Have they found what is in the walls yet? In time they will.” The workers have been busy and I have been watching you unload carfuls of your personal belongings. 'Welcome again to your new home at 657 Boulevard. It was addressed directly to her and her husband, but their names were spelled incorrectly. Two weeks later, another letter arrived, but this time Maria found it. The sellers admitted that they also got a letter from 'The Watcher' a few days before they moved out, making similar claims about observing the house. Let the party begin,' and signed it 'The Watcher.' Derek called the police and contacted the couple who had sold them the house. The author then ended the letter with an extremely creepy 'Welcome my friends, welcome. Was your old house too small for the growing family? Or was it greed to bring me your children? Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them too me.' ' Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested? Better for me. Totally normal and fine and cool, right? Well, it got extra creepy when the letter went on to scold the Broadduses for renovating the house and, um, said that they've been watching the couple's three children, which the letter writer was thrilled about because they'd 'asked the woods to bring young blood.' It kept getting worse because the writer then implied they were going to kidnap the kids: Do you know the history of the house? Do you know what lies within the walls of 657 Boulevard? Why are you here? I will find out.' My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. 657 Boulevard has been the subject of my family for decades now and as it approaches its 110th birthday, I have been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming. He soon found a white envelope addressed to 'The New Owner,' but it wasn't your typical 'welcome to the neighborhood' note:Īllow me to welcome you to the neighborhood. Derek was over at the property doing some renovation work when he went outside to check the mail. Derek and Maria Broaddus just closed on their new home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey.

Close your eyes and jump back in time to June, 2014. Okay so, what happened?īuckle up, because it's a long and winding story. For a lil' context, the series was inspired by a 2018 article in New York Magazine that documented a truly unnerving series of events that unfolded in a small New Jersey town several years ago. The new Netflix series comes out on October 13 and the timing couldn't be more perfect because this story is packed with all the creepy twists and turns you want for spooky season.

And if you're not, then let me fill you in, because it's a wild ride.

If you're familiar with the real life story behind Netflix's new show The Watcher then you, like me, have probably been waiting for this series to come out for a looooong time.

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