The Amityville Horror House Up For Sale...Get it While its Haunted! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Wes Mantooth · 08-22-2010, 05:53 PM

Ghosts, ghouls and the paranormal <--- pictures of the house

Sure the story was probably a whole mountain of BS but it's had legs for the better part of 40 years, sold multiple movies, books and continues to be one of the most well know "hauntings" in the world. In all honesty it looks like a very nice house and its kind of interesting to see the inside of it after all these years regardless of it being renovated, but I am a little disappointed that the red room in the basement isn't pictured.

So what do you folks think? Would you buy it if you had the money or would you not want to take the chance on buying Satan's bachelor pad?

Personally I don't believe in the ghost stuff but all the attention it attracts would be enough to kill the sale for me...just imagine how many times a week you'd get a knock on the door and some ghost hunting nut is standing there with a camera.

Tully Mars · 08-24-2010, 07:58 AM

Looks like a nice house, wouldn't buy it. Not because Satan might make me his bitch but rather all the loonies who would likely stop by asking dumb ass questions. I would imagine every time a new film is made that would be a regular occurrence. And let's a face it Hollywood's never going to stop milking that cow. I mean it might be fun to mess with a few reporters and people heads for a while but it would probably get old fast and I'd find myself yelling out the front door "Get the hell off my lawn... Satan commands you!"

Wes Mantooth · 08-24-2010, 11:21 AM

God can you imagine Tully...spend a small fortune on a house only to be bombarded with that? I guess if you like being the center of attention...

Its funny though, the original family (the Lutz family I think?) reported the hunting's in the 70's ever since then nothing, not one bump in the night reported by anybody who has lived there since...hmmm I wonder why.

Although for general creepiness it doesn't get better then this photo;

Supposedly taken during an investigation while nobody was in the house...yet the child very oddly resembles one of the kids murdered in the house by that Defeo (sp?) fellow, creepy.

Jove · 08-24-2010, 11:30 AM

If I had the funds, I would buy the house and then invite every specialist in the world to investigate the paranormal activities in/around the house. Then, I would turn it into a hotel for people who would pay absurd amount of money to rent a room for a few nights.

Wes Mantooth · 08-24-2010, 11:36 AM

Good call Jove. Get those Ghost Hunters folks from the sci-fi channel in. I'm sure they'd do it for the ratings and I'm sure would fake something for dramatic effect. Once you're done with that the rooms should rent themselves.

Actually that's not a bad idea at all, seriously.

Tully Mars · 08-24-2010, 02:55 PM

I think that was already tried during the 80's and the neighbors went ballistic. Pretty sure it's zoned residential and I don't see that changing.

Wes Mantooth · 08-24-2010, 03:24 PM

True Tully...but by god I wouldn't be a red blooded American boy if I didn't have dreams about making a profit off others peoples gullibility!

Tully Mars · 08-24-2010, 04:18 PM

It'd be my first thought too, but the Jone's and Smith's next door wouldn't play along I'd bet. Hell I'd install noise making devices and visual effects just to keep people coming back. You'd only have to activate them once every few months and scare the living crap out a guest or two and the news would take care of your advertising.

Wes Mantooth · 08-24-2010, 10:40 PM

Circulate a few photos online, the odd "fuzzy" video and a few of those ghost voice recordings (that I can NEVER make out) and you'd make a killing.

There is an old mansion a few towns over from me called Carnton Mansion (in Franklin, TN) its was were all the wounded and dead soldiers were brought after the second battle of Franklin during the Civil War its both creepy as fuck and supposedly haunted as all get out (there are still blood stains on the hard wood floors were it...well pooled under the piles of bodies). Anyway I took a tour of it because I'm a bit of a Civil War buff and the tour guide explained to me that the VAST majority of people who come to see it these days are more interested in seeing a ghost then actually learning about the history of the building...which is kind of sad I guess but my god there sure seems like a market for scaring the crap out of people with a haunted house.

08-22-2010, 05:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	The Amityville Horror House Up For Sale...Get it While its Haunted! Ghosts, ghouls and the paranormal <--- pictures of the house Sure the story was probably a whole mountain of BS but it's had legs for the better part of 40 years, sold multiple movies, books and continues to be one of the most well know "hauntings" in the world. In all honesty it looks like a very nice house and its kind of interesting to see the inside of it after all these years regardless of it being renovated, but I am a little disappointed that the red room in the basement isn't pictured. So what do you folks think? Would you buy it if you had the money or would you not want to take the chance on buying Satan's bachelor pad? Personally I don't believe in the ghost stuff but all the attention it attracts would be enough to kill the sale for me...just imagine how many times a week you'd get a knock on the door and some ghost hunting nut is standing there with a camera. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

08-24-2010, 07:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Looks like a nice house, wouldn't buy it. Not because Satan might make me his bitch but rather all the loonies who would likely stop by asking dumb ass questions. I would imagine every time a new film is made that would be a regular occurrence. And let's a face it Hollywood's never going to stop milking that cow. I mean it might be fun to mess with a few reporters and people heads for a while but it would probably get old fast and I'd find myself yelling out the front door "Get the hell off my lawn... Satan commands you!" __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

08-24-2010, 11:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	God can you imagine Tully...spend a small fortune on a house only to be bombarded with that? I guess if you like being the center of attention... Its funny though, the original family (the Lutz family I think?) reported the hunting's in the 70's ever since then nothing, not one bump in the night reported by anybody who has lived there since...hmmm I wonder why. Although for general creepiness it doesn't get better then this photo; Supposedly taken during an investigation while nobody was in the house...yet the child very oddly resembles one of the kids murdered in the house by that Defeo (sp?) fellow, creepy. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

08-24-2010, 11:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Good call Jove. Get those Ghost Hunters folks from the sci-fi channel in. I'm sure they'd do it for the ratings and I'm sure would fake something for dramatic effect. Once you're done with that the rooms should rent themselves. Actually that's not a bad idea at all, seriously. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

08-24-2010, 02:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	I think that was already tried during the 80's and the neighbors went ballistic. Pretty sure it's zoned residential and I don't see that changing. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

08-24-2010, 11:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jove Groovy Hipster Nerd Location: Michigan	If I had the funds, I would buy the house and then invite every specialist in the world to investigate the paranormal activities in/around the house. Then, I would turn it into a hotel for people who would pay absurd amount of money to rent a room for a few nights.

08-24-2010, 03:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	True Tully...but by god I wouldn't be a red blooded American boy if I didn't have dreams about making a profit off others peoples gullibility! __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

08-24-2010, 04:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	It'd be my first thought too, but the Jone's and Smith's next door wouldn't play along I'd bet. Hell I'd install noise making devices and visual effects just to keep people coming back. You'd only have to activate them once every few months and scare the living crap out a guest or two and the news would take care of your advertising. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

08-24-2010, 10:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Circulate a few photos online, the odd "fuzzy" video and a few of those ghost voice recordings (that I can NEVER make out) and you'd make a killing. There is an old mansion a few towns over from me called Carnton Mansion (in Franklin, TN) its was were all the wounded and dead soldiers were brought after the second battle of Franklin during the Civil War its both creepy as fuck and supposedly haunted as all get out (there are still blood stains on the hard wood floors were it...well pooled under the piles of bodies). Anyway I took a tour of it because I'm a bit of a Civil War buff and the tour guide explained to me that the VAST majority of people who come to see it these days are more interested in seeing a ghost then actually learning about the history of the building...which is kind of sad I guess but my god there sure seems like a market for scaring the crap out of people with a haunted house. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”