The Million Dollar House Nobody Wants to Live In

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2021
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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  2 роки тому +369

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    • @electr0heat767
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    • @TheBlackhopex
      @TheBlackhopex 2 роки тому +3

      Apparently "International" doesn't include the rest of us Africans

    • @drescherjm
      @drescherjm 2 роки тому +10

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    • @territhetankedupterrapin6592
      @territhetankedupterrapin6592 2 роки тому +1

      Nahh id rather watch your videos and use my eyes.

    • @RagingPhoenix16661
      @RagingPhoenix16661 2 роки тому

      Hey fella, love the video’s. Just feel the need to ask you to please put a Photosensitive warning if you’re using that paparazzi edit. It’s pretty harsh with the flashing.

  • @stevenkarmazenuk2540
    @stevenkarmazenuk2540 2 роки тому +3232

    "Their life, seemingly a dream, was about to become a nightmare." (dramatic pause) "Hey, guys! I just found a FANTASTIC new way to shave my bollocks!"

    • @proto-geek248
      @proto-geek248 2 роки тому +66

      *their

    • @hansperil
      @hansperil 2 роки тому +16

      *bottocks (just kidding)

    • @GeeTrieste
      @GeeTrieste 2 роки тому +34

      Yes exactly. The emotional tone whiplash hurt my brain.

    • @stevenkarmazenuk2540
      @stevenkarmazenuk2540 2 роки тому +16

      @@hansperil No...no...

    • @CamMackay96
      @CamMackay96 2 роки тому +45

      @@hansperil given its a ball shaver I'm pretty sure he meant bollocks, and just fyi it's spelt buttocks, so you didn't even get that right 😂

  • @usoseses550
    @usoseses550 2 роки тому +3261

    If you can afford a million dollar house you can afford a home security system.

    • @nic4633
      @nic4633 2 роки тому +167

      They did. Those details were left out.

    • @usoseses550
      @usoseses550 2 роки тому +32

      @@nic4633 Did they have cameras?

    • @damien7151
      @damien7151 2 роки тому +193

      @@usoseses550 he said they did in the video

    • @SuperVladamere
      @SuperVladamere 2 роки тому +73

      Or guns and a weapons handling course for him and the wife.

    • @nic4633
      @nic4633 2 роки тому +9

      @@usoseses550 yes

  • @charlessalvia7176
    @charlessalvia7176 Рік тому +172

    The Watcher's scheme would never have worked on me. I barely check the mail and assume 99% of it is spam, and all my bills are paid online. He could have sent me the most horrifying, traumatizing letter imaginable, complete with like a severed finger or something, and I'd just be like "shut up Publisher's Clearing House, Pre-approved Hilton Rewards Card, and reminder from the New Jersey Board of Elections, into the trash you go."

    • @ladyhonor822
      @ladyhonor822 Рік тому +3

      Me as well. 🙏🇺🇲❤️

    • @thecozyintrovert
      @thecozyintrovert Рік тому +2

      lol same. We have a PO box and check it like once a year.

    • @helenhood5161
      @helenhood5161 Рік тому +1

      Yep, that's me😂

    • @silvermainecoons3269
      @silvermainecoons3269 9 місяців тому +1

      I’m the same way! I do everything online; I don’t think I’ve actually opened my anything from my mailbox in about a year. I’d be completely oblivious to a watcher. Not that anyone would pick me to stalk, I’m the most boring person on earth. 😂😂

  • @CrazyDavy22
    @CrazyDavy22 2 роки тому +311

    This seems like an excellent way to get a home at an affordable price in this crazy market!

  • @Zshadow64
    @Zshadow64 2 роки тому +2234

    I find it odd they did not try to further investigate the boyfriend who's game character was literally the watcher. The DNA evidence found on the letter was said to female and his girlfriend was literally stalking the house in her car. She was probley dropping the letters off for him.

    • @philholman8520
      @philholman8520 2 роки тому +96

      Yep! Sounds plausible! Good one!

    • @just.in.
      @just.in. 2 роки тому +390

      He was probably playing the Witcher and she just got confused 🤣

    • @michaeljohn2826
      @michaeljohn2826 2 роки тому +22

      You've cracked it!

    • @Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan
      @Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan 2 роки тому +64

      He was playing this deeply disturbing game the watcher 3!

    • @Al3xChap1n
      @Al3xChap1n 2 роки тому +88

      I agree with this theory. I also think maybe the previous owners may have had something to do with it. Find it odd that they would not keep a weird letter from someone thanking them for bringing someone new to a house. My problem with this, I can't find a motive for them.

