The Watcher: The True Story of 657 Boulevard

Starting in June of 2014, a family who recently moved into 657 Boulevard in Westfield, NJ began receiving letters from an anonymous individual calling themselves "The Watcher" and right away the family knew this person was not a welcoming neighbor, instead more like a threat to not only their safety but also a possible threat to the community. What followed was an investigation that spanned several years and few answers were ever given.
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[@stevejones69420]

Maybe the real watcher was the friends we made along the way

[@philipjohnson3225]

...great, so now my friends will stalk me and leave creepy letters for me in the middle of the night?

[@idontreallyknow1749]

@@philipjohnson3225 yes

[@pablopablopabla23]

@@philipjohnson3225 yes

[@epicm999]

@@philipjohnson3225 You've got the right idea... *FRIEND*

[@zippolighter4903]

Great

[@SaraH-jn5db]

1. No security camera pisses me off, and I don't see why they would have denied putting them in if they weren't involved 2. The watcher lived in the neighborhood during his grandfather and father's time 3. The "hail the watcher letter" says they still live in the neighborhood. There can only be so many multi generational households in one neighborhood and lastly 4. The letters stopped when someone else moved in, so either they put in security cameras or the watcher gave up for some reason after being so brazen before. The family had to have some connection to him, I dont know what, but it makes absolutely no sense the letters only started and ended with them

[@chad999]

@@chromefunction6567 why would they fake them though? For media coverage? I don't think so dude. They even sold the house at a loss, which is not great.

[@chad999]

@@chromefunction6567 maybe or it might be directors of amityville horror because they wanted that house for the shoot but couldnt get it KEKW

[@drcheesenut896]

I want you to remember that The Watcher only sent the letters to the family since they had children, the previous owners only received one letter telling them to move and sell the house to people with children. If the new owner had no children, it would be pointless

[@cheesecake4648]

It is a fantasy story. It is not real.

[@dealloc]

​@@chad999 This happens quite often, mostly using paranormal/haunted stories to drive attention from media, film and writers and cash in. It's hard to believe that there are folks like this, but that is reality. In this case I think it was mostly due to the regret that they had paid $1.35 million for the house and wanted a way to get that money back, so he (or they, who knows) sets up a scenario and uses that to sue the previous owners. That is just my theory.

[@foscogrubb]

This was probably the wrong video to watch as I work alone late at night in a house under construction.

[@willnailer2118]

😳 ouch , you'll end up feeling someone watching you now. It's just your imagination mate. Good luck 😉

[@serg9320]

Well, at least you'll no longer feel alone...

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

Im watching you 😳😳😳

[@harrisonlee9585]

Please reply so we all know if you're still alive.

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

@@harrisonlee9585 think hes dead :/

[@angel-ck8hn]

20:23 why is Ash Ketchum reporting in this?

[@Cadaber]

Well.... now I’m never gonna un hear that lmao

[@OkamiLyra]

How dare you do this to me, man- 😆

[@moethedog6816]

😂

[@goose9098]

oh no, oh no i hear it to.

[@dominicvancuyck1799]

Lolwut

[@isaaccoffman2070]

"I needed more room for my massive gun collection" would've been the best answer to this creepy ass letter.

[@moethedog6816]

I was just gonna say that! 😂

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

How would you answer if you don’t know who send it ?

[@dustingaethje1332]

@@diveinstructordaniel1095 Just leave it in your mailbox adressed to "The Watcher." They'll pick it up.

[@Aegis713]

to what return address

[@lordjaraxxus5418]

it's new jersey. they would be arrested for even thinking of defending the home.

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

If he kept talking about shit being in the walls, why didn’t they try to demolish some of the walls to see if anything was in there?

[@Cadaber]

I thought that myself but it may have been HOA reasons

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

Cadaber that makes sense, also keep up the good content man, I’m digging your channel.

[@Cadaber]

Absolutely will, hope you stick around for the journey

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

Cadaber oh I will!

[@gdsupreme5040]

@@Cadaber the HOA only has control of the yard and front. They can do what they want to the inside.

[@AidenRKrone]

To me, the letters come across as more comical than sinister. "Young blood"? "All hail the Watcher"? The Watcher is a "family tradition"? Those sound like they were written by a 15-year-old teenager who is trying way too hard to sound creepy. My theory is that it was nothing more than a group of neighborhood teenagers with way too much time on their hands. Also, why didn't the married couple put up video surveillance on the porch? That would have been a lot easier than some cockamamie scheme to send a bait letter to the neighbors.

[@willbe3043]

It's like Twilight, but wastes police time.

[@thepracticalgymnast8001]

That’s fucking ridiculous, how would some “neighborhood teenagers” be so incredibly organized in spying on the kids, and even better why the hell would they be spying on the children and parents. This is obviously not the work of something as simple as teenagers. The use of the words “young blood” is just as much evidence of a man secluded from society than teenagers. A man who (as he says) watches over a house all the time.

[@docbanjo6544]

What random teenager in New Jersey uses 'let it alone.'

[@keithrich4209]

i’d agree if it wasn’t for the details about the children. that’s pretty freaky

[@creeperhunterD]

@Chiraq Villain ?

