 In 2014 a family of five purchased what they thought was their dream home But before they could move in they received a series of threatening anonymous letters from someone who claimed to be observing their new home Today we look at the unsettling mystery of the watcher house This is red web. All right. So this all started in June of 2014 We have the broadest family including Maria Derek and their three children Purchased this home a six-bedroom home in the quiet town of Westfield, New Jersey The home that they purchased was built in 1905 So we got a historic house on our hands and it went for about 1.3 million dollars nice big home nice area Yes, very aesthetically pleasing, but you know before fully moving in they plan on doing some renovations to the home There's three children often came and played in the backyard the family's around while they're painting and remodeling and whatever Okay, so they already own the house. They got the house. They closed on the house. Yes, and now at it actually on June 5th This was three days after the sale close is where this really all starts to kick off Derek is painting at the house that evening and at around 10 p.m. He goes outside to check the mail and in the mailbox There was an envelope marked with thick lettering and bad handwriting that simply read the new owner Inside upon opening that he found a terrifying typed letter dearest new neighbor at six five seven Boulevard Allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood Six five seven 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 it in the 1960s. It is now my time Do you know the history of this house? Do you know what lies within the walls of six five seven Boulevard? Why are you here? I will find out. Do you need to fill the house with young blood? I requested better for me Was your old house too small for a growing family or was it greed to bring me your children? Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them to me there are hundreds and hundreds of cars that drive by six five seven Boulevard each day. Maybe I'm in one look at all the windows. You can see from six five seven Boulevard Maybe I'm in one look out any of the many windows in six five seven Boulevard at all the people who stroll by each day Maybe I am one at the bottom of the letter signed in cursive font is the mystery's namesake the watcher This obviously caused a lot of alarm in in Derek So he talks to the police for a little bit and then he obviously goes back home their previous home where he informed his wife Maria and Together they thought well Let's contact the previous owners John and Andrea woods and see if they have received anything from the watcher before because it sounds like This is a generational thing from the 20s 60s to now and the woods claim that they had never received any threatening letters until Days before they moved out on May 26 of 2014 This was their first and only letter both families went to report these letters to the police Who told them not to share the incident with their neighbors in case any of the neighbors were the watcher? And so two weeks later on June 18th the broadest is still hadn't fully moved in But they were continuing to work and they received yet another letter now This letter had a few excerpts that I'm gonna read here quote Six five seven 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 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 This time the watcher also included the birth order of the children and knew their nicknames and recalled hearing the Couple call their names very loudly the watcher wrote that they saw their children their daughter in particular Painting on an easel on the front porch and asked is she the artist of the family the watcher also asked who lived in each room? Quote all of the windows and doors in six five seven Boulevard allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house and Quote so at this point the family put a hold on moving anything else into the new house choosing to stay at Maria's parents Ultimately while not living in it now on July 18th Precisely a month after the previous letter the watcher noticed the delay and wrote a few things and I'll just read a few snippets Where have you gone to? Six five seven Boulevard is missing you and six months after purchasing the home on Boulevard. They decided okay We've had enough. We got to get out of here. They started trying to sell it at this point They're saying we got to do whatever we got to do we're gonna tear down this dream home We're gonna replace it with two smaller homes Maybe we can do this as a rental property or but the planning board unanimously rejected their proposal on January of 2017 Later that year the broadest has managed to find someone willing to rent what became known as the watcher house But the lease included a clause that would allow the renters to leave if the watcher sent yet another letter But only two weeks after these renters moved in They received the last letter from the watcher The letter was once again addressed to Maria and Derek the owners of the home not the renters Let's dive into what this final letter had to say to Maria and Derek violent winds and bitter cold To the vile and spiteful Derek and his wench of a wife Maria You wonder who the watcher is turn around idiots I watched you as you watched from the dark house in an attempt to find me Telescopes and binoculars are wonderful inventions My soldiers of the boulevard followed my orders to a tee They carried out their mission and saved the soul of six five seven boulevard with my orders all hail the watcher Maybe a car accident maybe a fire Maybe something as simple as a mild illness that never seems to go away But makes you feel sick day after day after day after day after day Maybe the mysterious death of a pet loved ones suddenly die planes and cars and bicycles crash bones break You are despised by the house and the watcher one in August of 2019 The broadest is we're finally able to sell Six five seven boulevard and that concludes the story of the watcher house Check out red web wherever you listen to podcasts where Alfredo and I will dive further into the details as well as some of The theories behind the mystery so check it out