The Watcher Netflix Show VS The Watcher True Story

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  • I review, breakdown and explain The Watcher on Netflix and compare it to the true story. I discuss the show and real case and react to the differences, the similarities, the Broaddus family, Brannock family, characters such as Dean, Nora Pearl, Jasper, John, Mitch and Mo, if it is accurate and what is fact and fiction.
    00:00 Intro
    00:29 Were The Brannock Family Real?
    01:03 Were The Neighbours Real?
    01:53 The Letters That Were Received
    02:44 Was Andrew Or Any Of The Previous Owners Real?
    03:39 Did It Impact The Homeowners?
    04:13 Were The Homeowners Considered Suspects?
    04:58 What Happened To The House?
    05:46 Was Theodora Real?
    05:59 Who Is The Watcher?
    07:11 Outro
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  • @BrainPilot
    @BrainPilot  Рік тому +52

    What did you think of The Watcher on Netflix? Comment your thoughts below!

    • @flop7217
      @flop7217 Рік тому +22

      i think they overdid it with the twists and turns whch actually was eating away from the tension more than it should have been intended. the real estate agent moving in and stuff like that was just way over the top. especially if the story is based on true events you should never fall into the trap of making it feel unrealistic. also the side characters are very cliche... that being said the acting was fantastic. great cast

    • @lolalovesme2987
      @lolalovesme2987 Рік тому +15

      I found it boring.I also thought the character that Jennifer Coolidge played was comical and felt out of place for some reason.I would never recommend this to anyone.

    • @mariferscearce
      @mariferscearce Рік тому +3

      I binge watched it last night. It was well put together, even though not all elements were directly from the real story.

    • @infinitor1984
      @infinitor1984 Рік тому +11

      I hated this show, it had no conclusion, I feel like I wasted my time

    • @bradt364
      @bradt364 Рік тому +10

      It was rubbish! The Unwatchable.

  • @bayareaelitetampa6983
    @bayareaelitetampa6983 Рік тому +1593

    The craziest thing the Netflix show did was have a family buy a 3.3 million dollar home and they only owned 1 Toyota Prius to get around in.

  • @trident2020
    @trident2020 Рік тому +345

    I saw a news report last week that said since the Netflix series came out, fans of the show have been driving to the house to get a look at it and the neighbors complained to police about the sudden surge of traffic in their block so police cordoned off the house with crime scene tape and having cops periodically stop by to shoo people away. Kind of funny how the house has tons of “Watchers” now. 😂

    • @yakob9672
      @yakob9672 Рік тому +4

      the real life house it happened at, or the house used in the show?

    • @trident2020
      @trident2020 Рік тому +9

      @@yakob9672 The real life house where it happened in Westfield New Jersey.

    • @Jasmineliketheflower
      @Jasmineliketheflower Рік тому +32

      I believe the whole neighbourhood planned together and was the 'watcher' to get that family out of their neighbourhood, now its like a karma that they cant live in peace themselves because now there are many watchers

    • @mgabimpiloh
      @mgabimpiloh Рік тому

      😂

    • @wins._7
      @wins._7 6 місяців тому

      @@Jasmineliketheflowerwhy do you believe that just asking was any of the neighbors suspicious when this whole thing happened in real life. not in the Netflix show

  • @tamaradavis2276
    @tamaradavis2276 Рік тому +82

    The house in the show was MUCH nicer than the actual house.

  • @trudizzle123
    @trudizzle123 Рік тому +371

    The John Graff character is based on John List who, on Nov. 9, 1971, killed his entire family in identical fashion within their Westfield abode. List similarly lost his job, and gradually bled out his mother's $200,000 savings before killing her and his wife in the house. He also ambushed two of his children when they returned home from school, and it's rumored that he made himself lunch between the killings, after which he reportedly traveled to his oldest son's soccer game and shot him approximately 10 times later that night.

    • @JSweez87
      @JSweez87 Рік тому +3

      In that same house the real people lived in or just in the same town?

    • @naelok3161
      @naelok3161 Рік тому +12

      Yes!! I knew the story was familiar

    • @trudizzle123
      @trudizzle123 Рік тому +47

      @@JSweez87 just in the same town. It had nothing to do with what was going on with the watcher letters

    • @nicocba2007
      @nicocba2007 Рік тому +15

      You should clarify in your comment that those events didn't happen in the mansion where the events that inspired the miniseries took place, neither the people involved had any connections one with another.

    • @davidwainwright2439
      @davidwainwright2439 Рік тому +4

      In the netflix versiin6 john Graff caffies6 out the mass murder inside 65u Boulevard as they were previous owners in 1995...So although it happened in the samd zip code for dramatization purposes two stories ( the watcher and the mass murder) became one.

  • @TaylerNorrie
    @TaylerNorrie Рік тому +120

    They added so much fictional stuff into it so why not give us a fictional ending

  • @aki-rw9vu
    @aki-rw9vu Рік тому +364

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

  • @mephistopheles1086
    @mephistopheles1086 Рік тому +113

    One of things I never understood was if this family were being watched, why didn't they put security cameras around the house, by the mail and pointing it on the street to find out who's the culprit??
    That would be the first thing I would do if I end up receiving those creepy letters.

    • @RedorBlueDaily
      @RedorBlueDaily Рік тому +16

      True lol but the watcher did not necessarily have to deliver the letters themselves could have been someone else

    • @cluezybluez
      @cluezybluez Рік тому +30

      The mailman probably delivered the mail

    • @JamesBricks06
      @JamesBricks06 Рік тому +4

      @@cluezybluez he did

    • @JamesBricks06
      @JamesBricks06 Рік тому +8

      The mail man delivered the letters

    • @iwujifamilyvlogs7738
      @iwujifamilyvlogs7738 Рік тому +3

      Right? Was there a return address and stamp? How did the letters go through the post office without all of that.