[@uadze]

POV: you're living in an ARG

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

I have watched multiple versions of this story. One thing they all get across is "The Watcher" wasn't delivering the letters directly to their personal mailbox. All the people commenting on putting a camera up are missing the fact the letters are being dropped in a city box and then sent to the post office and then delivered. Not sure why this is so hard to comprehend.

[@DR-mq1vn]

Then why didn't the police check for fingerprints (yes, fingerprints can be on paper), or DNA from the stamp or envelope?

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

@@DR-mq1vn Do you really think if there were fingerprints with all the coverage this case got they wouldn't check? I think you are making assumptions based on a tiny sliver of the whole story. Do you think that sorted mail instantly has usable prints and how many people have touched it by the time it gets to it's destination. Finally, "The Watcher" made sure to not leave prints. Next time I have to teach you this much I'm charging you a "common sense" fee :)

[@DannyDirtyDrawz]

@@DR-mq1vn they did and they got a female DNA hit back but no one in the data base

[@NikaCosmopolitan]

I think the point about the security cameras is more about the fact that if some creep really watched the house maybe the cameras would have filmed him. Like how the easel of the daughter was only visible if u stood directly beside the house u know

[@JosephQPublic]

The Watcher is another name for the HOA’s compliance assurance.

[@indiglojypsy3351]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@josamaroo]

I THINK IT'S THE MAILMAN. He said 657 Boulevard was his job and he goes by there several times a day. He obviously had access to the mailbox without looking suspicious and he would be able see and hear things most people wouldn't see from the street. Maybe he felt like pranking these people or maybe he actually had a connection to the house. The mailman should have been the first person the police looked at since the unmarked letters were with their mail.

[@gageferguson9506]

Dennis Raider was a mailman too

[@hotpinkjalapenos]

@@gageferguson9506 Denise Raider murdered my (3)friends dad's business secretary they freaked out and moved to Texas right after it happened.

[@benevolentzombie4515]

@@hotpinkjalapenos jesus

[@jonnron173]

He did heaps of different jobs didn't he

[@BethBurns68]

I like your theory. It didn't say...I wonder if the mailman was never questioned?

[@wydkwhy]

“And that’s why this video is sponsored by Ring”

[@AkaiKnight]

I think the family is making it up. Why wouldn’t you install cameras? Why wouldn’t you check the house for bugs? Nobody ever saw anyone put a letter in their mailbox not a single time? Why were none of the previous owners ever contacted or questioned about it? Why are none of the new tenants of that house questioned? How could he know the nicknames of the kids without knowing them? This story stinks.

[@Cadaber]

It’s good ways to look at it, all can be argued and defended. Myself looking at it, I was shocked at the very least they didn’t install cameras

[@TheSimmr001]

He said he knew if they went through the doors. how? he kept talking about bodies in the walls. why not check the walls?

[@moethedog6816]

It would make for a very interesting story if the owners had just faked it, imagine how the video would go. He explains the story and then at the very end he just goes “haha lmao it turned out it was just a prank from the new residents, have a nice day!” And the video ends 😂 😂 😂

[@mini2199]

@@moethedog6816 the family did try to sell the idea to make a movie and was confirmed to have written one letter soooooooo

[@moethedog6816]

@@mini2199 😳😳😳

[@PaulDisastro]

I would have posted a billboard in my front yard with his letters enlarged, and then openly mocked, critiqued, and taunted The Watcher. I'd pretty much make every single point most of the other comments have made, called them out for being trite, poorly written, and using a written format and delivery method that would have (should have) easily gotten them caught on their second attempt. It's clearly the work of a manchild. It's so forced and over the top. And yeah, not setting up cameras immediately is a sign of total bullshit. Even if it was 1970 you could have set up a camera. If this story is actually real, I'm amazed at the sheer level of incompetence on part of every single adult remotely connected to this. This should essentially be impossible, because someone, *anyone* in the neighborhood could have made a camera setup happen.

[@Cadaber]

I feel like the camera theory really hurts the family. If it were me I would absolutely have cameras around the house, and in this day and age it’s not that uncommon to have that kind of security.

[@finnmacmanus5723]

Bruh stop lying if you had kids and a wife and they were being threatened like that you’d shit yourself, everyone likes to think they’d be tough and cool and funny but when you’re in that situation you don’t know if the guy writing the cringe letters is just a cringe weirdo or an actual crazy person.

[@chamomiletea8716]

They did put up cameras. Idk why everyone keeps saying this. The dad went out of his way to try and catch this person. He set up elaborate cameras around the house and even hid there to catch them.

[@marinablack181]

So... 16mm security cameras? Hahaha

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

I want to live there. Bet I would only get one letter. After that I would never wear clothes inside the house again. Take that "watcher". I bet he'd find a new house to watch real quick

[@lbspartyhouse8265]

Lol

[@Ozionian]

Do you really think someone that obsessed would stop just because of nudity?

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

@@Ozionian Wow. You have a rela grasp of things. You've never seen me naked either. That's obvious.

[@fikoxd]

@@Aint_no_senators_son who said i didn't see you naked?

