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New pics of the house as it looks today both inside and out!

posted 11 years ago by digitalboy72
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Seeing the interiors in such stark clarity is both fascinating and unnerving knowing what definitely happened there and what possibly happened there, whether or not the hauntings were real doesn't really matter, you can sense a palpable charge of despair and negativity in the atmosphere even when the house looks as pretty as it does.

Be sure to watch the short video on page two about the infamous "demon boy", real or not the close-up of his face makes my blood run cold.

http://www.michael-myers.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=72572

"Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man."

[–] buchan1965 10 years ago

The "demon boy" isn't a demon and it isn't a boy.

It's a grown man crouching in the doorway looking into the camera. That photo was taken during the "seance" held at the house after the Lutzes abandoned it. They were accompanied by a TV crew, and according to the reporter who attended there were people walking all around the house that night.

And he's wearing glasses. Which are reflecting the flash from the camera.

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[–] willydoe71 9 years ago

Yep. Here is a blowup of the photo, the glasses are as clear as day

http://www.mindsetcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/amity8.jpg

[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

It doesn't look recognizable at all. I understand people wanting private lives and wanting to be separated from all the spectators and media people, but that seems like the wrong house to do it in. I don't know. It just seems silly to buy perhaps the most infamous house in the country, then change it up because you're angry about all the attention.

Burn, witch! Burn, witch! Burn! Burn! Burn!

[–] digitalboy72 10 years ago

While it does look different it's still recognizable on the outside, only with a new paint job and the new windows.

The interiors were changed out of necessity because they were radically outdated lol. After looking trough the police photos taken just after the murders the house SCREAMED 60's and 70's, it looked awful, to keep it looking that way in the modern age wouldn't have been something that anyone would desire.

In short I doubt the changes were made to try and ward away tourists but more because the house simply needed it.

"Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man."

[–] TheGuyWithTheFeet 10 years ago

The dining room built-in is recognizable. It's a shame they got rid of that body in the yellow bedroom though.

I wonder if the taupe room with the two doors is the third floor? Or if they've combined bedrooms or what?

[–] cataclysm1071 10 years ago

I think the taupe bedroom with the three closets was Dawn Defeo's room. It was mentioned that her room had three closets.

[–] roses888 9 years ago

What a beautiful house! The way it is decorated in the inside is gorgeous, with expensive classy furniture. Whoever is living in there now did a great job fixing it up. It's so light and bright. You would never guess it was a haunted house in the 1970's. The only room I didn't care for was the kitchen. What happened to the "eye" windows? They were so creepy it looks like those are gone now.

[–] Lawdog1527 9 years ago

Those were taken out to make the house harder to identify from the street. Having drunk teens knocking on your door at 3am was the reason behind that.

[–] LadyDi4476 9 years ago

It is a beautiful home inside. They did a lovely job fixing it up. But I still wouldn't want to live there.

If you do a side by side comparison to the crime scene photos you see it's still the same house just modernized.

-Di

[–] kaydie-fee 9 years ago

Yeah it's a gorgeous house but I don't think I could live there, does anyone know who's bedrooms the two in the pictures are/were? I think one is the master (parents) bedroom but I don't know about the bedroom with yellow wallpaper - was it the boys room or Dawns?

[–] somesunnyday 8 years ago

Wow, what a stunning house!

[–] kurt-2000 8 years ago

These photos of the house now are wonderful.