The True Story Behind Netflix’s 'The Watcher'

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A couple’s dream home turns into a total nightmare in Netflix’s 'The Watcher.' The limited series, from creator Ryan Murphy, is based on a true story that is almost too horrifying to believe

The white envelope with big block letters was addressed to “the new owner” of the six bedroom, three and a half bathroom estate that was built in 1905. Inside was a typed note that started cordially enough, according to the 2018story that inspired the Netflix series: “Dearest new neighbor at 657 Boulevard, allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood.”

The letter-writer seemed to have done their due diligence on the Broaddus family, scolding the couple for making renovations to the home and threatening to kidnap their three children. “Was your old house too small for the growing family? Or was it greed to bring me your children?” the mysterious stalker wrote. “Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them too [sic] me.” The letter had no return address, but closed with an ominous line: “Welcome my friends, welcome.

Due to the renovation—and the creepy letter—the family had yet to move into their new home and The Watcher seemed anxious to see them do so. The writer questioned whether they would let their kids, who the writer referred to as “young blood,” play in the basement. “Or are they too afraid to go down there alone? I would [be] very afraid if I were them. It is far away from the rest of the house. If you were upstairs you would never hear them scream,” they wrote.

Months later, the Broadduses were able to rent out the home, but shortly after the new family moved in, The Watcher sent another letter. It was dated February 13, which was the same day the Broadduses gave a deposition in aagainst the home’s previous owners The Woodses, who they claimed should have warned them about The Watcher. “You wonder who The Watcher is? Turn around idiots,” read the letter, which arrived two and a half years after the Broadduses bought the home.

 

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What’s horrifying is he or she was never found.

it was creepy, same as You Should Have Left 🥶

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Um... 'Another possible suspect, a man who was into “really dark video games” and often played as a character named “The Watcher,” according to his girlfriend, was also dismissed after he failed to show up for multiple meetings with authorities.' I have a question 😂

Satanist cult, adenocrome, baby blood suckers … all being normalised in The Watcher! Subliminal messaging much?

You will regret watching it. Basically a shaggy dog story.

Don’t bother. The show just ends with the story hanging in the air. Nothing is revealed in the end. No conclusion. Waste of time.

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Good

bloody waste of time

………and too horrifying to watch!!!!

Watching it right now… so I am the watcher ..

It's the fact that the true mystery remains unsolved that makes it the most creepy. There are so many people who it can be

^_^! Should be grim to be watched

No ending. Mystery unsolved.

Horrifying? Weird and creepy maybe. I can’t believe they never actually moved in. Cowards. TheWatcher

I call it 'The Couple Too Dumb to Close Their Curtains'

Too horrifying to believe!? Please, yeah it’s a messed up story but the real life family just got creepy letters in the mail from someone who wanted the house too and the new owners never even moved in, let’s calm it down

B b

Harry and Megans story must be told, its the truth isnt it.? then it must come out....they will never treat you right again anyway - you know that...

😳 Wild story TyThatCycles

Very nice serie!

Watching Netflix alone in my room was totally entertaining.

The true story wasn’t that interesting. And it’s NJ so there’s a lot of people there u don’t wanna fuck with

Watched “The Watcher” last evening. I enjoyed it. I was left frustrated, as is with many semi “based on real events” stories. You can’t bundle this in a nice little package. Life is a bit more messier.

The last time I watched watched Netflix I was mailing DVD’s back and forth to Netflix. Netflix was and still is a garbage streaming service.

Caution:

True story = some lonely old person sent three weird letters to the new homeowners. That’s it. Nothing else happened in the true story. They never even moved in.

John Graf story had nothing to do with “ The watcher “ , based on John list murders that happened in 1971 in Westfield.

Never heard of it

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