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

@@fikoxd 🤣🤣🤣

[@txmom1122]

The house looks like the one from amityville ny

[@Cadaber]

It really does. I actually thought that when I first saw pictures of it. I know the youse itself is pretty old. I think it was built back in 1905.

[@astro8801]

Amityville is literally the next town over from me 💀💀

[@ld0p618]

@@astro8801 🧑‍🌾

[@MuscarV2]

@@astro8801 ok... That's such an incredibly uninteresting thing to say. If it was on your street or so, sure, but "next town over" is just deeply stupid and attention seeking. It's like saying "the movie was recorded in a city in my country that I've visited a few times". What's wrong with you?

[@SheagleArk]

@@MuscarV2 a bit harsh but I can see where you are coming from.

[@DanieCalifornia]

This is one of my favourite tellings of this case, and as a result have spent the last few hours whilst sowing watching all of your videos, thank you for keeping me entertained! I’m looking forward to your content in the future :)

[@MothraMissWorld]

I absolutely understand why people with young kids would panic & flee in this situation. I think it’s easy for many of us to scoff at “keep the house but just do x, y & z” as I found myself thinking the same things, but I’m happily childfree so only have my own safety to think about (& ig my cat but honestly i dare someone else to challenge my traphouse bratcat). We’re all very brave about what we would endure when it’s only us we must worry about. If I had my sister or brother kids & someone sent those letters I would not only take the financial loss but burn my way thru the town till the cops got off their donut holders & did basic detective work.

[@JustinSmith-px1ky]

I bet anyone would live there happily if they just didnt check their mail.

[@cocaineinmyvein]

It's clearly some Crips trying to scare these young bloods outta their territory.

[@obviouslymatt6452]

why do the letters from the watcher sound like the beginning to a side quest is skyrim 😂

[@bboops23]

I grew up in this town. I left before the Watcher stuff happened. My parents sold their home a year before these people bought 657 Blvd. Considering the town, there are a lot of eccentric wealthy people. Everyone keeps accusing the family, but honestly, I don't think they did. They sold it at a loss. The movie deal that happened came years later and there was never a guarantee. They struggled to find a renter and the renter got a Watcher letter immediately. I mean, if they were going to do this, why do it in a place with a house worth a over million dollars and $20,000+ taxes? Why not do it in Pennsylvania or New York? Like I don't think people understand that the movie deal still didn't cover the cost of the house plus the annual taxes for every year they owned that home. This would have been a terrible way to make money. They'd have made more money doing renovations and selling the home in the same time frame.

[@RadicalforGod]

Doesn’t matter the people in the neighborhood are wealthy. This just happens to be a wealthy psychopath lurking.

[@bboops23]

@@RadicalforGod that's not disagreeing with my point. Yes, the vast majority of the town is wealthy people. But the family wouldn't have made much by pulling this kind of stunt. I think it was someone else in the town. Maybe one of the many old money families that have been there since the Revolutionary War times or even just a hundred years. If an old money family or family that lost the house felt entitled to buy it back I think they'd be more likely culprits than the owners. Heck it could have been a neighbor that wanted to tank the value and scoop up the house on the cheap.

[@RadicalforGod]

@@bboops23 sounds like the whole town is in on it including the police.

[@bboops23]

@@RadicalforGod I highly doubt that. It's a town of 20,000+ people. And I can't imagine most of them care. More than likely it was one person or maybe a single family who was either upset about being outbid or couldn't afford to buy a house their family previously lived in.

[@RadicalforGod]

@@bboops23 perhaps it was you lol jk. I don’t think it was a bid because the house couldn’t sell and the owners sold it as lost. It’s still on the market today. Like how much is this person mad expecting to pay on the house? I’m sure it’s not the whole entire 20,000 population but that immediate area the people who know the history have something to do with it. It’s someone nearby because they knew the nicknames.

[@sweetheart02220]

This case really unsettles me. I can't even imagine buying your dream home where your children will grow up and reciveing creepy letters from a stalker, who has learned your children's names. But on the other hand I find it so odd that they didn't set up any kind of surveillance to catch the watcher, they are clearly wealthy and could afford something like that, so why didn't they?

[@JacaboBlanco]

The husband couldn't afford rhe house and wanted to give his wife a reason to allow them to sell. Or just some creepy neighbor who didn't like them.

[@kimsherlock8969]

Yeah me too It sounds like a script for a horror movie. What would I do if I got this letter. ? I would make it public so everyone knows the threat written Have therefore good eye watchers waiting for the Evil intentions of? Otherwise?????? Horrible circumstances for a family buying a house a Demon in control of them I think I would have searched the walls 🤔 If nothing was found forensically I would burn it to the ground and move away.

[@Zudexa]

Stumbled on your channel because of this video and I have to say, I love the content I see and the time between uploads. Reminds me of back when Barely Sociable was smaller and would upload more. Definitely sticking around to see this channel blow up 👌

[@LisethH]

okay as soon as you started speaking, i heard nexpo’s voice and got surprised!! hoping for a future collab from you two 👀

[@Cadaber]

God that would be amazing! I actually recently talked to him

[@LisethH]

Cadaber that’s so dope! :) subscribed to you and hoping for the best

[@jaydixon9837]

The Watcher- “I am in charge of 657 Boulevard. It is not in charge of me.” 657 Boulevard- “Do you feel in charge?”

