from Vigilant Citizen:
“The Watcher” is based on the true story of a New Jersey family that received disturbing letters from a stalker asking for “young blood”. While the actual culprit was never found, the Netflix series raises a possibility: A satanic cult that extracts adrenochrome from babies is behind the letters. Here’s a look at the dark meaning of “The Watcher”.
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The Watcher is a Netflix series based on the true story of the Broadduses, a family that received a series of disturbing letters after purchasing a home in 2014.
The letters and the saga that ensued were documented in a 2018 New York Magazine article that detailed the creepy contents of the letters. After years of investigations and all kinds of twists and turns, the culprit was never found … Or is it all a cover-up?
The article that inspired the Netflix series.
While the Netflix series is considered to be a work of fiction, its premise closely follows what happened in real life.
The True Story
After purchasing a stately, six bedrooms house in the affluent town of Westfield, New Jersey, the Broaddus family started receiving bizarre and increasingly threatening letters from a stalker named The Watcher.
One of the actual envelopes that were sent to the family.
The first letter alluded to the long history of the house and the potential secrets it might hold. More disturbingly, the letter also mentions the three children of the family, calling them “young blood”. Here’s the first letter.
Dearest new neighbor at 657 Boulevard, allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood. How did you end up here? Did 657 Boulevard call to you with its force within?
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. My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. It is now my time. 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.
I see already that you have flooded 657 Boulevard with contractors so that you can destroy the house as it was supposed to be. Tsk, tsk, tsk … bad move. You don’t want to make 657 Boulevard unhappy.
You have children. I have seen them. So far I think there are three that I have counted.
Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested? Better for me. 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 [sic] me.
Who am I? There are hundreds and hundreds of cars that drive by 657 Boulevard each day. Maybe I am in one. Look at all the windows you can see from 657 Boulevard. Maybe I am in one. Look out any of the many windows in 657 Boulevard at all the people who stroll by each day. Maybe I am one.
Welcome my friends, welcome. Let the party begin,
The Watcher
In short, this letter is a parent’s worst nightmare. Two weeks later, the family finds a second letter. And it is worse.
I am pleased to know your names now and the name of the young blood you have brought to me. You certainly say their names often.
657 Boulevard is anxious for you to move in. It has been years and years since the young blood ruled the hallways of the house. Have you found all of the secrets it holds yet? Will the 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.
Will they sleep in the attic? Or will you all sleep on the second floor? Who has the bedrooms facing the street? I’ll know as soon as you move in. It will help me to know who is in which bedroom. Then I can plan better.
All of the windows and doors in 657 Boulevard allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house. Who am I? I am the Watcher and have been in control of 657 Boulevard for the better part of two decades now. The Woods family turned it over to you. It was their time to move on and kindly sold it when I asked them to.
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! Greed is what brought the past three families to 657 Boulevard and now it has brought you to me.
Have a happy moving in day. You know I will be watching.
Judging by the contents of this letter, The Watcher lives close to the house and has intimate knowledge of it. Despite the fact that there can’t be that many suspects, police were never able to pinpoint the author. That’s especially baffling considering that the letters were delivered in lick-sealed, handwritten envelopes.
Some believe that this is all a cover-up and that the police are in on it. The Netflix series takes this premise and takes it to some very dark places.
The Series
The Brannocks – a fictionalized version of the real-life Broadus family.
Created by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Stories), The Watcher incorporates facts from the real story while introducing several disturbing elements … that might be true. For instance, in the series, The Watcher is suspected to be a member of a satanic cult that extracts adrenochrome from babies in occult rituals. This might sound like a reach. However, the real letters did repeatedly lust over the children’s blood.
Beyond the actual letters, the series explores various themes relating to modern society, turning this story about a family buying a house into a commentary on the pitfalls of modern life. Indeed, as the series progresses, the house ends up representing a toxic society controlled by a twisted elite while the Brannocks represent the typical American family that attempts to flourish inside of it. Here’s a deeper look at the themes of the series.
Unwelcomed
In the series, it is quickly established that the Brannocks are buying a house that’s too expensive for them. Wanting to offer their children a spacious house in a safe neighborhood, the Brannocks used all of their savings, stocks, and IRAs to finance the house.
Dean Brannock, the head of the family, really wants his family in that house.
To justify his decision, Dean says:
“This is America, right? Everybody buys a house they can’t afford”.
Right from the start, we are introduced to one powerful way society is controlled by the elite: Crippling debt.
The Brannocks quickly realize that they don’t “belong” in that house and the elite society it represents. Then, they receive a letter from The Watcher (the same real-life letter quoted above) that confirms this fact.
To make things worse, creepy neighbors keep telling the Brannocks that they’re watching them.
When they go to the police, the Brannocks realize that something is off.
The detective says that he knows about their financial situation.
The detective strongly encourages the Brannocks to install cameras around the house to feel more secure.
Conveniently enough, a dude named Dakota who runs a security company shows up at their house and sets everything up at a great price.
While the cameras are there for “security”, they also cause the Brannocks to be watched at all times. Like many other themes in this series, this can be applied to society in general.
There’s another important theme in the series that can be applied to society in general: The sexualization of minors.
Sexualizing the Girl
A major storyline in the series involves the sexualization of 16-year-old Ellie Brannock and her father’s reaction to it. While this narrative has nothing to do with the true story of The Watcher, it fits perfectly the wider meaning of this series: The corruption of American society.
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