The Watcher

It's SPOOOOKY season, y'all! I've been saving this one up for our Halloween episode, and Mogab was thoroughly creeped out so job well done!

It was June of 2014, and Derek and Maria Broaddus were living the American dream: they had just closed on their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey for $1.4 million. They loved everything about this house, and couldn’t wait to move in with their 3 young kids. But their dream became their nightmare when anonymous, threatening letters started showing up at the house, signed by someone calling themselves "The Watcher." The Watcher said it was their job - nay, their OBSESSION - to watch 657 Boulevard, just as their father did before them, and their grandfather before that. The Watcher referred to their kids as "young blood" and asked if they'd discovered what was hidden in the walls. And there was nothing the Broadduses could do to stop the letters from coming.

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Articles

The Cut | The Watcher: A Family Bought Their Dream House. But According to the Creepy Letters They Started to Get, They Weren't the Only Ones Interested in it. (Reeves Wiedeman)

The Cut | Taking Another Look at The Watcher: What We Know About The Case Four Years Later

Living Places | Boulevard Historic District

New York Post | The Watcher Home Finally Sells After Five Years of Creepy Letters (Jackie Salo)

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