112 Gets Another Makeover!
Here are a set of recent images of the Amityville house going through yet another makeover. These images were taken in June 2009. Special thanks to our Amityville correspondent, Frank B. from Massapequa, for snapping some cell phone images!
Dr. Hans Holzer (1920-2009)
One of the world’s most famous ghost hunters has died. Dr. Hans Holzer, author of Murder in Amityville has passed away. Dr. Holzer is best known for his role in The Amityville Horror story, and was the first to present the idea of an Indian burial ground surrounding the property. Dr. Holzer spent his entire life searching for the unknown. From the Administration team at Amityvillefiles.com, we extend our deepest condolences to the Holzer family. We hope Hans has finally found the answers to all of life’s greatest mysteries.
Holzer/Meyers Investigation, January 13, 1977
The following was transcribed from audio recordings during Hans Holzer’s investigation of 112 Ocean Avenue with deep-trance medium, Ethel Johnson Meyers.
Hans Holzer: Ethel, what are your first impressions of this house?
Ethel Johnson Meyers: I’m getting an odor.
HH: What’s the odor from?
EM: I don’t know my head’s cracked.
HH: Head’s cracked? Who’s head?
EM: Mine, at the moment…I have to get used to the cold for a moment.
HH: All right. Are you comfortable?
EM: Reasonably.
HH: Where do you think is the center of the activities you feel?
EM: Let me relax a little more because I have two shocks and I want to see where they lead to.
HH: Okay…
EM: Right up here.
HH: We are on the third floor, the top floor of the house. The house is without heat. It’s empty and boarded up. This is the corner bedroom.
EM: You have a lot of Indians – burial ground here. Hmmpf. I feel as if I’m choked.
HH: Is there any connection of that with the house?
EM: I’ll say.
HH: What connection?
EM: Whoever lives here is going to be victim of all the anger – its blind fierceness.
HH: Whose anger is it?
Some Small Changes. . .
You may have noticed that the main page looks slightly different, most notably the addition of a login box. We’ve recently changed servers and updated the content management system.
I know, I know, blahblahblahtechstuffwhocareblah. What you may be wondering is, “How does this affect me?” This update should impact you in two ways:
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Marvin Scott and Hans Holzer
The following segments from WPIX 11 News feature news anchor Marvin Scott who first visited 112 Ocean Avenue during the March 6, 1976 investigation, interviewing Dr. Hans Holzer about his theories concerning the Amityville case.
New Virtual Amityville Tour!
Here is a fantastic and accurate tour of the Amityville house designed by Muharem Candic. His email address is: teenator@msn.com. Thank you to Muharem for allowing us to post it up on the site! Enjoy!
Clear Image Radio Interview, Sunday Feb. 17th!
Blaine Duncan and Eric Walter will be guests on Clear Image Radio “Real Paranormal Talk” on February 17, 2008 at 10PM EST.
Be sure to tune in for exciting updates from AmityvilleFiles.com and call in to the show to voice your opinions on America’s most famous haunted house controversy!
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AmityvilleFiles.com on X Zone Radio! 1/2/08
Eric Walter and Blaine Duncan will be guests of X Zone Radio with Rob McConnell January 2, 2008 at 9PM PST. Be sure to tune in for exciting news from AmityvilleFiles.com, and listen to Eric and Blaine discuss the controversy surrounding the Amityville story!
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Silent Witness: The Bobby Kelske Story
As Bobby Kelske sat alongside other companions at Henry’s Bar on the evening of November 13, 1974, the men did not realize that the town of Amityville was about to change forever. Moments later, Ronald ”Butch” DeFeo Jr., a 23 year old comrade of Kelske’s burst through the door of the tavern and fell to his knees.
”Bobby, you’ve got to help me! Somebody shot my mother and father!”
The horror unbeknownst to Amityville had now begun to play out, unveiling it’s disturbing tale that would reach the front pages of newspapers across America. Six of the seven DeFeo family members had been brutally murdered in their beds. It was the worst mass murder in Long Island history. One year later, Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted of the slaughter of his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters.
Fast forward 25 years — a new name is linked to the murderous tale. Robert ”Bobby” Kelske. Could it be that the young man sitting at the bar that fateful night was in fact the missing link to the DeFeo slayings? Many believe it’s true.
In 2002, Ric Osuna brought to life DeFeo’s new story in, The Night the DeFeos Died. According to DeFeo, it was his sister Dawn who masterminded the plan to end the lives of their parents and siblings. The night of the murders, Bobby Kelske was at the DeFeo house with Ronnie and Dawn, smoking marijuana and getting high, as they had done countless times before. Only this night ended differently — with the deaths of the DeFeo family.
But why is it that Kelske’s name is continuously brought up in this devilish tale? Is it because Ronald DeFeo Jr. cannot accept the fact that he was the lone gunman that horrendous night? Or is it because Kelske was indeed part of the crime? We may never know.
What we do know is that six innocent lives were tragically cut short in the morning hours of November 13, 1974, and that Ronald DeFeo Jr. still sits incarcerated for the crimes he was convicted of. As for Bobby Kelske, on January 1, 2001 he lost his battle with cancer. He was only 50 years old.
Robert 'Bobby' Kelske (right)
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