  • @zorakj
    @zorakj 2 роки тому +1182

    “Had schizophrenia when he was younger.” It’s not something you grow out of.

    • @foosblood24
      @foosblood24 2 роки тому +45

      Yea I was thinking exactly that.

    • @someguyfromtheinternet5158
      @someguyfromtheinternet5158 2 роки тому +30

      But it can be something you grow into, so having it when younger means long so possibly worse? I’m guessing ofc. No expert

    • @zorakj
      @zorakj 2 роки тому +79

      @@someguyfromtheinternet5158 Better or worse depends partly on the disease itself, and partly on how it is treated, med compliance, etc. My schizophrenia continues to get better over time because I take my meds and see my therapist regularly. But there is some luck there, too. Meds don’t work the same for each person.
      I was just surprised at the phrasing the narrator used. You just don’t stop having schizophrenia, (though you may get it under control).

    • @agravemisunderstanding9668
      @agravemisunderstanding9668 2 роки тому +15

      Well it can gradually fade away or maybe he took regular medication to suppress it

    • @EPetras
      @EPetras 2 роки тому +7

      I think he might have meant he was diagnosed when he was younger, or it was worse before

  • @nobody1807
    @nobody1807 2 роки тому +89

    Honestly, if I started receiving letters like that I would first be amused and later frustrated. Probably would watch the mailbox and go talk to the guy leaving the mail, or, I don't know, start reading all the letters through a megaphone. Make a game of it, I doubt the "watcher" would DO anything, they're not called the doer after all.

    • @mousermind
      @mousermind Рік тому +11

      "The Doer" xD

    • @The808Mixmaster
      @The808Mixmaster Рік тому +3

      It wasn't delivered in person lol

    • @ilikecringe
      @ilikecringe Рік тому

      I would be watching with binoculars from the dark until I find out who it is

  • @JerseycatsFishing
    @JerseycatsFishing 2 роки тому +43

    I did the plumbing work in that house back in the early 2000s during a major renovation. The owner of the construction company was a Scotch Plains Police Officer. I got a tip at the end of the job that consisted of a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue and season tickets to the Jets which I promptly sold.

    • @aleynahallie9506
      @aleynahallie9506 2 роки тому +5

      I dont know why I find that so funny but being tipped a bottle of alcohol that im pretty sure is like $200 and jets tickets is very funny to me

    • @JerseycatsFishing
      @JerseycatsFishing 2 роки тому +9

      @@aleynahallie9506 yeah I was like "oh yay" in my head 😆 I would have rather had gotten a cash tip especially considering the house was worth a million back in the early 2000s. White collar folks from Wall Street and such all wanted to have that Westfield NJ mailing address which inflated their sense of worth amongst their peers. Imo if you put that house in just about any other town at that point in NJ history it was 400 to 500k house tops and probably even less the further you got away from NYC and Central Jersey

  • @Josh-ok1qu
    @Josh-ok1qu 2 роки тому +2426

    Why didn’t they just set up a secret/hidden cameras around the place so they can see who puts the letters in the mailbox? 🤔

    • @freedapeeple4049
      @freedapeeple4049 2 роки тому +512

      Yeah, the whole story sounds fishy.

    • @PhenomRom
      @PhenomRom 2 роки тому +28

      facts lmao

    • @gonzoales6271
      @gonzoales6271 2 роки тому +130

      @Excentryck why wouldnt they check from which mail is the watcher sending those letters?

    • @sladerheaume
      @sladerheaume 2 роки тому +255

      @@gonzoales6271 The sender simply doesn't include a return address.

    • @theboringchan
      @theboringchan 2 роки тому +17

      Good point. Must be a urban legend.

  • @hailstorm2564
    @hailstorm2564 2 роки тому +524

    The Watcher sounds like a 14 year old who thinks they are super edgy honestly XD

    • @NikkiC777
      @NikkiC777 2 роки тому +28

      That is exactly what it sounds like.

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 2 роки тому +16

      Democrats. We keep them out of my community.

    • @ahhh...5765
      @ahhh...5765 2 роки тому +17

      People who use the phrase "edge lord" remind me of 14 year olds.

    • @ahhh...5765
      @ahhh...5765 2 роки тому

      Why the edit?

    • @solus8685
      @solus8685 2 роки тому +35

      @@baneverything5580 Why tf did you bring politics into this lmfao

  • @adarian
    @adarian 2 роки тому +41

    What I learned today is that it could save you a lot of money to find a home you want that is out of your range by a bit that is on the market and then do creepy shit with letters when someone moves in and get the house for several hundreds of thousands less in just a few years. I wonder if they ever did any investigating of the people who bought the house in the end for far less than it should have been worth.

