1/29/2024 0 Comments Stories watcher![]() "One day, I was looking out the window and I saw this older guy sitting in one of the chairs," Woodward told The Cut. Characters Mitch (Richard Kind) and Mo (Margo Martindale) balance effective comedic relief (there's nothing funnier than the latter calling her neighbors "motherf-ers" while standing at the Brannocks' fence with her husband in matching tracksuits) with genuine scares through their multi-episode arc on the show, and their actions are also based on those of real people.īill Woodward, the Broadduses' housepainter, reported that he saw the couple who lived behind 657 Boulevard sitting on a pair of lawn chairs facing the family's home. Netflix Margo Martindale and Richard Kind as Mo and Mitch in 'The Watcher' Mitch and Mo: Did neighbors actually watch the family from lawn chairs, and were they in a baby-eating blood cult? Though their names were changed for the series, which heavily embellishes other details of their lives and horror story, The Watcher writers incorporated real text from the letters sent to the Broadduses, including the bits about the Watcher desiring "young blood." The ordeal turned into a years-long saga involving dramatic clashes with an odd assortment of neighbors and extreme paranoia festering among the Broadduses and their children. ![]() As outlined in a 2018 piece published by The Cut, Derek and Maria Broaddus (portrayed by Cannavale and Watts as Dean and Nora Brannock in the series) moved into 657 Boulevard (the same address used in the program) in Westfield, N.J., in 2014 before they received a string of bone-chilling letters from an anonymous stalker claiming to be a protective "Watcher" of the building. There wouldn't be the TV series without this foundational true crime story. Netflix (2) Julio Cortez/AP/Shutterstock Dissecting the true story behind 'The Watcher.' Did someone calling themself "The Watcher" really torment a New Jersey family?
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