  • @NicolasSilvaVasault
    @NicolasSilvaVasault Рік тому +171

    just finished the series, damn what a rollercoaster of emotions, really good series

    • @vijaynanhoe5336
      @vijaynanhoe5336 Рік тому +7

      I just did so too, damn that was heavy

    • @ziquaftynny9285
      @ziquaftynny9285 Рік тому +29

      The ending was terrible and made no sense

    • @lavatr8322
      @lavatr8322 Рік тому +1

      I'm into it.... where their stooopid Hor ass daughter accuses them for Racism lmfao....
      That is so American... I feel sad for Whites around the world..

    • @NicolasSilvaVasault
      @NicolasSilvaVasault Рік тому +14

      @@ziquaftynny9285 case is unsolved, so it kinda make sense, but i get what you mean

    • @chrispeters5194
      @chrispeters5194 Рік тому +4

      Really I hated it in the end

  • @chriswakefieldmusic
    @chriswakefieldmusic Рік тому +93

    As far as the nearby resident relating to video games, he didn’t have a screen name of The Watcher, but a detective or officer who questioned him, recalled “to his memory” that he played a game called The Watcher. However this sounds like it could have been “The Witcher” video game, and the officers memory could have misconstrued this.

    • @notverynotoriousg5674
      @notverynotoriousg5674 Рік тому +21

      lol, that sounds like typical police work, it must be the video games.

    • @nicocba2007
      @nicocba2007 Рік тому +11

      If I recall correctly, that suspect was brought up by his girlfriend (or at the time his ex?). One night she parked her car near the house for several hours, that brought the attention of the private investigator that was watching the house from a van. She was interrogated and she said she was actually watching his boyfriend, who lived in the area, and during the interrogatory she mentioned the guy was playing a game or using the nickname "the watcher" for gaming.

    • @levisipos
      @levisipos Рік тому +2

      This was said in buzzfeeds unsolved video about this case

    • @SuperJuvent
      @SuperJuvent Рік тому

      This happened with my brother lol

  • @averycolnite3561
    @averycolnite3561 Рік тому +22

    All those cameras installed all around the house, and still couldn't catch anyone.
    Ridiculous! 😄

    • @lucaspagnozzi6401
      @lucaspagnozzi6401 Рік тому

      The show added a basement, I would put cameras even in the toilet tbh

    • @KaeDaBraat
      @KaeDaBraat Рік тому

      @@lucaspagnozzi6401 ew 😂😂

    • @mermaidofdreams
      @mermaidofdreams 6 місяців тому

      Considering the were put up but you never see the owner view them and he’s living there, in future episodes it’s indicated they aren’t all installed and it’s still ongoing. They should have been installed all at once.

    • @user-bz7qg5xw6h
      @user-bz7qg5xw6h Місяць тому

      @@KaeDaBraat I'm sure you'd rather ew, than picking your dogs carcass off the floor. insert sarcastic laugh emoji-

  • @margaretc2015
    @margaretc2015 Рік тому +217

    The real case of the watcher would easily have made a great movie. IMO there is no need for all the stuff they add in, the tunnels, Andrew or the neighbors killing themselves. I just wish theywould have stuck with the story because it is very interesting in its own rights

    • @megankeil5228
      @megankeil5228 Рік тому +18

      Yes me too, we’ve got maybe 2 episodes left to watch and it’s a bit frustrating the differences

    • @alexadamovski1107
      @alexadamovski1107 Рік тому +59

      What story? The only story is that they receive the letters. That’s all. It’s the whole story. Netflix did a great job of making a have out of have not.

    • @mellamokiko4779
      @mellamokiko4779 Рік тому +12

      Yes a movie would if been better...the series was too damn long

    • @suzy8109
      @suzy8109 Рік тому +9

      The true story would be enough for a 2 hour movie perhaps ... but not enough for 7 episodes of 44 minutes. True to form since 2017 (in every movie and TV series they have made), Netflix made sure that 2 of the central characters were black actors. 👍I loved the series. Full of twists and turns and tense moments.

    • @margaretc2015
      @margaretc2015 Рік тому +4

      @@suzy8109 I just wish if they are doing it based on a true story that would stick to the story. JMO

  • @oiooi6460
    @oiooi6460 Рік тому +80

    I think the Watcher as told on Netflix is a perfect allegory for what is going on today. One group desperately wishing to hold on to a romanticised past (the preservation society) against anyone who wants change or modernisation (those who move into the house). Huge distrust and dislike on either side, manifesting in utter paranoia. The point is that this made everyone in the show watchers at one point or another.

    • @thinkisthekey1234
      @thinkisthekey1234 Рік тому

      Bullshit

    • @oiooi6460
      @oiooi6460 Рік тому +1

      @@thinkisthekey1234 Thank you for your considered, well set out opinion

    • @oiooi6460
      @oiooi6460 Рік тому

      @@sandrapasquarella674 That is so interesting

    • @userunknown1578
      @userunknown1578 Рік тому

      The daughter fabricating a story to make her father look racist is 100% based on what's going on today.

  • @marcus_ohreallyus
    @marcus_ohreallyus Рік тому +30

    It was intriguing at first but it just went off the rails with one red herring after another. If this was a tighter 4 episodes it might have been better. It became really annoying that every character the couple encountered turned out to be vindictive, rotten assholes... private detective lady notwithstanding

  • @maryjanebrown4667
    @maryjanebrown4667 Рік тому +22

    I watched the first few episodes, and a part of me kept wishing that the owners would deal with the crisis by tossing these letters straight into the garbage can, where they belonged.

