Netflix fans won't have missed that a new terrifying series has arrived on the streaming platform, with the addition of The Watcher.
The show tells the true story of a family from New Jersey who find themselves living in fear when a stranger is watching their home and sends them chilling letters.
The show centres on Dean (Bobby Cannavale) and Nora Brannock (Naomi Watts) when they buy their dream property in the idyllic suburb of Westfield, New Jersey.
However, the bliss of moving into their dream home was short-lived when they started receiving terrifying notes from a mysterious person who is watching them.
What makes the discovery even more traumatic is the fact that it happened in real life.
In 2014 Derek and Maria Broaddus moved to 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, excited to have found their spacious dream home.
However, things weren't as blissful as they seem, and soon after they moved in the couple got a letter addressed to 'The New Owner.'
The note saw someone identify themselves as The Watcher as they informed the new inhabitants that they would be there to see the house arrive at its 'second coming.'
The family shared one letter with The Cut who published the missive.
It read: "Dearest new neighbour at 657 Boulevard, Allow me to welcome you to the neighbourhood.
"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."
Another letter read: "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 to me."
As time wore on The Watcher started to add more personal information about the family to their notes - including details about their children.
Despite involvement from the police, investigators, and an ex-FBI agent they were none the wiser as to who the letters were coming from.
When the Westfield Police Department found themselves at a dead end in their investigation, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office took on the case and began investigating a DNA sample from an envelope the family received.
The profile told them the perpetrator was a woman and in December 2018 voluntary DNA samples were requested from everyone in the neighbourhood with all but two residents complying. However, the case remains open to this day.
In 2019 the family packed up and moved out of the house, selling it for 400,000 less than they'd paid.
The Watcher is out now on Netflix.