[@simulationcollapse7768]

Owner history of real estate is public record, you can find it online in probably every county in the country. Seems to me that you could generate a list of suspects by looking at the all the owners and ruling out the family tradition stuff from the 1920s and 1960s that the letters claim.

[@kitmakin289]

I can only find tax records online going back to 2011, but I think you're on to something.

[@user-lh3ic7ym8h]

@@kitmakin289 You can just ask for physical copies for tax records. They're more annoying to sort out, but it's likely that it's there.

[@calska140]

I recently tried to check public records of my moms house they had zero. Apparently this county only held records for so long. Some fuckery is afoot in that county for sure. So public record isn't always guaranteed.

[@dustingaethje1332]

Finally, someone with the same idea as me. Personally, I think it was Peggy who was the Watcher. I mean, think about it. DNA evidence suggests it was a woman writting the letters and, based on the content of the letters, the Watcher is a person who has lived in the house itself with her father in the 1960s as a child. So, if the Watcher was a little girl or young teenager in the 60s, she'd be an old woman in 2014. Her husband was clearly a suspect, so I really don't understand why there's never any mention of the wife. Basically, they should have checked if Peggy fits any of the final two identifying criteria. She fits the age and the gender criteria, she fits the close neighbour criteria. The only criteria that are not confirmed are her living in the house (which could be looked up) and her father passing away recently (probably in 2014, when the letters started, since the Watcher mentions that the torch has been passed). So, what I think happened was that her father had to sell the house, but was heartbroken and became completely obsessed with it, watching it bitterly and knowing it couldn't be his. This bitterness was felt by Peggy as she likely noticed her father's distress, so she became bitter as well. They both probably wanted to preserve what the house looked like in the 60s (which is supported by what the Watcher claimed), so when Peggy noticed the renovations this new family was making, she decided to mess with their minds. On top of that, the (potentially) recent loss of her father could have contributed to this outburst of hate.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

@@dustingaethje1332 This is my 3rd or 4th time coming back to this mystery for listening to before bed and I gotta agree with you. I felt like Derek had it right that it was someone in the neighbors house and hell maybe the comment of Michael being a recluse was to cover up her writing the letters and not have her family be under investigation anymore. And who knows, maybe the town was so bad at keeping files that there's not many documents on it. The only other theory I could agree with is maybe the faked it all of it for being famous one. And that one is also loaded with evidence for it, the fact that there was one other letter before they moved in and the fact they denied setting up cameras to catch the Watcher in the act when it was really them doing it to be famous.

[@matheusrenaldolipenaliapun264]

Bruh I'm genuinely confused on why this channel isn't bigger, the editing and narration are like at a professional level, this channel should honestly deserve more praise.

[@no-qm4ug]

Thats a fax mahine haha

[@Wellnow123123]

It's new. But its picking up very quickly.

[@wingnut4942]

It only had 300 subs a month ago

[@colonelmustang961]

I just discovered this channel and I’ve been binging it for hours! I love your content, keep it up!

[@dustingaethje1332]

Personally, I think it was Peggy who was the Watcher. I mean, think about it. DNA evidence suggests it was a woman writting the letters and, based on the content of the letters, the Watcher is a person who has lived in the house itself with her father in the 1960s as a child. So, if the Watcher was a little girl or young teenager in the 60s, she'd be an old woman in 2014. Her husband was clearly a suspect, so I really don't understand why there's never any mention of the wife. Basically, they should have checked if Peggy fits any of the final two identifying criteria. She fits the age and the gender criteria, she fits the close neighbour criteria. The only criteria that are not confirmed are her living in the house (which could be looked up) and her father passing away recently (probably in 2014, when the letters started, since the Watcher mentions that the torch has been passed). So, what I think happened was that her father had to sell the house, but was heartbroken and became completely obsessed with it, watching it bitterly and knowing it couldn't be his. This bitterness was felt by Peggy as she likely noticed her father's distress, so she became bitter as well. They both probably wanted to preserve what the house looked like in the 60s (which is supported by what the Watcher claimed), so when Peggy noticed the renovations this new family was making, she decided to mess with their minds. On top of that, the (potentially) recent loss of her father could have contributed to this outburst of hate.

[@isaacbenzing5686]

Decent theory, but dont you think the cops would notice that one of the previous owners of the house is related to one of the suspects? Also the age doesnt quite line up. Peggy was in her 90s in 2014. So she would have been at least 36 in 1960.

[@iriel4274]

It's peggy

[@0ri0nssuspenders]

Your video structure, content and editing skills are superb! Love this channel, I am so glad I found it!

[@Aeroxylo2]

Couldn’t just figure out who owned the house in the 60’s? I’m sure it’s all on file somewhere

[@Cadaber]

You’d think they’d look for it

[@Aeroxylo2]

@@Cadaber exactly, glad to see we’ve got some common sense

[@andraplacintescu3048]

wow this is one of the best unsolved mysteryes I have seen in a while, and you were so good at telling the story! Great job, I love your channel so far!

