arrow_upwards arrow_upwards

The Watcher

May 30th, 2023

Nightmare Houses S3 E1

In June 2014, just days after purchasing a 1905 Dutch Colonial in Westfield, New Jersey, a family began to receive disturbing and unsettling letters from an anonymous writer, only known as the Watcher.The Watcher sent the new homeowners a total of four letters claiming to have watched their house over time, forcing the family to flee the home in terror. Who is the Watcher?Welcome to Nightmare Houses.

References
1909 Sanborn Insurance Map of Boulevard and Carleton Rd., Westfield, NJ-657 Boulevard is highlighted in red.
1909 Sanborn Insurance Map of Boulevard and Carleton Rd., Westfield, NJ-657 Boulevard is highlighted in red.
Back entrance to 657 Boulevard. Image courtesy Zillow.
Back entrance to 657 Boulevard. Image courtesy Zillow.
657 Boulevard and the house on Carleton behind it. Image courtesy Google Maps, accessed October 2020.
657 Boulevard and the house on Carleton behind it. Image courtesy Google Maps, accessed October 2020.
Image via Google Maps/Street View accessed 10/20/2020
Image via Google Maps/Street View accessed 10/20/2020
Interior view of the Carleton Rd. house, with 657 Boulevard in the background. Image courtesy Realtor.com
Interior view of the Carleton Rd. house, with 657 Boulevard in the background. Image courtesy Realtor.com
Zoomed view from Carleton Rd. 657 Boulevard is in the background. Image via Google maps.
Zoomed view from Carleton Rd. 657 Boulevard is in the background. Image via Google maps.
Street view from Carleton Rd. 657 Boulevard is in the background. Image via Google Maps
Street view from Carleton Rd. 657 Boulevard is in the background. Image via Google Maps
November 10, 1947 clipping from The Courier-News, Bridgewater New Jersey.
November 10, 1947 clipping from The Courier-News, Bridgewater New Jersey.