    • @mikewarpula911
      @mikewarpula911 7 місяців тому

      It doesn't say did the new owners get any letters or threats

  • @sij6169
    @sij6169 2 роки тому +10

    Thoughty is the best channel on UA-cam. He doesn't need to do fake ghost videos, he doesn't need to be hugely controversial or ram his videos full of sexual content. He just gives us funny, informative and incredibly witty videos. Long may it continue

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan 2 роки тому +754

    Family: _gets psychologically terrorized for 5 years by a psycho_
    Netflix: It's Free Real Estate

    • @CosmicHarmony58
      @CosmicHarmony58 2 роки тому +9

      Fkn Netflix 😂

    • @Ranxerox1911A1
      @Ranxerox1911A1 2 роки тому +8

      Didn’t Obama buy a house in that neighborhood? He is, after all, an adherent of Weather Underground terrorists. Use your Google. And now he’s a multi-millionaire because of Netflix.

    • @julian2626
      @julian2626 2 роки тому +8

      @@Ranxerox1911A1 k

    • @artificial_oysters
      @artificial_oysters 2 роки тому +2

      Typical Netflix..

    • @THEPELADOMASTER
      @THEPELADOMASTER 2 роки тому +5

      I don't know what's so interesting Scott this story to warrant making a movie or a series. It's just 3 creepy letters. Sure, in real life it'll creep me out, but it's fucking boring for a movie plot

  • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
    @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 2 роки тому +629

    I feel like about 90% of the channels I subscribe to has covered this story, but who in their right mind could pass up the chance of hearing it told by a mustache as glorious as this? Oh and the man behind the mustache as well!

    • @Alex-wb3nk
      @Alex-wb3nk 2 роки тому +7

      yea I watched buzzfeed cover this a long Time ago

    • @dianeridley9804
      @dianeridley9804 2 роки тому +8

      Did Mr Ballen recount the tale? He is an excellent storyteller, of those involving horror, the occult and all manner of fantastical goings-on that happen on this Earth.

    • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
      @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 2 роки тому +3

      @@dianeridley9804 Very likely, I can't remember seeing it by him but he's great!

    • @stephenhurd1489
      @stephenhurd1489 2 роки тому +2

      I don't appreciate him trying to tempt us into shaving our balls for 5 minutes every time!

    • @tog4867
      @tog4867 Рік тому

      ​@@dianeridley9804 Yes he did... I think he went into more detail about it also...

  • @lindaturner1361
    @lindaturner1361 2 роки тому +21

    I just LOVE your storytelling! The dramatic pauses, the perfectly stressed words! Intriguing and scary! Thank you~

  • @ScorbunnySneaselEnjoyer
    @ScorbunnySneaselEnjoyer 2 роки тому +3

    Just finished and this version of the story is for sure the best. It had so many crucial details that buzzfeed unsolved didn't touch on

  • @s.n.9485
    @s.n.9485 2 роки тому +2227

    Had this happened in Texas, I think you'd find some very enthusiastic gun owners that would say "bring it on!"

    • @catdaddy9626
      @catdaddy9626 2 роки тому +9

      👈

    • @Gina231329
      @Gina231329 2 роки тому +117

      Exactly what I came here to say. I would refuse to leave my home for some punk who’s probably bluffing anyway. Ok, break in to my house to hurt my kids and see what happens.

    • @jaerys8823
      @jaerys8823 2 роки тому +171

      "Fuck around and find out", id say as a foreigner, thats just badass. God bless the God & Gun Loving state of Texas.

    • @bjornstacy9590
      @bjornstacy9590 2 роки тому +82

      That's why it happened in New Jersey.. Can't own anything there.. If it happened in Florida they'd be gator bait :-D

    • @granda3649
      @granda3649 2 роки тому +34

      @Adolf Hitler Use a tank

  • @Kurtownia
    @Kurtownia 2 роки тому +142

    Soooo... maybe it was someone who wanted to buy the property himself but decided to significantly lower it's price first?

    • @epoy9278
      @epoy9278 2 роки тому +24

      Until when he himself bought it, then he recieve a letter. This time its not joking around.