[@Cadaber]

Thank you :) I really appreciate that. I try to make each video engaging and I am so glad you've enjoyed it

[@ShiftingFixations]

This story doesn’t get less creepy the more times I hear it. But honestly? I would’ve taken on the burden if I could’ve afforded it, lol. Of course, I have a few creative ideas on how to handle it, but also I’m not a bearer of Young Blood, being nearly 30 and child-free. I wouldn’t have minded as much, I don’t think, because I don’t have kids. Because I don’t have people to protect like that. Would’ve absolutely wanted to help that family, though... ...which brings me to why the cops didn’t do much. I’d have set up surveillance under the guise of “more renovations” (by using a renovation truck and maybe changing/repairing the trim on the outside of the house while installing small cameras covertly within it or something, I’m sure the cops/PI could figure something out, especially if the family had money to contribute to the process). I’d have maybe “fixed” or “spruced up” the mailbox (another ploy) and figured out some way to monitor it in the process. Maybe even leaving a message for the Watcher in or on the box to see if they can’t set up a meeting/draw the Watcher out? This is a case of harassment/stalking from what I can tell, so... I’m not legally versed in what’s allowed in terms of catching a harasser/stalker, but I would think there’s a little more that at LEAST the PI could have done if not the actual cops. Fun fact, had the cops installed surveillance, it would 100% out the family if they were responsible. Also, if they fought against the surveillance, that could be damning too. I’m also wondering how the new resident of 657 is faring!!

[@aliceiscalling]

You could put some dye on the mailbox so that whoever was leaving letters would be marked. That hard to get off stuff that shows up under certain light, so they couldn't hide it.

[@user-lg5ij1cu2n]

The letters in the show at least had postage stamps(were mailed)

[@scallopohare9431]

I have been homeless. After staying in a few shelters, this is nothing.

[@eggbabe83]

what do you mean?

[@scallopohare9431]

@@eggbabe83 This is merely being watched. Intrusive, but not dangerous.

[@Probably_Deadpool]

This was the first video of yours I ever watched, thank you for being one of my favorite KZbinrs, I hope you remember me from way back in the day!

[@chawkichalladia1812]

this smells fishy to me. i don't think the family behind it as they gain nothing but they were so passive in their reaction. no cameras, no scanning for bugs, no trap in the mailbox, no guard hired, no security systems installed, the house was not searched properly for hiding spots. it's either they are the least creative people in the world or the video missing a lot of details but judging by your other work i highly doubt the last part.

[@Cadaber]

I appreciate that, I put as much information as I could find into it. Which interested me because I knew it would get people talking, there are arguments for both. You make solid points, this day and age most people (especially in nice neighborhoods) have cameras everywhere yet they didn’t

[@chawkichalladia1812]

@@Cadaber not necessarily having camera is my issue, but the lack of any actual responses. i mean what kind of PI don't set basic surveillance for something like this.

[@willbe3043]

If a letter was threatening my children I would sit at the porch with a shotgun for 48 hours straight

[@chawkichalladia1812]

@@willbe3043 what if he come at the hour 49 ?

[@LunaBari]

*is behind it

[@beauTIFFulcrimson]

Who’s here after watching Netflix The Watcher?

[@aujax1]

i live about 20 minutes from the house. drove by there the other night just to see it for myself. obviously i left the owners alone as im sure they dont need any more attention. still, a fascinating story...

[@x1kron]

bro ur really good at speaking about these cases. like its so interesting. u have a dope assed voice! keep it up!!

[@Cadaber]

Thank you, you’re awesome. I’m glad you’re enjoying my voice and my content

[@faithkorinne5186]

your videos are amazing! i hope you get the recognition and positivity you deserve! keep it up :)

[@EllEmm1313]

Just found your channel and immediately subscribed - fantastically put together and narrated. Thank you!

[@Cadaber]

Thank you so much, welcome to the channel 😊

[@rmcaparroz]

what if someone wanted to buy a fancy house for cheap? look at a house for sale, wait for it to be sold, scare the hell out of the home owners, spread the story so no one wants to buy the house, the home owners settle to selling it for cheap. i’ve seen crazier things people would do for wealth

[@Sulucnumoh420]

The fact that the police said The letters would stop after They interviewed Michael tells me that they knew it was him but didn't have the evidence/will to prosecute him.

[@wulftheghost]

This was a great video. The pictures, the voices..don't switch up man.

[@Cadaber]

I’m very glad you enjoyed it

[@animalbites77]

I ran through the house as a young blood, the 1960's were great. Couldn't you go back through the history of the house and see who lived there at the time and who the kids were?

[@chrisalberts9414]

Was thinking the same thing!!!!

[@dr.doolittle5617]

I'd leave my own notes for the watcher. Since he sees everything. I'd say cash me outside, how bou that?

[@Cadaber]

Haha, be ready to throw hands

[@ChoiceSnarf]

Did you seriously just say that? _In 2020?_

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

@@ChoiceSnarf Yes and it made me laugh.