    • @mazvitaselemani
      @mazvitaselemani Рік тому +4

      I honestly feel like this watcher person just loved the attention they were getting

    • @maryjanebrown4667
      @maryjanebrown4667 Рік тому

      @@mazvitaselemani
      If I know that someone is intentionally trying to scare me, hell would freeze over before I give them the satisfaction, but that’s just me.

    • @whitfieldhyde5957
      @whitfieldhyde5957 Рік тому +4

      Or just fucking install cameras in the streets get the state to do it

    • @Babygirl_123
      @Babygirl_123 6 місяців тому

      How about the music in their house and others

    • @Babygirl_123
      @Babygirl_123 6 місяців тому

      I think it’s derek and maria braddus that wrote the letters to themselves

  • @muddabuwshi6510
    @muddabuwshi6510 Рік тому +9

    I was waiting for John Graff to be caught by Robert, felt like they left out a big part of that conversation.

  • @Theendlessriver77
    @Theendlessriver77 Рік тому +39

    Let’s be honest, there was no “watcher”. The Netflix version is filled with dramatization and it was without a doubt an inside job. The real family still lives in the same town of Westfield. You’d think if they had been soooo traumatized they would have hauled ass far from that place.

    • @userunknown1578
      @userunknown1578 Рік тому +9

      The real family never even lived in the house.

    • @Babygirl_123
      @Babygirl_123 6 місяців тому +1

      I think it’s derek and maria braddus that wrote the letters to themselves

  • @joeyleo2386
    @joeyleo2386 Рік тому +37

    I want to know who killed Sprinkles!!!! He didn’t deserve that, we need closure😢

    • @Theendlessriver77
      @Theendlessriver77 Рік тому +5

      That never actually happened in the real life case. Zero family pets were killed in the real house. One of the MANY details added for dramatic effect.

    • @joeyleo2386
      @joeyleo2386 Рік тому +13

      @@Theendlessriver77 I get that, but for the story of the show I want to know lol

    • @user-bz7qg5xw6h
      @user-bz7qg5xw6h Місяць тому

      @@Theendlessriver77 ??????????? We're here discussing the series. Not the actual case? You in the wrong comment section Karen. xD

  • @cheescravings
    @cheescravings Рік тому +9

    Just started watching this series I consider it intriguing I don’t think it’s so possible to act according to the true life story, I give them their flowers !❤

    • @lavatr8322
      @lavatr8322 Рік тому +4

      Yea but its possible to stick to the story than adding ...various appropiations and political correctedness

    • @cheescravings
      @cheescravings Рік тому +1

      @@lavatr8322 true though

    • @bryancole4022
      @bryancole4022 Рік тому

      You're tripping lol nobody thought Dahmer was Dahmer until they found out. There's some sick people out here, so rule out the possibility of it.

    • @arizonagirl6474
      @arizonagirl6474 Рік тому

      @@lavatr8322 Finally! Someone I see who agrees with me! I got turned off the moment they made the daughter cry racism and the blk kid say how bad it is for him to be in a police station. Netflix can't seem to understand that we Americans are tired of political propaganda..

  • @davemay7797
    @davemay7797 Рік тому +37

    it started out great but i felt as the series went on the watcher became less and less threatening. who would really be afraid of any of the neighbours?

    • @tallrver
      @tallrver Рік тому +12

      Put you in those shoes, even though everyone is unthreatening they killed your son's ferret 5 days ago, and have access to your house whenever they feel like it and you don't know how, you'd grow paranoid

    • @susanw7442
      @susanw7442 Рік тому

      That's what I thought until I watched a couple of "Fear Thy Neighbor" episodes on ID, lol.

  • @shun6039
    @shun6039 Рік тому +15

    Has everyone ruled out maybe he or she was never watching from the outside but using something to watch on the inside, the real family installed cameras on the outside, hired a PI but maybe they shouldn’t be looking for someone but something. My guess is there could be hidden cameras/mics scattered throughout the house, giving the stalker the chance to watch from somewhere else.. you can’t catch someone if they are watching from a distance. And let’s be honest this was 2014 wasn’t that long ago, it wouldn’t be far fetched if the person live completely in a different area or state, broke in the house at one point put hidden cameras in, and just sat at home like a creep watching them, and it wouldn’t have been difficult to just go to the post office to mail a letter

  • @aannddrryyaa
    @aannddrryyaa Рік тому

    Thanks for this. It was a pleasant listen.

  • @shammuk02
    @shammuk02 Рік тому +10

    The owner of the house should rent it out to fans of the show .... i bet many ppl will want to experience living there and see if they can meet the watcher

    • @soonsims
      @soonsims Рік тому +1

      yeah they must be very happy with this show because their prices will sky rocket. It's a great advertisement. And with all eyes on the house even if there was someone with actual intent of harm which i absolutely highly doubt, they wouldnt be able to due to all of the attention, police, filming etc. the owners hit the jackpot haha

  • @jefffromjersey52
    @jefffromjersey52 Рік тому +4

    I dont even really CARE what the True story is ,, they did a FANTASTIC JOB with this .. and they left it so OPEN ENDED , that there has to be More, a LOT more .. I hope the Writers are at it , because I cant wait .. the Tunnels alone you could make several episodes about.. and we never even found out who was sleeping in that room ??? this is an amazing story ,and will leave you on the edge of your Seat .. it starts out kind of stupid, but it builds Nicely, and takes a couple of Nice Twists and Turns . the Investigator was awesome ..and then the plot twist there .. its not even that important WHO the Watcher is .. its the Story behind if which is so Fascinating .. Nice Job, truly nice Suspense , Mystery .

