Yet another journey into the horror infested lives of George and Kathy Lutz and family in the infamous Amityville house. Chilling, intense action, which never seems to let up

Yo, this book kicks a**, bro. It had me on tha edge of my seat, yo.

This book is full of suspense and there is never a boring moment.In fact it seems like a very well-written story until you realize that it is a documentation of a true event.I would recommend the book to people who want to see the dark side of human beings and the evil that they are capable of.

This is truly an excellant book. I think some of the research, was in accurate. but it was a truly interesting book.

The Amityville Horror is the unnerving tale of 28 days spent in a house either haunted or possessed by some sort of evil spirit. What makes the book even more disturbing is its subtitle - A True Story. Whether or not the tale is actually true or a simple hoax to generate attention and cash (not to mention aid in Ron DeFeo's temporary insanity plea - "The house made me do it!") is still in debate after nearly thirty years. All true/false quibbles aside it must be said that Jay Anson has crafted a fairly decent haunted house yarn...My only quibble is that Anson embraces sensationalism in relating the spooky events. Everything that is the slightest bit unnerving, or perceived as mysterious, is stated with an exclamation point (!) which is the literary equivalent of shouting. Presenting the events in a quieter narrative tone would have, in my opinion, made them more realistic sounding and less like someone trying to convince me it is. Nonetheless the tale is now a legend and the book worthwhile reading, despite all of its narrative shortcomings.

...some think that this is a true story and others, think that this isn't. Is it? Who know, but this is a pretty good read. Some parts were pretty scary, for example, the figure at the top of the stairs. Other parts seemed to drag a small bit. Sometimes that parts that dragged for me was in the way the author told the story. Perhaps an experienced author could have given more atmosphere to the story.

This is the story of the Lutzs and their experience in the haunted house the bought. Then 28 days later, they fled in terror, leaving most of their possessions. In this book, the reader will find out what made the Lutz's flee.

It all started when the priest went to bless the house and a voice said "GET OUT!" From that point time, the Lutz's lived in terror and nobody in that house was safe. Even the Priest that helped them was victim to the demonic forces that infested the house. The Lutz's went through a lot of horrific events before they left the house. Much more than I would have put up with. Even when the moved, the demonic forces followed them for a while.

The only problem I had with this book is the end. I wont' way what happened, but the way it ended....didnt' seem like a fit ending. There was more to tell and the author didn't tell it. I don't want to say the end was a let down, because it wasn't. However from the way it ended, it just wasn't a good place to end the story.

If you like true life ghost stories, then you need to read this book. Is it true? Who know, but it's a good story. If you start it, I don't think you'll be sorry.

So I finally read the Amityville Horror for the first time. I heard the story before on one of those tv shows about the paranormal, but I soon forgot about it. I never saw the movie but the image of the house with the "eye-like" windows stayed in my mind. Even though I heard that the story is a hoax, not a true story as it says on the cover (sorry to disappoint those who didn't know), I still found the book frightening and very interesting.

While I just adore books that expose hoaxes, and I looked forward to this book for a long time knowing that it was in the pipelines and having heard Kaplan on Local radio in NYC, I must say that this book is really only for the serious Amityville researcher since the Author's diary-like approach repeats many statements over and over ad nusaeum and contains too many self-congratulatory comments about his own life. I found the details of his personal life an intrusion since he did not strive to make them important to the Story he was weaving of what he believes to be an elaborate but ill-planned Hoax that started out simple and got more complex the more the media grabbed onto the story. It is not particularly well-written and for someone claiming to have spent a lifetime as a researcher he does not back up some of his most startling claims with the necessary follow-through a real investigavtive Journalist would. Also, I found it completely disarming that this dedicated exposer of Hoaxers would admit to having faith in such discredited new age hoakum as "Pyramid Power" of all things. I feel you should buy the book despite it's faults simply for some of the belly laughs you'll get at the simple explanations of who Jody the pig really was ( a cat) and some of the other outragious lies perpetrated by the Lutzes. I do wish the Author were still alive , however, so he and I could go toe to toe and so I could see him have a chance to work with a better Editor and get his writing more polished. He died before the book was published at a relatively young age and although he was not a great writer, he seemed to be a good-hearted man who knew how to have fun and laugh at the sillines of mass hysteria around the Amityville Hoax. My other regret is that he did not investigate the disturbing ties between the Lutzes and the defense attorney for Ronnie De Feo who blew away his family in the house before the Lutzes bought it and supposedly that is what started their nightmare. Why would they, the new owners be so buddy buddy with De feos defense attorney? Were they trying to get him an Insanity plea via a claim of Demonic Possession? This is alleged but never explored by Kaplan and it makes the book peter out at the end with no real conclusions about why on earth the Lutzes perpetrated this Hoax.