    • @chloevaughn9755
      @chloevaughn9755 2 роки тому +15

      @@epoy9278 lmao now that’s a interesting horror movie

    • @patrickgroening5664
      @patrickgroening5664 2 роки тому

      @@epoy9278 well as they say what comes around goes around

    • @aimahkhalid3290
      @aimahkhalid3290 Рік тому

      1l

    • @yorgokarna6801
      @yorgokarna6801 8 місяців тому

      The realtor next door neighbour being the most obvious suspect

  • @SorqO
    @SorqO Рік тому +13

    The Netflix show on this is honestly great. Give it a watch. Had no idea this video even pre-dates that.
    What's weirder is that I've been through the town this house was in. Nothing would ever make you suspect that something like this was happening in that area.

  • @markdark1733
    @markdark1733 2 роки тому +6

    the pen truly can be mightier than the sword. putting pen to paper is a very minor task yet in the right hands it can plant a seed of concern that grows and blooms into fear. the power of suggestion is very much what authors media and radio have exploited from their beginning

  • @ajdexter4195
    @ajdexter4195 2 роки тому +206

    A good way to lower the value of a house, then buy it for 400k less than it’s worth haha

    • @tisjester
      @tisjester 2 роки тому +7

      Except that the stigma remains and must be disclosed when you sell the house again. So it really IS worth 400k less.

    • @catdaddy9626
      @catdaddy9626 2 роки тому +5

      Once it hit the media, I'd think it would be safe to live there.

    • @dr.j7542
      @dr.j7542 2 роки тому +34

      @@tisjester NOT TO THE PERSON THAT CREATED THE STIGMA IT ISN'T
      If you understand what hes saying...that means the creep is actively trying to reduce the value and then swoop in, when noone else would bother anymore, and for cheep.

    • @trentononeill5493
      @trentononeill5493 2 роки тому +16

      @@catdaddy9626 Shit, before the video ended I looked to see if the house was for sale. I’d totally buy it and invoke my second amendment.

    • @dr.j7542
      @dr.j7542 2 роки тому +3

      @@trentononeill5493 🤣🤣🤣

  • @plamenmirazchiyski6094
    @plamenmirazchiyski6094 2 роки тому +369

    So, the Broaddus sold the house in July 2019, but what about the new owners? Did they receive any letters? It's been two years since the sale. Or, maybe the new owner desperately wanted to buy the house, but at a lower price and played this entire game?

    • @clown6507
      @clown6507 2 роки тому +41

      I think I remembered that the watcher didn't send any new letters to the new owners. I can't remember the article that I read this from.

    • @nathalie_desrosiers
      @nathalie_desrosiers 2 роки тому +165

      Like "I desperately want this house, but can't afford the asking price. So I'll scare the heck out of the new owners to make them sell the house at a price I can afford" ? Yeah, I thought about it too.

    • @Thesquareandweird
      @Thesquareandweird 2 роки тому +69

      @@nathalie_desrosiers what kind of scooby doo shit is this

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 2 роки тому +17

      @@nathalie_desrosiers initially they didn't want to sell the house till the letters starting appearing. so , the house was not on sale when the letters started appearing.

    • @Sanakudou
      @Sanakudou 2 роки тому +13

      @@nathalie_desrosiers it’s happened before so I wouldn’t be surprised.

  • @TriciaStewart84
    @TriciaStewart84 2 роки тому +10

    I love your content! You’re one of my all time favorite UA-camrs! I don’t care what a video is about, if it’s narrated by you, I’m watching it!

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 2 роки тому +1

      the watcher strikes again !

  • @lissjayne5452
    @lissjayne5452 2 роки тому +9

    Thoughty2 you make my day! honestly you teach me things and make me laugh with your humour and on top of that you have an awesome moustache!

  • @jw1415
    @jw1415 2 роки тому +255

    Nothing a firearm, a few cameras, and Rottweilers can't handle.

    • @GT500Shlby
      @GT500Shlby 2 роки тому +22

      Agreed, most likely it was the bipolar neighbor adult aged child. He was put in a care facility and the house sold with no more issues.

    • @Theendman42
      @Theendman42 2 роки тому +11

      A Ring doorbell system is a beautiful thing. Tape the door to the basement, cover all exits. Set up cameras at the exits. Also, the binoculars I know can’t zoom nearly far enough for the person to not have been close by if it was real.

    • @SuperVladamere
      @SuperVladamere 2 роки тому +23

      I live in a high crime area, both me and my wife carry. I have a few cameras installed in the garage, driveway, side yard and backyard. If I'm not home and she's coming home late, she calls me to check the cameras while she parks so no one runs up on her.
      Recently went to Mexico and saw these beautiful homes with high walls but beautifully decorated and security spikes on top but done artfully so. Might check with the city and county to see if I can have something like that installed in my home.

