Episode 0.4: Inside Amityville: The Story Behind My Amityville Horror

Episode Summary
The fourth unofficial episode of what would become the Real Ghost Stories Online podcast, "Inside Amityville" was posted on YouTube March 21, 2013 and featured an interview with filmmaker Eric Walter. Walter is the writer and director of the 2012 documentary My Amityville Horror.

Episode Details
Walter discusses his fascination with the infamous Amityville haunting and his inspiration for the documentary. Walter describes meeting and interviewing Daniel Lutz, whose family moved into the allegedly haunted Amityville house in 1975 when Lutz was nine years old.

Tony and Eric Walter discuss notable ghost photos taken in the house--including the "ghost boy photo" and the "moose-head photo"--as well as Daniel Lutz's reluctance to take a lie-detector test. Walter reflects on his impressions of Daniel Lutz and his perception of how being at the center of the controversial haunting has continued to affect Daniel into his adult life.