A most exhaustive review of how a con-job is created. I felt connected with this story. The movie came out in 79, soon after I graduated from high school. My best friend at the time dated one of the girls who played a victim in the movie. Yes I live in LA. I thought the movie was silly. It was even harder to believe that it was suppose to be based on a true story. I read the book by Anson. It was sillier than the movie. I then started thinking, Wow! I can make fortune by making up stuff like this. Unfortunately I'm to honest to do such a think. O'well, I guess I'm going to have to work for a living. I first heard about Stephan, and Roxanne Kaplan through a coffee table book called " Great Mystries", by Robert Jackson. It was a one page references to the Amityville horror Hoax. I then started looking for thier writings. I found " The Amityville Horror Conspiracy" to be an exhaustive analysis of this hoax. Roxanne wrote it in such a way that I felt personally involved, as well as personaly insalted by this fraud. I've read books by Ed and Lorraine, and anybody who does battle with the Warrens is a champion in my book. they remind me of ambulance chasers of the paranormal. Mrs. Kaplan... Stephens death was a great loss for us all. I feal I knew him through your writing this book, and I wish I had met Him. An excelent book. Highly recommended for intellectuals, skeptics or anybody who thinks for a living. I also recommend "Secrets of the Supernatural, Investigating the World's Occult Mysteries". By Joe Nickell, Prometheus Press. He solves a couple of other Mysteries. Yours Truly, Kevin McLean, a Skeptic

When I was younger, about 10, I saw The Amityville Horror on TV and was quite shaken by the movie, becouse it was 'A True Story', so I could not understand why my parents were seemingly so bored with the movie and at times flat out laughed. When I became an adult I would look into this story myself and decide on my own. I found a lot of meterial on the subject from both a pro amd con aspect. I came to the conclsion that the story was in fact a hoax and I decided to read the The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson and found myself at times shaking my head. When I saw the movie agian I couldn't help but laugh. A friend of mine gave me The Amityville Conspiricy and I found it to be very informitive. I have read, and enjoyed, books by The Warrens and I thought this was a good way to get another opinion on the case. And I did just that. At times the book is a little drawn out and wordy but the material more than makes up. Kaplan, in great detail, exposes the The Amityville Horror for the hoax that it really is. I feel that thepublic has been duped long enough and it was refreashing to see a book come out that looks at the case as a work of fiction and that is just what the Anson book was as far as I can see. After reading this book I have read even more on the case and found that it needs some real re-investigating to decide just what the hell went on.I my opinion, nothing. The Amityville Horror is a scary book and movie if you take it with a grain of salt. If not you will never enjoy that great work of fiction........

When you hear the word Amityville, you probably think of the movie The Amityville Horror. The movie is actually the story of George and Kathy Lutz and their family after moving into a house said to be haunted by ghosts of the DeFeo family who had been murdered there.

The DeFeo murders were infamous in Amityville after the family was discovered visciously murdered in November of 1974. And the man that was found guilty for committing this heinous crime was actually one of their own. Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr. was the son and brother of the deceased family.

This story is the basis for author Ric Osuna's book, The Night The DeFeos Died : Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders.