    • @mariedean5976
      @mariedean5976 Рік тому

      I only came across this because I was frustrated with how stupid the first two episodes were and didn't make sense and was lookin to see others views. I find them even more annoying after learing it is 'based off actual events'

  • @basia1683
    @basia1683 Рік тому +42

    In the show the previous owner John who murdered his family was based on another crime story. And it happened exactly like that just not related do watcher case but real true crime

    • @christinaioan5429
      @christinaioan5429 Рік тому

      Could you share the name of the case?

    • @sofsjo
      @sofsjo Рік тому +2

      Was looking for this comment. It's such a creepy story and of I remember correctly he got a job as an accountant, remarried and only changed to thicker glasses but got recognized and caught like 15 years later

    • @sofsjo
      @sofsjo Рік тому +2

      @@christinaioan5429 john list family murders

  • @maddyayay5111
    @maddyayay5111 Рік тому +99

    I’m so thankful that Andrew wasn’t real because I felt so bad for him😭

    • @BrainPilot
      @BrainPilot  Рік тому +2

      Yeah it would have been pretty bleak!

    • @noahmeza8826
      @noahmeza8826 Рік тому +1

      If Andrew isn’t real why was he there at the end of the series crying outside the house?? Confused someone please explain

    • @leahkozma
      @leahkozma Рік тому +1

      @@noahmeza8826 Andrew's real in the series but not in the actual real story he's just a made up character

    • @noahmeza8826
      @noahmeza8826 Рік тому

      @@leahkozma thankyoy

  • @startwilight9102
    @startwilight9102 Рік тому

    Didn’t know it was a true story 😱!! Love it !!

  • @CaptainLuckyLuke
    @CaptainLuckyLuke Рік тому +68

    It was good to see Netflix afforded Mia Farrow the rare opportunity to play herself.

    • @gittevogelbein8259
      @gittevogelbein8259 Рік тому +2

      Her face looked weird though🤔

    • @wayneguy6043
      @wayneguy6043 Рік тому

      @@gittevogelbein8259 who’s Mia?

    • @BigBoy-gk1ub
      @BigBoy-gk1ub Рік тому +1

      @@wayneguy6043 actress who plays pearl

    • @molliwilson5639
      @molliwilson5639 Рік тому +4

      @@wayneguy6043 uh, Mia Farrow a very famous actress.. who played the neighbor

    • @crystalsmith4928
      @crystalsmith4928 Рік тому

      @@gittevogelbein8259 because she is actually a he. Hollyweird with its inverted couples. Time to wake up. You know they look gendered. They worship Baphmet, half man, half woman. That’s why they look weird, but your mind can’t accept it, cause you don’t want to look or think you are crazy, but your mind is telling you something isn’t right.

  • @kylie2771
    @kylie2771 Рік тому +20

    It's an inside job, they were trying to scare the new owner so they would sell for a lower price and vice versa.

    • @Nerkin610
      @Nerkin610 Рік тому

      What did the neighbours have to gain from a reduced price of that house, to the extent they would be willing to kill, threaten and terrorise?

  • @LittleThingsinJapan
    @LittleThingsinJapan Рік тому +4

    I just finished to watch the series on Netflix and read some info about real story. You did a great job with this video comparing the dramatized and real elements. Thumbs up 👍

    • @BrainPilot
      @BrainPilot  Рік тому +1

      Thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed it!

  • @tammywebb7521
    @tammywebb7521 Рік тому +4

    Just finished watching it. I thought it was great. Maybe a bit over the top but good. The ending makes you think the husband and wife were the watchers. But no one really knows unless the watcher actually admits it.

  • @pixelmentia
    @pixelmentia Рік тому +34

    Between this and Dahmer I'm really getting tired of Netflix heavily dramatizing things and straight up lying when it's not necessary. No coincidence that the same writer worked on both.

    • @meccamonroe6134
      @meccamonroe6134 Рік тому +6

      They have to also respect families wishes if they don’t want their families added into something the writer has done nothing wrong but do what he needed to do. Dahmer was a bad man, that’s it and that’s all.

    • @kassykass89
      @kassykass89 Рік тому +10

      Dahmer was pretty accurate

    • @tonymacintosh3744
      @tonymacintosh3744 Рік тому +9

      no one is forcing you to watch their shows,.... go watch something else

    • @willowthistle3648
      @willowthistle3648 Рік тому

      That's why I don't watch regular TV anymore. All these people screaming about fake news but fake movies about real events are perfectly fine. I feel sorry for the future historians that have to try and figure all of this out.

  • @ChopitupwithChee
    @ChopitupwithChee Рік тому +4

    Did anyone catch how they wrote in the true story of John List? He killed his entire family and was on the run for years until featured on Americas Most Wanted. He wore the dark framed glasses in real life I caught that right away.

  • @muziworldwide
    @muziworldwide Рік тому +41

    It was John & the tree hugger lady. They’re the first ones seen in the tunnels. They started that house club & then added the others in.

    • @nicholaslawrence6926
      @nicholaslawrence6926 Рік тому +12

      Yes, there was that scene where John knocked hurriedly on a large and thick wooden door. Later, Pearl opened it from the other side.
      It was not Pearl's house's front door. It looked like they were in a tunnel or somewhere hidden from plain sight.

    • @muziworldwide
      @muziworldwide Рік тому +2

      @@nicholaslawrence6926 Exactly.

