Before moving in to the house with their three kids, Derek opened up a letter from a stranger who called himself 'The Watcher.' The story gets stranger from there. Here's what happened, and where the family is now, per a 2022 follow-up article.
In case you're not familiar with the haunting true story, here's a recap: Derek and Maria Broaddus closed on a $1.3 million, six-bedroom house in the suburban town of Westfield, New Jersey, where Maria had grown up, in 2014.
The story gets stranger from there. Here's what happened, and where the family is now, per a 2022 follow-up article.In the first of many letters sent from an anonymous source, the writer said the Broadduses' new house had been an object of fascination for family for decades, and that he was now"in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming" as the house approached its 110th birthday.
"All of the windows and doors in 657 Boulevard allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house," the letter writer said. "The house is crying from all of the pain it is going through. You have changed it and made it so fancy," one letter said.
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