[@LaNeta678]

Yessssss!!!! 😆🤘🏾😆🤘🏾 same

[@ummmhelp]

plant landmines

[@internetduck1520]

he asked about what's in the walls - maybe he is a crazy person that is in a hidden part of the house and moves around the walls?

[@dghklnk281]

I think someone is literally living inside the walls, there have been lots and lots of stories like that, this one seems like one of those stories. The letter also said something about finding the secret that lies within the walls. So either the one sending the letters live inside the walls, or the watcher know that someone lives inside the walls.

[@saraal-yafai8585]

Also why is nobody talking about the tunnel underneath the house that has a room underground, someone is definitely living there and I think it’s the watcher. I think the watcher is underneath the house writing the letters to scare them off because they want the house, I think it’s definitely got something to do with the neighbour’s where the tunnel leads to. Something fishy is definitely going on inside the basement walls.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

@@saraal-yafai8585 Could explain how the Watcher can see and hear the kids and know which one was the artist, besides rooming down there must have to leave in the daylight/ early morning and return when its getting dark to not get caught. with the different prints could be a theory I heard on Red Web, the Watcher getting someone at the post office to do it so they wont get traced. But my firmest belief is the husband doing it to convince his wife to just sell the home again.

[@badweetabix]

As others have mentioned, the family does not seem to know how to think outside the box. There were so many things they could had done to catch the Watcher. 1) There are one drop mailbox or lockable mailbox that have been around for more than 40 years. These are mailbox that can be opened once for the postman to put letters into the mailbox and it automatically locks when closed. The owner has a key to unlock and reset it for the next delivery. Using this and a security cam, the Watcher would had been caught with the next letter. 2) Why didn't they get a dog - a big vicious angry dog? 3) Why didn't the police get a K-9 unit to sniff the letters and then go from house to house in the neighborhood? Even the police seem more incompetent than usual for N.J. PD. Fingerprints, DNA, and even watermarks on the letter and envelope would generated a list of possible suspects. 4) Applying something as simple as a phosphors compounds on the handle of the mailbox door would had enable the police to located the Watch by shining a blacklight on a suspect's hands because the phosphors compound would glow under blacklight.

[@christianherrera4729]

This is the most damning comment I've seen so far.

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

I agree with everything except for #2- kids around vicious dogs would do more harm than good. As a kid that grew up with dogs, the ones that I interacted with when I was young were extremely patient. Ear pulling, pets being too aggressive, constant attention- all of that would be enough for a dog with a difficult personality to train to bite the kids. There are so many ways they could have protected the mailbox though, and there should've been some sort of surveillance around the house.

[@FromTheRootsToTheCrown]

They went to the police about dna and they hardly did shit

[@dw7939]

Wouldn't you have to put the phosphorus on every day to catch them? How long would it last on an outside mailbox?

[@StellaAdler_]

The show hints the police & town knew who the watcher is.

[@Aryen567]

I don't know why I am drawn to horror movies and videos like these. They leave me sleepless and as scared as fuck but there's something that just makes me watch it... I don't know what that feeling is.

[@no-qm4ug]

My strange addiction

[@manina397]

Adrenaline!

[@EJ-74]

I've heard this story a few times Very crazy and disturbing Great job covering it 🔥👍✌️

[@pablodmenace]

I watched this a long time ago, but coming back after WATCHING the show it’s so much better

[@watchdog304]

The "watcher" is probably sitting in his parents basement, eating cheetos in between nose picks and getting a chubby watching the KZbin videos about him.

[@pivinne5536]

*ahem* ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@silverdrag0n_]

all hail the watcher

[@iridescentmothasmr]

All hail the Watcher

[@Cobaltoad]

ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@Zafarnama111]

All hail the watcher!

[@WALKUREX]

dude, loving your content. I KNOW your channel is goiong to be huge by next halloween. Hope you keep up the great work!

[@isaacmancia]

Okay. I have a theory, maybe the watcher works as a mailman. I mean just think about it, he doesn't have to worry about going to the man's house, he can just pass threw and leave the man's mails and his note at the same time. The cops wouldn't question him a bit. AND because he has equipment to see from a far, he doesn't have to worry about that either, he could be living 3 streets away if all we know. It's just a theory thou.

[@rickypratomo9269]

it's Newman

[@Werebitch_Lanoire]

@@rickypratomo9269 ....Newman!

[@Tacticaltaco-kc9be]

Good theory

[@abandonedtownexplorations8736]

@isaac I was just thinking the same thing

[@jpvielleux]

I just watched a video and your subs crossed the 9k mark while I watched it. Congrats!

[@Cadaber]

The growth on this channel has been amazing. I’m glad that you were a part of this community and enjoying my content

[@TylerAnselmo11]

The watcher sounds like he was friends with the children who lived there in the 60s. He says he used to run thru the halls jealous of yhe people who lived there. If the detectives had a brain at all they would have picked up on that

[@emmi8018]

All hail the watcher

[@Cadaber]

All hail

[@JaceWind]

Hail the watcher baby

[@no-qm4ug]

This content is top tier, seriously, this deserves exposure, youll be big some day!

