Amityville Follies

I gave some coverage to the Amityville Horror a little while ago, and today, I came across an interesting 2005 article concerning one of its participants.

Christopher Quaratino was one of the children who lived in the infamous house, and claims that the events depicted were "exaggerated to the point of  fiction".

Interestingly, he also asserts that mysterious happenings did take place:

But he insists his stepfather at the time, George Lutz, brought the troubles on himself by dabbling in the occult and then amplified what paranormal incidents did occur to profit off books and movies about the house. "He's a professional showman, in my opinion," Quarantino said of Lutz, whom he said he clashed with many times before leaving home at 16. "I just feel as though we're being exploited."

George Lutz could not be contacted, as he's been dead since 2006.