While Mr. Osuna acknowledges that he believes that Butch DeFeo murdered his family the controversy lies in whether he was the sole killer. Butch had always contended that he had help; however, the police investigating the crime always contended that they did not believe this. The Night The DeFeos Died: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders is an investigation of alleged lies and police corruption, that the author believes completely changed the makeup of the case. This story was well presented and the author makes a good case. As to whether the allegations that are leveled in this book are true the readers will have to judge for themselves.-- Reviewed by Simone Hawks

In 1995, only months after my husband (Stephen Kaplan) passed away, our long awaited book, THE AMITVYVILLE HORROR CONSPIRACY, was published. It told the story of our 20-year investigation into the truth behind the "Amityville Horror". Stephen was the first parapsychologist called into the case to investigate, and the first one to label the story a hoax.

Now, in this new millennium, comes a dynamite book which is the perfect complement to my own. Ric Osuna's THE NIGHT THE DEFEOS DIED has many of the missing puzzle pieces that were not made available to Stephen and I at the time we wrote our own story. Initially starting out as a "believer" of the Lutz family's infamous ghost story, Ric spins the fascinating tale of how he came to doubt the Lutzes and decide to do his own investigation. Through countless hours of his time, and untold amounts of personal expenses, Ric persevered until he got access to documentation that had been sealed for decades.

Finally there are answers to questions such as: Did Ronald DeFeo Jr. have accomplices when he murdered his entire family? What was his motive for the killings? Who is Geraldine DeFeo, and how did she remain "hidden" for all of these years? Was there corruption involving the Suffolk County Police? How did DeFeo's attorney, William Weber, become involved with the Lutz family? What went on behind closed doors during court cases involving DeFeo, Weber, and the Lutzes? How did Ric's involvement with a History Channel documentary on the Amityville case lead to his search for the true story? As a bonus, Ric provides the address of his website, where he has posted generous samples of the actual documents mentioned in his book. If these transcripts don't convince you that the Amityville story was fraught with lies and deceptions from the very beginning, then I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn!

For anyone who is interested in finding out what REALLY happened at 112 Ocean Avenue all those years ago, I would highly recommend this book.

Ric Osuna's work clears up beyond all doubt the unanswered questions and mysteries behind the DeFeo case, as well as the subsequent "Amityville Horror" which allegedly ensued. The events that unfolded at 112 Ocean Avenue on the night of November 13, 1974, far from being supernatural or demonic, are revealed as all too human in origin. This so-called ghost story has been once again been revealed a shoddy hoax on the part of George and Kathy Lutz, concocted for fame and fortune (as a sidebar, Mr. Lutz admitted on the Lou Gentile radio show in May of 2002 that the "non-fiction" book sequels to the novel "The Amityville Horror" were in fact false despite the labeling to the contrary, helpfully establishing himself as a dishonest profiteer who promoted myth in exchange for money). Congratulations are in order to Mr. Osuna for cutting through the hype, the superstition, and the mythology that has surrounded this subject for over 25 years.

Mr. Osuna presents compelling new information about the DeFeo family, all of which is verified through independent sources, detailing the murders and the reasoning behind the hoax that followed. He is no "armchair investigator" but someone who obviously hit the streets of Amityville to do his own legwork. Mr. Osuna talked to surviving DeFeo members to get the inside details, reviewed official documents, and interviewed outside witnesses to get to the heart of the matter.

The "Amityville Horror" has always been a hotly debated topic, and like any other issue of contention has attracted an array of interested followers. Those who are open-minded, intelligent, and eager to review all facts will love Mr. Osuna's book and will quite likely be unable to put it down until they've turned the last page. However, like the "Roswell UFO" matter this subject has also reeled in an amusing fringe element of deluded fanatics, some of whom are acquaintances or perhaps business partners with the Lutz family, who have decided to believe in "The Amityville Horror" not only without the benefit of evidence to support their conclusions, but in spite of all contrary material that endangers their perspective on this case. In order for them to achieve this end they must continue to insist that the DeFeo murders were caused by demonic influences which possessed Ronald DeFeo. No possession means no haunting, and they can't have this in order for their fictional ghost story to fly, which means Mr. Osuna's book is quite dangerous to some who don't wish to be confused with facts. The tactics of this unpleasant collection of obsessed juveniles involves a careful distortion and/or disruption of the dissemination of the truth in this case. The pathetic bag of tricks utilized time and again by these cultists routinely involve slander, smear campaigns and dishonest claims and/or comments directed towards anyone who might condemn this story as being a fabrication. Dr. Stephen Kaplan was similarly targeted by small minded embittered devotees of the Lutzes after he went public with the truth regarding the fallacies of this ghost story, and no doubt they will do the same in regards to Mr. Osuna's work (whether or not they have actually read it). Hostile remarks directed towards Mr. Osuna, which might appear without elaboration or specific examples that may appear throughout this book review section should be taken as merely a testimony to the efficacy as well as accuracy of Mr. Osuna's illimunating work.

