Amityville Horror house up for sale with no mention of gruesome past

The 'Amityville Horror' house is up for sale for $850,000 (£640,260), but the online listing doesn't mention the horrible murders that took place there.

In 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed both his parents and four younger siblings while they were sleeping inside the New York property.

Residents who moved in after the murders claimed it was haunted, and several films were made about the famous house.

But despite its reputation, the estate agent selling the home doesn't actually have to disclose its dark and gruesome history.

Real estate agents in New York aren't required to inform potential buyers about any deaths that took place on the property and that includes any murders or suicides.

This actually seems to be the case for most states in the USA, however California requires sellers to tell buyers if someone died at the home within the past three years.

Sellers in Alaska and North Dakota must do the same if someone died at the home in the past year.

If you are superstitious about what might have happened in a property, it doesn't hurt to ask, but it's probably best to do the research yourself too.

Bu, even that could be a challenge considering not every home would be as easy to research as the 'Amityville Horror' house.

Although laws in the UK don't quite stretch to disclosing whether or not their have been any deaths in the house, there is a stipulation that the seller must pass on any information about the house that might 'adversely affect the value', Jeremy Raj, explains in This is Money.