    • @gigiblack2231
      @gigiblack2231 Рік тому +2

      This is what I’m thinking

    • @chloe-annenystrom9383
      @chloe-annenystrom9383 Рік тому +3

      This never actually happened the series made the tunnels up to make it more interesting, also John never actually murdered his family in that house it was just the same zip code

  • @tonyamartin1425
    @tonyamartin1425 Рік тому +45

    funny how the Dad is always dumb helpless or totally unlikable in every Netflix show or movie.

    • @tb8654
      @tb8654 Рік тому +15

      You're reaching man, how was he dumb or unlikeable in the series? It's made out to be very apparent that the Watcher made him feel like he must do everything he can to protect his family etc while also juggling trying to provide for his family, which is completely understandable whether you're a man or woman, as long as you're a parent. Most drama or thriller series involve a person being helpless to some extent

    • @susanwjoh0re735
      @susanwjoh0re735 Рік тому

      @@tb8654 he is right. even the old couple were made out to be seen as conservatives who are evil. there was definitely a political agenda in the show.

    • @sola_a
      @sola_a Рік тому +1

      ....lmao wat

    • @nicholaslawrence6926
      @nicholaslawrence6926 Рік тому

      Yes, it's Hollywood's attack on men/the patriarchy.
      They deliberately make all men behave like cry babies/losers/freaks in every TV show.

    • @bIuecap
      @bIuecap Рік тому +1

      @@tb8654 why would he try and buy that house knowing he can’t afford it? And why didn’t he just sell the house and leave

  • @aujax1
    @aujax1 Рік тому +28

    i stopped by the house on boulevard the other night. about 20 min from where i live. nobody around. felt pretty creepy.

    • @inkozebadigbadig37
      @inkozebadigbadig37 Рік тому +9

      sounds like ur the creepy guy xd

    • @nicocba2007
      @nicocba2007 Рік тому +2

      what has "nobody around" to do with creepy? maybe you made this "creepy" comment just to say you live 20' away from that house?

    • @cookingsauce8274
      @cookingsauce8274 Рік тому

      How is that creepy

  • @Kikwatz
    @Kikwatz Рік тому +1

    The faces of Mia Farrow and Stiffler's Mom scared me the most 😱

  • @armashuvitz
    @armashuvitz Рік тому +15

    this show bites off more than it can chew.

  • @Underscorejed
    @Underscorejed Рік тому +32

    This show had everything to be really good. But just wasn’t

    • @linndrumfan1959
      @linndrumfan1959 Рік тому

      @This & That With Delana Taylor Indeed.

    • @3mk0s
      @3mk0s Рік тому +5

      the family was really unlikeable tbh and i just kept wishing that final episode would end. they left multiple things unanswered (obviously the case is still unsolved and i’m not referring to that) but i mean like who is killing the pets in the house and who was that bill guy who dean thought was john and where did that other guy in the preservation group recognize him from? idk i could just be missing something but i feel they were in over their heads with all these little things leading nowhere. i get it’s supposed to be mysterious but it just left me feeling unsatisfied at the end

    • @christinej4489
      @christinej4489 Рік тому +2

      @This & That With Delana Taylor yeah I loved watching it but the ending is so unsatisfying absolutely no questions are answered which like they said yes it’s unsolved but it’s not even just abt who’s the watcher countless other things had no meaning/ending

    • @bIuecap
      @bIuecap Рік тому +5

      @@3mk0s at the end of the last episode it’s confirmed that it actually is the real john Kaplan is like “I know where I recognize you from bill, how’s the family?” Which confirms that “Bill “ is actually john.

    • @muziworldwide
      @muziworldwide Рік тому +4

      @@3mk0s bro that guy lied abt his name being bill. That WAS John graff. That’s why roger knew who he was. Roger had been keeping his eye on that house his whole life. It’s also why he asked “how’s your family doing bill?” & then jasper freaked out.

  • @JSweez87
    @JSweez87 Рік тому +13

    The Watcher was the young former student turned bride of the older teacher 🤯

    • @nicholaslawrence6926
      @nicholaslawrence6926 Рік тому +4

      Kaplan's 2nd wife, that Japanese lady?
      I'm inclined to think it was Kaplan who sent the letters.

    • @bIuecap
      @bIuecap Рік тому +6

      @@nicholaslawrence6926 it was John that was watching though

  • @NotGuiltyxD
    @NotGuiltyxD Рік тому +24

    I cant believe nobody bought like 2 huge dogs - there would be no one in the house anymore. burn the letters and live xD

  • @dianeleone1634
    @dianeleone1634 Рік тому +1

    Thank you. Glad I watched the Netflix show first. I like when shows are Loosely based on reality. Matter of fact, we live near the Dahmer Family since 1960... Although we're a few years older, the 5 or 6 films are somewhat similar. The only factual events come from Jeff and his father Lionel.. The area is gorgeous, but in the few yrs after the trial, there were scores of ambulance chasers driving by .... Sad to this day..

    • @techsram8495
      @techsram8495 Рік тому

      Isn't Dahmer a show from Netflix?

