When the book and movie came out telling the true story of the Amityville horror haunting,

it quickly became America's most famous ghost story, and almost universally believed

to be true.

Well, spoiler alert, it was pure fiction.

And the reason we know this is that it all came out in court.

Once it became a major moneymaker, the parties involved all sued each other over the ownership

of the story.

Which claiming to be the author of the various parts?

The truth behind the Amityville horror is today on Skeptoid.

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The Amityville Horror

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