Daniel Lutz is a Douche

He clearly has emotional issues. I think the end of the film clearly illustrates the dilemma. When talking to the therapist, he touches on just wanting to be believed. Wanting anyone to believe his story, and he mentions several times he never got to say his part as a child. What this indicates to me is that George Lutz was possibly a very abusive person, and Danny is trying to tell people George is not the nice guy people think. So Danny himself is now twisted into the paranormal stuff when what he really wants/needs is closure on the neglect and abuse from both his parents and possibly the boarding school he was left at while his parents went on tour. And since all anyone asks him about is the paranormal story, he's now resentful and angry and doesn't know how to separate the stories himself. So when Danny is speaking of supernatural stuff, deep down he's trying to say George.

I believe his story about supernatural events and if everything he says is true and his father really was as abusive as he claimed, it's really no wonder he is the way he is. Something as traumatic as that would be psychologically damaging to someone and they would never act the same again.

I've been waiting for you, Ben.

Just finished watching this on netflix and came away with the same impression. Super interesting subject, and had some cool parts to it but for the most part this guy comes across as a major tool and it made it hard to watch/finish.

Agreed.

I do not think he was a bad person at all. Troubled and haunted. If your real dad basically did not want you or your siblings and gave you away to an abusive step dad who moved you to a haunted house it might make you a little bitter.