    • @LaurenOliviArt
      @LaurenOliviArt Рік тому

      @@techsram8495 yes but it’s a real family

  • @colechapman6976
    @colechapman6976 Рік тому +1

    The other difference is the filming locations. The show did not film in the bougie neighborhood of Westfield NJ. Instead, they filmed in Rye, New York, a suburb in Westchester County, New York

  • @jazzymoni7750
    @jazzymoni7750 Рік тому +12

    Now why did they add all this extra just to stretch out episodes?? And the series ending was trash. SMH

  • @jessical1609
    @jessical1609 Рік тому

    I about died when Nora put in her security password as 1234

  • @crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600

    I first knew about the watcher case from Ryan and Shane

  • @tracyturner6751
    @tracyturner6751 Рік тому

    Can’t beat a gooey/fudgey brownie.
    💜💜💜💜💜

  • @AmandaNOTMandy
    @AmandaNOTMandy Рік тому +4

    Great video. I thought I would share something with you and the rest of the viewers and get some other opinions. You are probably familiar with the case of family Annihilator John list. He killed his entire family in 1971 in Westfield New Jersey and disappeared. In 1989 an updated age sculpture was shown on America's Most Wanted and he was captured. He had been living for years as Robert Clark and nobody had a clue about his past. The reason I bring this up is because I've been seeing stuff all over the internet saying that the John graft character is based upon John list. Yes.. the town is the same.. the murdered the family thing is the same. However in The Watcher John graft is still out and on the loose. John list passed away in 2008 in a hospital not far from my house. So my opinion is.. yeah there are similarities to John list and John graft.. however there are so many other differences.. can we really say the character was based upon John list? Maybe we should be saying John list inspired the character. Yes the crime happened in Westfield New Jersey.. but other than that and the fact of the killing of the family.. I don't see other similarities. Honestly.. if you think about it.. can we even say without a doubt that John graft killed his family? Yes they allude to it several times.. but then Theodora claim to have made him up.. yet he's still supposedly attends the meeting at the end of The Watcher. What is everyone's thoughts on the character?

    • @AmandaNOTMandy
      @AmandaNOTMandy Рік тому +3

      If you made it all the way through my extremely long comment.. thanks! Really didn't intend for it to be so long.

    • @heyjorgehey
      @heyjorgehey Рік тому +4

      Anyway John Graff is a creep, he's the person in the tunnel, and having killed his whole family means he's capable of killing the ferret and the doggy. I think Pearl is The Watcher and drove John to madness, and keeps him around b/c she feels bad

    • @soonsims
      @soonsims Рік тому +2

      I think John killed his family because it turned out Theodora made this whole reveal up - so everything they unearthed before that is still true. It's also implied that the teacher recognized him when he asked ' How's you family Bill ', and they were interrupted. I think that definitely happened and somehow they formed an alliance with Pearl. Maybe the two of them were the Watcher. Perhaps he was the guy who showed up in the house when Karen moved in and killed her dog too. He's definitely a cuckoo a maybe his motive for these letters is to preserve the house/town how it was. And Pearl is so obsessed with the same too. But what I can't pinpoint is the blood cult and what Andrew's child saw. Because we know this likely happened. Unless Andrew really went crazy after the passing of his wife and the cult thing isn't a thing. Then there won't be loose ends. But I don't think so...so the track suit lady is also evil...? Wish we had more answers 😁

    • @speezy1414
      @speezy1414 Рік тому

      @@soonsims yeah this is a good analysis, exactly what i was thinking

  • @anarubino4105
    @anarubino4105 Рік тому +6

    were not gonna talk about the tunnels??

  • @herzeliedstein573
    @herzeliedstein573 Рік тому +5

    A 1.3 million dollar house in 2014 would be 3 million today, so no, they got the price right

  • @Dizzydollie7
    @Dizzydollie7 Рік тому +13

    I didn’t watch the trailer and only saw the title and thought “I sure wish they’d make a show about that family who got letters at the Watcher house!”
    I’m a little slow.

  • @shashankkumar3563
    @shashankkumar3563 Рік тому +2

    If the series would have ended with only 6 episodes that would be quite good rather than including mysterious unexpected episode 7

  • @beastlyidiots9232
    @beastlyidiots9232 Рік тому +4

    I had no idea my 8 year old was writing for Netflix.

    • @mustache3727
      @mustache3727 Рік тому

      I had no idea my 8 year old was writing for Netflix.

  • @anitaarnold8670
    @anitaarnold8670 Рік тому +1

    Reminds me of ground hog day in that it repeats.

  • @mgkelly3389
    @mgkelly3389 Рік тому

    There’s a good true crime podcast about this. I think it’s Sword and Scale or Casefile.

  • @aussieknuckles
    @aussieknuckles Рік тому +38

    It's so rare these days to watch a good show without all the political Bias, this was a great watch that really brought the audience in to it's Story. Well done to the creator's.

    • @derekhaller7435
      @derekhaller7435 Рік тому +4

      I thought this was an awesome show. I just watched all 7 episodes in a day which is really rare for me to do. Not many shows get me to binge watch them. This one did!

    • @aussieknuckles
      @aussieknuckles Рік тому +1

      @@derekhaller7435 yeah same, I even had it going on my phone while I was cutting up vegies etc for soup.

    • @nicocba2007
      @nicocba2007 Рік тому +9

      yep, the Netflix woke quota was largely fulfilled as usual... the family in the real case had 3 kids of 10, 8 and 5 years old, and in the show we had to swallow their daughter's fictitious and unrelated love affair with the "incorrect" guy

    • @aussieknuckles
      @aussieknuckles Рік тому +4

      @@nicocba2007 I got all the messages, even the subtle knock on the adre nachrome being just made up by "crazies". Nothing flew over my head. But compared to the rest of the crap we get these days, this was actually an enjoyable watch.

    • @nicocba2007
      @nicocba2007 Рік тому +3

      @@aussieknuckles my take on this would be, If you have read about the case beforehand, you'll feel frustrated after watching this. If you don't know anything about it, you'll also feel frustrated as everything goes to a dead end and you won't get any answers. And finally, if you just like suspense and thriller stories you'll find a convoluted storyline full of unnecessary twists and turns, with a good and promising beginning and a dull and contrived ending. Overall it's a waste of time; the same thing has already been made in a much better way many times.

