The Broaddus family claim to still be traumatised by the true story that has been dramatised in Netflix’s The Watcher
The series stars Bobby Cannavale and Naomi Watts as the unfortunate Dean and Nora Brannock, who receive the threatening correspondence that start to terrorize the family.
There was a feeling of excitement in the house amongst the couple and their three children, who were reported to be openly discussing which fireplace in the huge house Father Christmas was slide down first. After completing the sale, Maria and Derek brought their brood to see their new abode and happily chatted to neighbours. It was a close-knit community, and the family was keen to be a part of it.
It was signed off only by two words that came to haunt the Broaddus family for years to come – in a spindly cursive font, it read: The Watcher. Meanwhile, Derek got in touch with the previous owners, the Woods family, to ask if they received any letters from someone who called themselves ‘The Watcher’.
‘I pass by many times a day. 657 Boulevard is my job, my life, my obsession. And now you are too Braddus family. Welcome to the product of your greed!’ Matriarch Peggy was in her 90s, and several of her adult children, all in their 60s, lived with her. The neighbour referred to Peggy’s son, Michael Langford, as a particularly peculiar character, describing him as a childlike and socially awkward figure not unlike Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird.
Other suspects in the fray included another neighbour, who were based behind 657 Boulevard. The link is tenuous – suspicion arose due to the ‘uncomfortable proximity’ of the chairs to the Broaddus’s house. They are presented as figures of fun in the Netflix series, providing comic relief and being accused of being in a ‘satanic cult that killed babies and drink their blood’ – although this is nothing more than Murphy flexing dramatic license.
The real-estate lawyer for the property came up with a plan – sell the house to a developer which can tear down the house, and build two new homes. However, there needed to be an exception made by the Westfield Planning Board – both plots for the new houses would be slightly smaller than the standard 70 feet wide needed to build.
The letter was one of the most disturbing yet. Telling Derek and Maria to ‘turn around, idiots,’ the Watcher claimed they were closer to the family than they imagined, and even pointed towards harming the couple. ‘That was our biggest hurdle: Trying to get over that stigma,’ he told Entertainment Weekly. ‘Plus, you had people riding by the house, taking pictures, walking up to the front door, it was crazy.’
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