Jay Anson – författare

“A fascinating and frightening book” (Los Angeles Times)—the bestselling true story about a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe.In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property—complete with boathouse and swimming pool—and the price had been too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror. This is the spellbinding, shocking true story that gripped the nation about an American dream that turned into a nightmare beyond imagining—“this book will scare the hell out of you” (Kansas City Star).

In December 1975, a small family of five moved into their new home in Amityville. They repaired the floors, painted the walls, cleaned the pool, and 28 days later they all ran through the doors of the house screaming, running away, leaving everything behind."Judy!!"Their little daughter screamed as she pointed to the house, but the girl who stood watching her, soaked in blood, turned around and went back inside. She climbed the stairs to her brothers'' room and sat on the ground hugging her knees waiting for their older brother to return. She heard his footsteps and the sound of the gun and the bullets that lodged in her parents'' bodies. She buried her head between her knees, trembling. Two bullets for each person. Two bullets for each brother and sister, and one bullet for her. It would not kill her immediately.She saw the shadow before she saw his face. She looked at him pleadingly, then closed her eyes, crying silently. The dying hours ahead would be agonizing, and no one would come to save her, just like a year ago.