  • @luckystrike656
    @luckystrike656 Рік тому +7

    What about the son shooting the old couple to claim insurance money?

  • @myzacky96
    @myzacky96 Рік тому +8

    I thought the "Netflex" version was bunch of bullsit, have that stuff didn't happen to that family! It came off as a bad soap opera, Netfles has some nerve calling that a true story

    • @onetwome
      @onetwome Рік тому +2

      are you the watcher, Melanie?

  • @mikecool4ever
    @mikecool4ever Рік тому +1

    Camera pointed at mailbox after first letter could have helped.

  • @nashbanq7213
    @nashbanq7213 Рік тому +5

    I think genetic genealogy will break this case wide open since there was a dna on the envelope.

  • @autograph415
    @autograph415 Рік тому +2

    just a side note on the last episode when the new family was in the house ( well outside) was john / bill/william, inside there house again watching them from upstairs?

    • @bluem5620
      @bluem5620 Рік тому +1

      Yes I saw that too!

    • @autograph415
      @autograph415 Рік тому +2

      @@bluem5620 people keep saying it wasn't obvious who the watcher, but I feel like hes the most obvious

    • @costalib5975
      @costalib5975 Рік тому

      It’s obvious it’s the old couple mo and Mitch

    • @autograph415
      @autograph415 Рік тому

      @@costalib5975 care to explain my brother

    • @heyjorgehey
      @heyjorgehey Рік тому +2

      Just like in the first episode, he is there in the house too! He living in that tunnel, Pearl keeps him there

  • @sdiponioXx
    @sdiponioXx Рік тому

    Does anyone know if these letters continued when the new family bought the house in 2019?

    • @aklys2121
      @aklys2121 Рік тому

      They claimed that not. But we dont know for sure what realny haopened

  • @juvenalpineda3606
    @juvenalpineda3606 Рік тому

    LOL, thanks for the Spoiler @Mr.Ballen 😂

  • @marioseverino7138
    @marioseverino7138 Рік тому +6

    Hello Brainpilot, u didn't mention the tunnel.
    Was that real or just made up by Netflix?

    • @rickybobby2567
      @rickybobby2567 Рік тому +5

      They were not real and nobody ever entered there house without consent

    • @Ashaimanidoll
      @Ashaimanidoll Рік тому +3

      @@rickybobby2567 thank you! I wanted to know so badlyn

    • @marioseverino7138
      @marioseverino7138 Рік тому

      @@rickybobby2567 wow Netflix really tried to flipped the script haha 😂

  • @dontarguewithidiots7459
    @dontarguewithidiots7459 Рік тому +1

    they made it seem like Westfield is like Beverly Hills - ie. full of the idle rich. It's not. Economically, it's got a fairly decent spread

  • @pinebarrenpatriot8289
    @pinebarrenpatriot8289 Рік тому +2

    So nobody thought to put a camera on the mailbox through this entire ordeal? They could afford a Million dollar House but couldn't afford ONE camera?

  • @tangomoon111
    @tangomoon111 Рік тому

    I started watching this show and enjoyed it for several episodes. To me, a lot of it is not cohesive. Loan officer giving out personal info., side things like that. I decided when I saw 7 seasons total, this story line could not support it. I think it would have made a better movie. Appreciate your take.

  • @miumiu1482
    @miumiu1482 Рік тому

    My thought on the open ending is that the dad just could let go, and his wife followed him. I guess I’m just too naive

  • @internationalwoman9547
    @internationalwoman9547 Рік тому

    Everything was good but the ending!!!

  • @Jammy88
    @Jammy88 Рік тому +1

    what about seeing someone in the tunnels in their basement?

  • @TheMatFratRealityTV
    @TheMatFratRealityTV Рік тому +2

    The best Netflix series since "Ozark."

  • @rachelbarton3515
    @rachelbarton3515 Рік тому +1

    Nothing about the tunnels under the house or John Graff?

  • @xevenxmusic
    @xevenxmusic Рік тому +4

    Made me feel like I was the watcher 🤣

    • @soonsims
      @soonsims Рік тому

      we are in a way 👀

  • @leorodriguez3762
    @leorodriguez3762 Рік тому +1

    Heard about this story months ago from mr ballen

  • @molliwilson5639
    @molliwilson5639 Рік тому +1

    I thought that The Watcher was very good. I didn’t understand why they didn’t put a spy type camera device inside the mailbox ( for example like for cars ) since the letters were hand delivered. OR get a Post Office Box and cease getting mail at the house entirely . I would like to think that I would have moved into the house and had some beefy security. Any information on the new owners if they received have any letters from The Watcher. I still feel like we are missing something about this family. I think That one of them has an enemy or some other vendetta with some one in the past.. a former mistress is what I’m thinking actually

  • @SonnyBLightSun
    @SonnyBLightSun Рік тому

    Also importantly, were there any Cruel Deaths of Family Pets by the Watcher?
    Or was it just in the Netflix show for dramatic effect.

    • @BrainPilot
      @BrainPilot  Рік тому

      I believe that was just in the show!

  • @jamiejohnson1398
    @jamiejohnson1398 Рік тому +7

    What about the tunnel under the home? Was that fact or fiction?

  • @MaryAnn_Nolan
    @MaryAnn_Nolan Рік тому +1

    I grew up in a funeral home.
    I would take the watcher house any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
    This house wouldn’t scare me whatsoever or any mail I may get.
    (I live by this home and I feel nothing at all around it)
    Just sayin
    Now they are in Matawan trying to play with the “blue house” to keep it from being knocked down.