[@Cadaber]

Thank you, that means a lot to me 😀

[@no-qm4ug]

@@Cadaber :)

[@tuhp5237]

There is an odd politeness but murderous sounding tone to his letters

[@SkleppyKins]

Thanks for the video! Great content! Keep it up 👍

[@Cadaber]

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy it.

[@__.__-_.]

Your deep voice sounds like the evil guy from Jackbox haha

[@somedood9989]

Im pretty sure that's a voice modifier, probably the same or a similar one used.

[@YT7mc]

I thought the same thing lol

[@lwick7213]

I need asmr like this

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

Also like the guy from Creepshow

[@michaelstathoudakis3359]

I thought the same thing lol

[@yu-mi9026]

I love your channel so much pls keep doing this type of videos

[@thnead]

if you don't get famous one day I'm gonna be angry because this is quality content.

[@Cadaber]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate that

[@memesimp3216]

He is the watcher, he sees everything, but cannot and will not intervene, he is your guide through these vast realities

[@chrissxix]

Nice video to watch at midnight before zoom classes. U aced it with the voice pitch shift.

[@Mayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Your channel is amazing!

[@Ratsos12]

Why didn’t anyone put a camera on the mailbox?

[@joylindadichamounix]

It would only show the mail carrier, not the person who sent them.

[@user-wv1tc9em1f]

@@joylindadichamounix the letters weren‘t sent, they were simply put in by the watcher or some other guy

[@joylindadichamounix]

@@user-wv1tc9em1f Yes they were. They investigated & they were sent from another city in NJ. The DNA proved it was an elderly women.

[@clivejones5880]

@@joylindadichamounix Maybe the "Watcher" WAS the mail carrier.

[@corebro8994]

The Watcher mentions walking by the news trucks when they were covering the story maybe check old footage to see if there's any pedestrian just a thought love your content keep up the good work

[@ld0p618]

This is my new favorite channel

[@JEREMCEE]

Me too 😁

[@D_Dupa]

What a fascinating subject Thanks for making this video

[@Cadaber]

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@GoldenfoxxPrime]

Heard about this one in a different video awhile back, and my first inclination was that it was someone who loves the house, maybe really wanted the house and lost it to the Broaddus family. Maybe even someone from a family that grew up in that house. (This was a personal interpretation, as someone who still loves the house he grew up in and kind of still hates that it belongs to anyone else.) But now, I'm wondering if it was a gambit from the Broaddus' themselves to see if they could raise the value on the property by turning it into their own Amityville. If the city turned down the reconstruction efforts despite the property meeting the criteria, it might mean they had their own doubts about the family.

[@TheIsaacLibby]

I wonder how many people fell for the ol’ “demolishing a perfectly good house” bit.

[@AL3XYT]

The quality of this channel is stunning considering the subscriber count! You deserve more subs :).

[@Cadaber]

Thank you so much. I am glad you like the content I’m making. The growth I’ve been getting for the channel is insane to me.

[@AL3XYT]

@@Cadaber Np man :) If you keep up what you're making you will be famous in no time at all!

[@Cadaber]

Ha. That would be insane. But I appreciate your confidence in my channel. Honestly, (knock on wood) I’ve been getting so much positive feedback and support from those who’ve subscribed. There’s been a few negative/toxic people in the comments but like 98% have been amazing and I’m so grateful.

[@AL3XYT]

@@Cadaber Dude np, your content is really as good as the 98% of people are saying it is :). Honestly and truly I reckon you'll grow fast and it will be well deserved.

[@Cadaber]

You’re awesome. Again thank you for those words of encouragement and support. I just hit 1,500 subs just now and jeez... I can’t believe itn

[@john-tobeymaguirecena]

Crazy that I watched this for the first time a few days ago then woke up this morning to a Netflix series covering the story

[@poisonpotato1]

Something tells me if he kept asking if they knew what was in the walls, and that he knew about binoculars trying to look for him and the easel that was hidden by bushes... There were probably cameras within the house. Not he was watching from the street. It's also possible if one exception was made for a different lot but not the 3 ft required for splitting up the lot the house was on, maybe he was on the planning committee

[@hustlersambition8601]

I have a theory about the Watcher and how he did what he did. Now i think you have to read the letters closely and I believe the watcher gives little clues to how he can be discovered yet all the people are so worried about being watched not how to bring their attacker to justice. The line "do you know what's hidden in the walls" that could be a major giveaway he could have little voice recorders in the walls in each room and hallways maybe even some little cameras in their, or they live close and just look through the windows with binoculars they even said "binoculars are useful" in a letter this gives a clear explanation how he knew their nicknames how many children their are who sleeps in which room and other personal information. What do I have to confirm this possibility most neighborhoods in a wealthy area like that would have cameras all over the place and certainly one would easily pick up some guy pepping through a window and climbing up the balcony, if the watcher did that he's just asking to get arrested so yeah. Also what caused his aggression was when they renovated the house the watcher obviously loves the house the way it was built and believes that's how the house should stay the previous owners didn't renovate thus not causing the watcher to get angry what are your thoughts???

[@nirajshuklaNL]

YES!! Thank you for this video!

[@nirajshuklaNL]

Circleville Next?

