36:01,158
<i> Fishburne: Butch DeFeo's</i>
<i> jailhouse confession</i>

953
00:36:01,385 --> 00:36:03,551
<i> of an accomplice</i>
<i> to his family's murder</i>

954
00:36:03,645 --> 00:36:05,570
<i> throws a twist</i>
<i> into the case</i>

955
00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:06,905
<i> of the "Amityville Horror."</i>

956
00:36:07,057 --> 00:36:08,239
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

957
00:36:08,392 --> 00:36:09,391
- For 25 years,
people believed

958
00:36:09,409 --> 00:36:10,558
Butch was the lone gunman

959
00:36:10,652 --> 00:36:11,743
in these multiple murders.

960
00:36:11,895 --> 00:36:13,228
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

961
00:36:13,321 --> 00:36:15,397
<i> Fishburne: In 2000,</i>
<i> Butch reveals</i>

962
00:36:15,415 --> 00:36:17,749
<i> his sister Dawn was</i>
<i> the mastermind</i>

963
00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:19,901
<i> behind the murders.</i>

964
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,920
<i> - We know</i>
<i> that Butch kills Dawn,</i>

965
00:36:22,014 --> 00:36:23,738
so we know
that it's not her

966
00:36:23,757 --> 00:36:26,241
that's coming back
and tormenting the Lutzes.

967
00:36:26,259 --> 00:36:27,759
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

968
00:36:27,911 --> 00:36:29,186
<i> Fishburne: However,</i>
<i> according to Butch's</i>

969
00:36:29,413 --> 00:36:30,912
<i> written affidavit,</i>

970
00:36:30,931 --> 00:36:33,581
<i> there may be yet</i>
<i> another unknown killer.</i>

971
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,934
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

972
00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:37,194
<i> - Butch mentions two friends</i>

973
00:36:37,345 --> 00:36:38,678
that he brought along
as lookouts,

974
00:36:38,772 --> 00:36:40,438
but as soon as there's gunfire,

975
00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:42,014
they panic,
they leave,

976
00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:44,367
and he never mentioned them
committing any violence.

977
00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:46,094
Butch mentions
something curious

978
00:36:46,112 --> 00:36:47,429
in a letter.

979
00:36:47,522 --> 00:36:50,765
<i> "It was cold-blooded murder,</i>
<i> period.</i>

980
00:36:50,784 --> 00:36:53,284
<i> "No ghosts, no demons,</i>
<i> just three people,</i>

981
00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:54,769
<i> of which I was one."</i>

982
00:36:54,788 --> 00:36:56,195
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

983
00:36:56,289 --> 00:36:58,030
<i> So he says</i>
<i> there's three people.</i>

984
00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:00,217
<i> We know there's two,</i>
<i> Butch and Dawn,</i>

985
00:37:00,444 --> 00:37:02,293
but who is
this mysterious third person?

986
00:37:02,446 --> 00:37:06,556
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

987
00:37:06,783 --> 00:37:08,874
<i> Butch never names</i>
<i> this third person.</i>

988
00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:10,468
<i> Nobody follows up.</i>
<i> They chalk it up</i>

989
00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:11,877
<i> to the ramblings</i>
<i> of someone</i>

990
00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:13,396
<i> who's been in prison</i>
<i> 20 years,</i>

991
00:37:13,623 --> 00:37:15,899
<i> maybe looking</i>
<i> for a reduced sentence,</i>

992
00:37:16,126 --> 00:37:17,459
<i> or somebody just</i>
<i> looking for attention.</i>

993
00:37:17,477 --> 00:37:18,476
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

994
00:37:18,628 --> 00:37:19,627
<i> Ronnie was running</i>

995
00:37:19,721 --> 00:37:21,980
through every
possible scenario

996
00:37:22,132 --> 00:37:23,055
he could in his mind

997
00:37:23,149 --> 00:37:24,390
to deflect
away from the fact

998
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,633
that he had committed
these murders.

999
00:37:25,652 --> 00:37:28,470
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1000
00:37:28,488 --> 00:37:31,414
<i> Fishburne: Butch dies</i>
<i> in March of 2021,</i>

1001
00:37:31,566 --> 00:37:34,158
<i> taking any further details</i>
<i> of a possible third killer</i>

1002
00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:35,310
<i> to his grave.</i>

1003
00:37:35,328 --> 00:37:39,147
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1004
00:37:39,165 --> 00:37:41,499
<i> But some are convinced</i>
<i> that this is the key</i>

1005
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,651
<i> to the Amityville hauntings.</i>

1006
00:37:43,670 --> 00:37:44,986
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1007
00:37:45,005 --> 00:37:46,245
<i> - Besides Butch's letter,</i>

1008
00:37:46,339 --> 00:37:47,505
<i> there are a couple</i>
<i> of other things</i>

1009
00:37:47,657 --> 00:37:48,823
<i> that indicate</i>
<i> that there is</i>

1010
00:37:48,916 --> 00:37:51,101
another accomplice
on the loose.

1011
00:37:51,252 --> 00:37:53,495
The first thing happens
at the time of the trial.

1012
00:37:53,513 --> 00:37:55,254
<i> Louise DeFeo's father</i>

1013
00:37:55,274 --> 00:37:57,015
<i> hires a private investigator</i>

1014
00:37:57,167 --> 00:37:58,591
<i> to look into the idea</i>
<i> of there being</i>

1015
00:37:58,685 --> 00:37:59,667
<i> more than one killer.</i>

1016
00:37:59,686 --> 00:38:03,429
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1017
00:38:03,523 --> 00:38:04,355
<i> - The house is very big.</i>

1018
00:38:04,508 --> 00:38:05,598
It's three stories.

1019
00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:06,841
The people that were murdered

1020
00:38:06,934 --> 00:38:08,785
were spread out
throughout the house.

