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FilmmakerEBW · 07-16-2006, 10:14 PM

I have heard Unsolved Mysteries shot a segment on the Amityville Horror on location at the house itself. The crew proportedly experienced technical difficulties due to paranoramal happenings while the shooting was taking place.

Has anyone seen/heard of this episode? If so, where can I locate it?

wiseguy182 · 07-17-2006, 03:46 AM

I've never heard or seen of an Amityville segment. Cool avatar, though. Unsolved mysteries, Twilight Zone and Night Gallery are 3 of my favorite shows!

hovaslash · 07-17-2006, 11:49 AM

Wow, thats interesting. I grew up in the neighboring town and have passed
by there thousands of times without incident. In Search Of did
a great job covering that story back in the 70's. I have no knowledge of UM ever doing a segment on it.

DarkDante · 07-17-2006, 12:44 PM

It wasn't the Amityville house, but another house entirely somewhere down south.

studster147 · 07-19-2006, 10:44 AM

if youre interested in the Amityville story, there are a couple of great documentaries about it on the DVD of the film (the original, not the remake) that are well worth checking out (originally made for the History channel i think) assuming you havent already...

Gangreen · 07-19-2006, 04:39 PM

wasnt there a house where they claimed eggs would go right through the refridgerator door, and that they had one scene where the phone flew across the room?

crystaldawn · 07-19-2006, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gangreen

wasnt there a house where they claimed eggs would go right through the refridgerator door, and that they had one scene where the phone flew across the room?

That was in the segment about Tina Resch who claimed to have telekinetic powers. There are a lot of people who think she was a fraud and she orchestrated those things to garner attention in hopes of tracking down her birth parents. There is a book written about the case as well.

wiseguy182 · 07-21-2006, 01:15 AM

Ah yes, the Tina Resch segment. It's been quite awhile since I've seen it, although I can remember when it first aired, I remember going to school the next day (I was in the 7th grade at the time) and talking about it with another schoolmate. We were both freaked out at the eggs coming out of the fridge. It's was really bizarre (and a little bit funny) to see the dryer and the clock going bonkers!

My initial reaction was that Tina was not a fraud. She did admit to staging an incident: appartenly some people wanted to see a "happening" and Tina wasn't in the mood (which I can believe if people kept coming up to her all the time and bugging her about it.) She staged an incident to get them off her back. That seems like a rational explanation. I believe in the segment there was some sort of paranormal expert who did find something unusual in the house where Tina lived, at the time at least.

07-16-2006, 10:14 PM	#1
FilmmakerEBW Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 3	The Amityville Horror episode? I have heard Unsolved Mysteries shot a segment on the Amityville Horror on location at the house itself. The crew proportedly experienced technical difficulties due to paranoramal happenings while the shooting was taking place. Has anyone seen/heard of this episode? If so, where can I locate it?

07-17-2006, 03:46 AM	#2
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I've never heard or seen of an Amityville segment. Cool avatar, though. Unsolved mysteries, Twilight Zone and Night Gallery are 3 of my favorite shows!

07-17-2006, 11:49 AM	#3
hovaslash Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 10, 2006 Location: ma Posts: 87	Wow, thats interesting. I grew up in the neighboring town and have passed by there thousands of times without incident. In Search Of did a great job covering that story back in the 70's. I have no knowledge of UM ever doing a segment on it.

07-17-2006, 12:44 PM	#4
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	It wasn't the Amityville house, but another house entirely somewhere down south.

07-19-2006, 10:44 AM	#5
studster147 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 15, 2004 Location: Essex, England, UK Posts: 66	if youre interested in the Amityville story, there are a couple of great documentaries about it on the DVD of the film (the original, not the remake) that are well worth checking out (originally made for the History channel i think) assuming you havent already...

07-19-2006, 04:39 PM	#6
Gangreen Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 65	wasnt there a house where they claimed eggs would go right through the refridgerator door, and that they had one scene where the phone flew across the room?

07-21-2006, 01:15 AM	#8
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	Ah yes, the Tina Resch segment. It's been quite awhile since I've seen it, although I can remember when it first aired, I remember going to school the next day (I was in the 7th grade at the time) and talking about it with another schoolmate. We were both freaked out at the eggs coming out of the fridge. It's was really bizarre (and a little bit funny) to see the dryer and the clock going bonkers! My initial reaction was that Tina was not a fraud. She did admit to staging an incident: appartenly some people wanted to see a "happening" and Tina wasn't in the mood (which I can believe if people kept coming up to her all the time and bugging her about it.) She staged an incident to get them off her back. That seems like a rational explanation. I believe in the segment there was some sort of paranormal expert who did find something unusual in the house where Tina lived, at the time at least.