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Stephen Kaplan

Fans Dont Know About This Key Figure From the Amityville Horror Saga
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The Amityville Horror is an essential piece of American folklore whose famous claim of being "based on a true story" fascinates audiences everywhere. The 1979 film depicted the real-life Lutz family's supernatural ordeal in the notorious De Feo murder house, and Amityville II: The Possession suggested that the De Feo killings were caused by demonic forces. Today, the franchise includes more than 30 films, but few fans realize that Amityville 3-D is based on the real person who fought to expose a hoax.

The Amityville Horror created a cottage industry of media and merchandise, and it kickstarted the careers of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, now famous through the Conjuring franchise. A few individuals have cried fraud over the years, and the recent AMC docuseries Amityville: An Original Story catalogs some of the controversies. However, even that show misses out on the truth-seeking parapsychologist Stephen Kaplan, whose story is told in a...
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  • 11/9/2024
  • by Claire Donner
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