According to TUDUM Netflix, The Watcher is based on the true story published in the 2018 New York Magazine article ‘The Haunting of a Dream House,’ by Reeves Wiedeman.
The article details how Maria and Derek Broaddus purchased their dream home in June 2014, after which in a span of some time letters began to come in and trouble knocks on their door.
Furthermore, the real-life Watcher house is located at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, which was given for sale in 2015. but as
After a series of price reductions, the listing was removed in June 2015. The Broadduses filed a legal complaint against the previous owners for failing to disclose letters they’d received, they ultimately put it up for rent at a much lower price as the lawsuit went nowhere.
While the series differed a little from the real-life events, many things such as the address were kept the same. Moreover, what’s more spooky has been the fact that till today, the Westfield police have not discovered the identity of the actual Watcher.
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