For anyone who is interested in separating fantasy from fact, falsehoods from truths, and myth from reality, this book will please and entertain tremendously.

To understand how this strange marriage of true crime reporting and paranormal 'research' came about the reader need look no further than the dedication to William Weber. Weber was/is the defense attorney for Ron DeFeo Jr and the key conspirator of the infamous Amityville Hoax. His greasy fingerprints are all over this book, which continues to try and build a bogus case of paranormal activity driving Ron DeFeo to kill his family. Want real facts about these murders? Go to Amityvillemurders.com, it will truly open your eyes to the deceit of the 'haunting' of the house at 112 Ocean Avenue.

The biggest danger sign that I was in for more parapsychology 'fuzzy math' nonsense came in author Holzer's foreward concerning possession. In that essay Holzer gives us two examples of possession, yet concludes with this strange statement..."What I have just mentioned are two classic cases of possession. They are not actual cases, and the names mentioned are ficitious, but I can match these hypothetical cases over and over with real stories from my files." What? Two classic, yet ficitious, cases? And if these so called classic cases are ficitious then it would go without saying that the names would be ficitious as well, would it not? Also Dr. Holzer if these bogus tales match cases from you files 'over and over' why didn't you site those, especially since you are making the sloppy arguement that DeFeo was driven by paranormal forces to kill his family? Even the excessive amount of court documents you use do nothing to back up your arguements, which are so weakly presented as to be laughable. Also your poor research in the bogus 'history' of the house is even more disappointing. All of the so-called paranormal theories have been disproved over time, but people still want to believe in them, so more exploitative trash like this book will be written and sold and read. So much the sadder for those who have truly suffered from the DeFeo murders, namely the DeFeo family. Worth reading as an example of how some heartless souls will exploit a tragedy.

I love how you planned out the whole plot. It was realistic and riviting. Me and my friend are only 11 but we LOVE your book, even the movie suprised us with new horrors! Together we had read the book 8 times! We hope that you would make another thrilling book. From you're hugest fans: Beth and Nicki ps: PLEASE write back, it would mean a whole lot to us

This is one of the better books in the series.This is all fiction.Like the others.But the writting is good,but the story falls apart sometimes.If you can find this book,i recomend it.

If you are into the "The Amityville Horror" and all the evil and horror that "Amityville" holds then be prepared because this is fiction regarding the continuing saga of the infamous house however anyone who has followed the story knows another family moved in after the Lutz's left while this book claims it has been empty for awhile. So it may not be true but still an interesting and at times scarey novel that will keep you reading . I read it over the course of three days as I wanted to know what would happen next and was sorry when I reached last page as eager for more. Can a sequel be in the works???

The on going tale of the phony horrors the Lutz family suffered at the hands of a 'demonic force' lacks any feeling of credibility. It's just one melodramatic 'evil event' after another. The most ludicrous sequence being a moment where Father Mancuso does spiritual battle with a satanist in a San Francisco head shop (a scene that reads like something cribbed from a Graham Masterton novel). Only passing references are made to the creation of the first bestselling book, the hit movie adaptation, and, in the most revealing moment of the novel, aiding Ronald DeFeo's defense attorney with the story of their unfortunate experiences (for which all this nonsense was created in the first place, to give the insanity plea supernatural credence - it failed). Of interest only to those brave souls wanting to examine how low some people will go to exploit tragic events to make money. Not recommended AT ALL!