  • @Playstation19999
    @Playstation19999 Рік тому +2

    they were all the watchers , watching the house

  • @LowTempDabr
    @LowTempDabr Рік тому +9

    This show was so damn bad. The main guy was good in his role, and obviously Naomi Watts killed it as per usual. But godamn, this was a dumb show

    • @tonymacintosh3744
      @tonymacintosh3744 Рік тому

      and yet you watched it? who is the dummy now?

    • @LowTempDabr
      @LowTempDabr Рік тому +3

      @@tonymacintosh3744 what? Lol I'm allowed to not like something I watched lmao
      I don't just stop watching a show half way like most people if that is what you mean

    • @tonymacintosh3744
      @tonymacintosh3744 Рік тому

      @@LowTempDabr still a dummy. You must be blond

  • @sanjayvaidya4925
    @sanjayvaidya4925 Рік тому

    So watch or skip?

  • @fly11ful
    @fly11ful Рік тому

    Arent anyone going to speak about that John were up in the window at 657 for the new family when they were moving in? He were clearly still keep using his secret tunnel, he is living with the crazy lady and Jasper and goes under the tunnel to update them for all the new construction which is to be done. Rhen they speak about it in their club. Then they togheter make the watcher lettere togheter.
    as we remember John also had the watcher, and as said in the letters «it is now my turn» i belive the watcher goes on from person to person. John probably had an old one many years ago, and now he haa been for years and to everyone while hiding in the tunnel and at Jasper. And now Dean is obsessed and he wil like to join in also beeing the watcher.

  • @muddabuwshi6510
    @muddabuwshi6510 Рік тому +7

    It's kinda frustrating that the case wasn't solved. Felt just like the dad.

  • @bfgolf
    @bfgolf Рік тому

    I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I might have given that secret cave in the basement another peak othe than the initial discovery. I might have even just walked in there and seen where it came out. Probably a crazy idea

    • @traceynorth3998
      @traceynorth3998 Рік тому

      I believe the tunnel and cave were not real. I know I read it one of the articles I read about the show, just don't remember which one.

    • @bfgolf
      @bfgolf Рік тому

      @@traceynorth3998 there definitely weren't any in the real house or do mean they aren't real on the show? Like a dream or something?

  • @stevenfair9423
    @stevenfair9423 Рік тому

    *But did the ferret get curbstomped?*

  • @Babygirl_123
    @Babygirl_123 6 місяців тому

    I think it’s derek and maria braddus that wrote the letters to themselves

  • @l.b.nstudios2070
    @l.b.nstudios2070 Рік тому +1

    You want to now something funny I lived in the neighbourhood when it happened I was 5 years old i barley remember my dad seeing it in the news and got scared so we moved to a different town it was so creepy

  • @nicocba2007
    @nicocba2007 Рік тому +8

    In the real life case, the family actually never moved into the house... that tells you all about the plot of this dull sci-fi thriller miniseries.

  • @outsidersc2
    @outsidersc2 Рік тому

    So was the lady real that was on the video bedroom camera with the husband ?

  • @nevermind4200
    @nevermind4200 Рік тому +5

    And no one thought to install a camera in a tree facing the mailbox with another camera (with 360° view) on the roof facing the tree and the mailbox?
    or to install a high fence with spikes, with a hedge?
    That way no one would have seen the house.
    With mirror stickers on the windows like that the interior of a house can no longer be seen at all?

    • @beneficentnature9356
      @beneficentnature9356 Рік тому

      He went for the bargain deal instead and trusted a 19 year olds intuition. Explains a lot

    • @nevermind4200
      @nevermind4200 Рік тому

      @@beneficentnature9356 That's true ^^"

  • @MrJahabel
    @MrJahabel Рік тому

    Volume is very low

  • @ahmadabdeljabbar8375
    @ahmadabdeljabbar8375 Рік тому

    I want to know if people broke into the house and killed pets and stuff

  • @raymondsalcido9112
    @raymondsalcido9112 Рік тому

    It was a very good show luv it

  • @footballpicks1851
    @footballpicks1851 Рік тому +2

    Was there really tunnels in the house? Did people get into the house through the tunnels. And was there a guy in the 90s who lived there and killed his family? And do we know anything about the current residents? And if they are getting letters?

  • @kayladiaz9684
    @kayladiaz9684 Рік тому

    I just really wanna know if the secret passageways are real!!!!!!

  • @arooj456
    @arooj456 Рік тому +4

    What about Andrew saying his kid saw a blood cult and Mo drank his blood?

    • @kimdontcare244
      @kimdontcare244 Рік тому +11

      the guy was on drugs ...what he saw wasn't real

    • @arooj456
      @arooj456 Рік тому

      @@kimdontcare244 and when he said his kid saw a blood cult ritual?

    • @arooj456
      @arooj456 Рік тому +1

      And the wife going crazy because she saw strange things happening in the house?

    • @arooj456
      @arooj456 Рік тому +1

      Sorry, I'm just very intrigued and confused lol

    • @richoffsilence
      @richoffsilence Рік тому +2

      @@arooj456 its real , and it happens today thats why its played with like this in movies to make it seem fake

  • @whitfieldhyde5957
    @whitfieldhyde5957 Рік тому +1

    Just fucking install cameras in the street (petition the state to do it)

  • @alisonrutherford8948
    @alisonrutherford8948 Рік тому

    Why do they leave all the curtains open at night?

    • @BrainPilot
      @BrainPilot  Рік тому +1

      True, that could have solved one big issue

  • @fortunatosmith4746
    @fortunatosmith4746 Рік тому +2

    It would be too much like right to put a camera in the mail box

  • @Kevin-lv5ll
    @Kevin-lv5ll Рік тому

    Were the tunnels beneath the hous true or nah?