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Jay Anson


Born
in New York, The United States
November 04, 1921

Died
March 12, 1980

Genre
Horror, Paranormal


Jay Anson (November 4, 1921 – March 12, 1980) was an American author whose most famous work was The Amityville Horror. After the runaway success of that novel, he wrote 666, which also dealt with a haunted house.

He began as a copy boy on the New York Evening Journal in 1937 and later worked in advertising and publicity. With more than 500 documentary scripts for television to his credit, he was associated with Professional Films, Inc. He died in 1980.

His work, The Amityville Horror, was sold as "a true story," and it was based on the reported experiences of George Lutz and Kathleen Lutz at 112 Ocean Avenue in December 1975. The Lutzes had sold the rights to the book to Anson, who had added to and adapted some of the Lutz's original claims. ...more

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The Amityville Horror
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“He realized it when he stood by the windows in the lobby and looked across to his apartment in the rectory, remembering one of the lessons in demonology- the odor of human excrement was always associated with the appearance of the Devil!”
― Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror
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