Amityville II: The Possession explains in detail the tragedy of the DeFeo Murders. The author caught and kept my eye by using real facts, court transcripts and actual research about the events. He also has a background in psychology which helps him understand and explain what happened. I would recommend the first half of the book. From that point, it talks about the weird happenings of the Lutz family. Instead of the author speaking, it jumps to another woman explaining what she thinks. The book lost my interest then. Even though the book lost the excitment towards the middle of the story, it was still worth reading if you are interested in this type of happenings.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW SOME REVIEWS I HAVE READ,PEOPLE PUT THIS BOOK DOWN AND DEPLICTS THE WRONG INFORMATION ON ITS STORY. HERE IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT! IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT THE LUTZES HAUNTED ATTACKS. YES THERE IS ENOUGH HERE TO PLEASE YOU. BUT MORE ABOUT THE AFTERMATH TO THE STORY OF THEY'RE UNBILIEVABLE 28 DAYS IN 112 OCEAN AVE. THIS BOOK COVERS WHY GEORGE SOLD THE FAMILY BUISNES,HOW THE ATTACKS CONTINUED,WHY THEY MOVED AROUND SO MUCH,ALL THE HOWS AND WHYS CONCERNING THE BOOK BEING WRITTEN.HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE PRESS SURROUNDING THEM,THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THEM TRYING TO ENSURE PEOPLE THE STORY IS TRUE! SO IT ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE HANDLED EVRYTHING AFTER THEY FLED 112 OCEAN AVE. TO CLEARIFY THEY'RE STORY BETTER! WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO DETERMIN IF THE STORY IS TRUE OR NOT, WE WE WERE NOT THERE. BESIDE IT DOES MAKE A GREAT HORROR STORY ANYHOW!

While reading this book I couldn't decided whether this man was seriously delusional or was trying to pull the wool over my eyes. Nothing is this book was factual besides some of the names of the parties that were involved.

If I wanted a fairy tale, I would have bought Grim Brothers.

Well. I finally got a hold of this out-of-print book and I was pleasantly surprised. Hans Holzer must be the most seriously deluded of the Credulous Writers on Paranormal subjects but here, he mixes his total belief in haunting with an appropriate dose of Skepticism when it comes to the story of Ronnie De feo's alleged possession. This book is a mix of True Crime recounting and Paranormal Investigation typical of it's time period. Holzer relies of a Trance-medium to go tasping about the Amityville home and she quite predicably sees horrific visions of Ghosts and of an Indian Chief (c an we get any hoakier?) whose bones have been disturbed. This provides the foundation for his explanation of what is wrong with the Amityville house. However, when it comes to the story of The original inhabitants, the De Feo Family, who were cruelly shot to death while they slept, Holzer painstakenly reports transcripts and testimony from Ronnie De Feo's initial hearing and Trial. That, my friends, is the meat of the book.

In the coverage of De Feo, Holzer holds out some belief that there was something very wrong at the De Feo home, but refuses to step out on the limb advocating Demonic Posession. He documents some of the more fantastic claims that many Amityville devotees felt might only had been rumour such as Ronnie De Feo's claim of an Incestious afair with his sister Dawn and his further claim that Dawn was the one who started the shooting spree. What you are left with is a heartbreaking portrait of a severely emotionally abused son who may or may not have molested his sister. The interview with De feo at the end of the book should dispell any belief that Dawn helped him or that he felt possessed but there will always be those who want to believe that there was something evil in the house that caused a "good boy" to go bad. Yeah, there was something evil in that house and it was called Child Abuse. In light of Stephen Kaplan's book the AMMITYVILLE HOAX, and this book, it should be apparant that there were no ghostly indian chiefs running around after George and Kathy Lutz and family. Interestingly, Holzer maligns Stephen Kaplan in this very early book as an oportunist and a wacko. Even though his judgement is probably more accurate than not, Kaplan's book is one that should be read since it clealr documents the Lutz's fraudulent claims. If Amityville fascinates you, you must seek out this boom and read it the paranormal sections with a grain of salt. Incidentally, the second Amityville film was based upon this research and follows it pretty accurately in places.