1021
00:38:08,936 --> 00:38:11,270
And so for someone
to move around deliberately,

1022
00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:14,273
<i> firing a rifle,</i>
<i> which is very loud,</i>

1023
00:38:14,367 --> 00:38:15,533
<i> could seem</i>
<i> very puzzling to people.</i>

1024
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:16,942
<i> Why didn't somebody get up?</i>

1025
00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:18,295
<i> Why didn't they get</i>
<i> out of bed?</i>

1026
00:38:18,522 --> 00:38:20,204
<i> Why didn't they flee?</i>
<i> Why didn't they hide?</i>

1027
00:38:20,357 --> 00:38:21,689
<i> I can understand</i>
<i> how some people</i>

1028
00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:23,282
have difficulty believing

1029
00:38:23,376 --> 00:38:24,876
that this was
a single suspect

1030
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:25,877
killing all these folks.

1031
00:38:26,029 --> 00:38:29,789
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1032
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:30,956
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> The private investigator</i>

1033
00:38:31,051 --> 00:38:32,700
<i> also presents evidence</i>

1034
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:36,220
<i> that two guns may have been</i>
<i> used in the murders.</i>

1035
00:38:36,373 --> 00:38:37,647
- During the investigation,

1036
00:38:37,799 --> 00:38:40,708
there is physical evidence
called powder burns.

1037
00:38:40,727 --> 00:38:42,877
And on Dawn's body,
there were powder burns

1038
00:38:42,896 --> 00:38:44,804
<i> that some experts believe</i>

1039
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,973
<i> did not match what</i>
<i> the murder weapon would be.</i>

1040
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,141
And that there were
some theories

1041
00:38:49,161 --> 00:38:50,401
that there could
very well be

1042
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,311
a second murder weapon

1043
00:38:52,405 --> 00:38:54,238
based on
the powder burn evidence

1044
00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:55,665
on Dawn's person.

1045
00:38:57,060 --> 00:38:58,501
<i> Fishburne:</i>
<i> But at the scene,</i>

1046
00:38:58,653 --> 00:39:01,896
<i> detectives only find</i>
<i> Butch's .35-caliber Marlin...</i>

1047
00:39:01,915 --> 00:39:03,581
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1048
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,009
<i> That is, until 2011,</i>

1049
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,586
<i> when a Long Island dive team</i>
<i> goes searching</i>

1050
00:39:08,738 --> 00:39:10,905
<i> in a canal</i>
<i> near the Amityville house.</i>

1051
00:39:10,924 --> 00:39:12,998
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1052
00:39:13,018 --> 00:39:15,185
- Divers are following up
on a documentary

1053
00:39:15,412 --> 00:39:17,095
and
the multiple killers theory.

1054
00:39:17,247 --> 00:39:20,415
<i> They fish out an old revolver</i>
<i> in the canal behind the house</i>

1055
00:39:20,433 --> 00:39:22,007
<i> that could easily</i>
<i> have been dumped</i>

1056
00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:23,418
by somebody
fleeing the murder scene.

1057
00:39:23,436 --> 00:39:24,861
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1058
00:39:25,012 --> 00:39:25,862
<i> Fishburne: Police try</i>
<i> to collect evidence</i>

1059
00:39:26,089 --> 00:39:27,438
<i> from the handgun,</i>

1060
00:39:27,591 --> 00:39:29,014
<i> but time and the elements</i>

1061
00:39:29,109 --> 00:39:31,183
<i> have erased it.</i>

1062
00:39:31,277 --> 00:39:33,428
<i> The answer to who</i>
<i> or what</i>

1063
00:39:33,446 --> 00:39:35,446
<i> lies behind</i>
<i> the Amityville horrors</i>

1064
00:39:35,599 --> 00:39:37,857
<i> remains just out of reach.</i>

1065
00:39:37,951 --> 00:39:39,117
<i> - I think it's possible</i>

1066
00:39:39,269 --> 00:39:40,618
that Butch and Dawn
had help,

1067
00:39:40,770 --> 00:39:41,694
especially since
no one else

1068
00:39:41,788 --> 00:39:42,545
was arrested in the case.

1069
00:39:42,772 --> 00:39:43,713
<i> [gunshots]</i>

1070
00:39:43,865 --> 00:39:45,106
<i> And if that's true,</i>

1071
00:39:45,125 --> 00:39:46,365
<i> is that other person</i>
<i> still out there?</i>

1072
00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,200
<i> Is that who was tormenting</i>
<i> the Lutzes?</i>

1073
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:49,844
Will they be back
for another haunting?

1074
00:39:52,132 --> 00:39:56,226
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1075
00:39:56,377 --> 00:39:59,879
Fishburne: Supernatural or not,
one thing is certain:

1076
00:39:59,973 --> 00:40:02,473
the Amityville house
has experienced

1077
00:40:02,626 --> 00:40:04,717
incredible tragedy.

1078
00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:06,461
And while this story
has captivated

1079
00:40:06,479 --> 00:40:08,312
more than three generations,

1080
00:40:08,465 --> 00:40:09,631
none of the four families

1081
00:40:09,649 --> 00:40:11,741
who've owned the house
after the Lutzes

1082
00:40:11,968 --> 00:40:13,801
have reported
any paranormal activity...

1083
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:14,744
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1084
00:40:14,971 --> 00:40:16,137
Yet.

1085
00:40:16,156 --> 00:40:17,396
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1086
00:40:17,490 --> 00:40:18,748
I'm Lawrence Fishburne.

1087
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,308
Thank you for watching

1088
00:40:20,401 --> 00:40:22,644
"History's Greatest
Mysteries."

1089
00:40:22,662 --> 00:40:29,551
<i> ♪ ♪</i>