[@Cadaber]

Possibly. I have a list of topics,at the moment around 12 and it’s in there. But I usually go with whichever I am feeling the most and hasn’t been talked about to death. I will never be doing cases like Elisa Lam, Cicada 3301 or The Black Dahlia.

[@nirajshuklaNL]

@@Cadaber Proud of your growth!

[@policies8534]

You are actually like Lemmino, but with a different twist, I love it!

[@collectivecommentary123]

Honestly, with how angsty this guy is it was probably the teenaged son from next door.

[@Logan_93]

Anyone who can't see that this was clearly done by the family themselves is completely beyond help.

[@jkbunnylove9197]

The letters mention, several times, that the watcher played/lived there when their father was the watcher. None of these stories say anything about finding out who lived there before the Woods.

[@Ruby-zl1sp]

I live close to this place, like 10 minutes by car maybe, and it's surreal to know this weird-ass legend lives right near me

[@Synoiz]

Really good video. What an intriguing mystery. I heard somewhere that the previous owners admitted to receiving a letter which would put a new spin on it but I'm not sure how true that is.

[@Cadaber]

From what I was reading, there is a letter that we never released by the police and I really want to know why that is.

[@willnailer2118]

The watcher sent them a letter just before they moved out thanking them for treating the house right. The former owners didn't think to much about it.

[@Junjokar]

The only clues I got from the letters were: 1. The person's family had a grandfather and father who were present. 2. The grandfather was involved with the property in the 20's and the father was involved with the house in the 60's. 3. Additionally, he/she admits to being in the house during the 60's. Probably because the father took them there. 4. The person's father died during the 90's. If it's not the owners themselves, then it would have to be someone walking by the house several times a day or neighbors with tunnel access to the interior of the house that match that background: people who did work on the house decades prior and were acquainted enough with the owners to take their children to play there while they worked.

[@isaacbenzing5686]

To all the people saying "whY dIDnT tHEy PuT uP CAmeRaS?", the letters were actually mailed via usps and were confirmed by the usps to have been processed in kearny new jersey, so putting up cameras would have done a grand total of nothing.

[@deathjoker666]

Why not tear the walls down as well as the ceiling? Or why haven't they looked in the basement? Derek and Maria were behind it.

[@isaacbenzing5686]

@@deathjoker666 i never denied they were behind it. I was just pointing out that anyone basing their conclusions on the fact that they didnt put up cameras is an idiot

[@deathjoker666]

@@isaacbenzing5686 Didn't say you denied them being behind it. I was just saying my opinion on it.

[@mals4142]

How many of y’all came from Netflix??

[@Crazy88boss1]

Great job on the vid, liked and subbed 👍

[@Cadaber]

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I have a new video that’ll be posted in an hour.

[@willnailer2118]

It was very good wasn't it.

[@knurlgnar24]

Never open any mail that is of suspect origin. Problem solved. I throw such things away unopened.

[@DullyDust]

I wonder why it doesn't seem like anyone tried to figure out who owned that property during the 60s where the Watcher wrote that they roamed the halls of the house

[@seichethebobcat]

the housing board is mad suspicious to me. they denied their request for permission to demolish & rebuild on account of three feet, they later approved a request that was larger than that, then the next watcher letter mentions that he “could be someone they spoke to” & “my followers did what was best to keep it alive”. i would investigate that because there is no valid reason for them to deny that request but approve another.

[@dano1307]

Didn't the Watcher basically say he used to live there in the '60s? He said he roamed the halls of 657 blvd

[@ona_tzar]

No. He said very clearly that he roamed the halls, imagining who the impending rich occupants would be.

[@Ironloss]

Very interesting story and great video

[@carleduave2022]

I like the fact that when you read the letter you can hear typing on a keyboard while simultaneously hearing pen strokes

[@arctrooper999]

Yeah I like your voice, subscrided.

[@Cadaber]

You're awesome

[@MarkToast99]

This video is about to blow up

[@toshirodragon]

On the one hand, I'm damned if anyone would drive me out of my own home, but on the other hand, they had very small children and their safety should be paramount. Not to mention, ones home should be a refuge from stress, not the cause of it.

[@luna_grey]

Did the previous family not receive any letters? if they did then they could have gotten in trouble for not disclosing it, but aside from that, I find it so weird that many people are so sure it was faked. Like, imagine emotionally torturing your family and hurting yourself financially over what? some drama? a slight possibility of a movie deal? if someone from the family did this they must have had an endgame in mind but there doesn't seem to be one here, as they said themselves that there was no closure. I don't know, but I think I'd rather believe that it was someone from outside the family with a bad delusion or wanting to terrorise some people.

[@Cadaber]

It was interesting to me because it could go either way. There are a lot of arguments that could lean in both directions and truthfully I don’t believe the dad was behind this, for the main reason of putting his family through it

[@johanberggren5656]

Luna Grey ?

[@kateblum9737]

It wasn’t them. The bought it for 1 million dollars and put even more into it and only sold it for 400,000. Everyone saying they did it for the money, what money did they get ? They lost more money buying the house

[@russelldunsford670]

I wonder if The Watcher is a squatter? It isn't unheard of for people to secretly live in attics or crawlspaces, especially in an empty house.