Haunt or Hoax: The Amityville Horror

Welcome to Nothing to See Hear, a podcast starring three friends with PHDs in bullshit who are ready to spew nonsense over the airwaves each and every week. This week Hannah brings us the tale of the infamous Amityville Horror. Was the Lutz family haunted? Or did they make the whole thing up for money? You be the judge in a game Hannah is calling Haunt or Hoax. You decide if everything she’s telling you happened for real or is it a big steaming pile of bullshit.
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