    • @jw1415
      @jw1415 2 роки тому +23

      Interesting how stories like this never happen to security and firearm enthusiasts...A big "mystery"...😂

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 2 роки тому +3

      why rottweilers? they're mediocre guards. train german seppherds instead, they live longer since they're not that much of a genetically modified breed

  • @covershopkid
    @covershopkid 2 роки тому +100

    Your joke about staying away from the whole block made me laugh out loud. Thank you.

    • @peterwan9076
      @peterwan9076 Рік тому +1

      The whole block could have been poisoned by the water and became mental.

  • @MzShaybutta
    @MzShaybutta Рік тому

    Just stumbled onto your channel and swiftly subscribed. Great Content about verifiable things you can look up and explore yourself.

  • @davidevans5782
    @davidevans5782 Рік тому

    I watched that series, it was very good, I just adore your videos!! Keep up the good work my friend!! 👍

  • @jaichawynski9831
    @jaichawynski9831 2 роки тому +126

    They brought the deed and unlocked a quest as evident by the skyim-esque “to the owner” letter.

    • @Alizudo
      @Alizudo 2 роки тому +7

      Honestly, as terrifying as living there would be, I would also love the feeling of living in a modern myth.

    • @Zantetsu13
      @Zantetsu13 2 роки тому +10

      A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON.

    • @natelax1367
      @natelax1367 2 роки тому +3

      The courier chases you down wherever you are in the world to deliver your newest letter from the watcher. There’s no escape until you solve the mystery and end it with your sword while trying not to take an arrow to the knee

  • @jack7195
    @jack7195 2 роки тому +69

    Did this happen to the other owners afterwards? Because if not, then it had something to do with them. Either it was them themselves or someone in the neighbourhood didn't like them.

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 2 роки тому +6

      first is possible, but latter is impossible since they never moved. most likely it was the chick's boyfriend making the chick to put the letters on his behalf

  • @Scryllix
    @Scryllix 2 роки тому +16

    Just rig a camera to the back of the mailbox so when it opens it will take a picture, or even have a long-range camera looking at the mailbox and have it monitored 24/7, then send a nearby operative to take down the person putting in a letter.

  • @luisak68
    @luisak68 2 роки тому

    Ive heard this story so many times, its not funny. But this is the 1st time Ive heard it so well presented & researched with different & added content that I havent heard before. It made it so much more riveting. Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @Downbubbles2
    @Downbubbles2 2 роки тому +109

    The Watcher sounds like a really bad villain a reddit fanfic subreddit would invent.

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 2 роки тому +7

      yeah, reddit is for mental people in the first place.

    • @louievito5701
      @louievito5701 2 роки тому +6

      Or the stuff of generic creepypasta.

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 2 роки тому

      i searched all of reddit , it is not there .

    • @Mystwalker
      @Mystwalker Рік тому

      Just your average reddit admin.

    • @walteroxford1266
      @walteroxford1266 Рік тому

      facts

  • @sumvs5992
    @sumvs5992 2 роки тому +136

    "The million dollar house no-one wants to live in"
    Ah, so the cheapest houses on the market today?

    • @killeralltires
      @killeralltires 2 роки тому +14

      Man you made me laugh today. Here's a cookie. 🍪

    • @kingdavey90
      @kingdavey90 2 роки тому +3

      Lol man, that's painful

  • @KitsuyuutsuR
    @KitsuyuutsuR 2 роки тому +37

    Okay, I had a thought… The police literally looked at everyone in the neighborhood as a suspect, including the family that bought the house. But there are two people they never even thought to question or look at: the people who sold them the house. I know it makes no sense for them to terrorize the new owners, but since when do people make sense? It’s quite possible they were the ones sending the letters and it would explain why they never caught “the watcher”.

  • @ericmoore571
    @ericmoore571 2 роки тому +1

    I would put a big sign up in the front yard saying "WATCH THIS!" and I would have the house demolished. Nothing for them to see anymore!

  • @TheDisabledGamersChannel
    @TheDisabledGamersChannel 2 роки тому +86

    Just finished reading your book "Stick A Flag In It" and i gotta say, it was FKN BRILLIANT ! ! ! !

    • @atha1ia454
      @atha1ia454 2 роки тому +3

      He wrote a book? No wonder his storytelling so good in the videos. Wow. Need to look that up :D

  • @2102082
    @2102082 2 роки тому +114

    I’d have been tearing into the walls to see if there’s literally any skeletons in closets, or under floorboards, behind the walls. Basically take time off from work and stake out the place til I can hopefully figure out who it is.

    • @herrschmidt5477
      @herrschmidt5477 2 роки тому +6

      Was done in the end, they even opened several walls.

    • @joannaw5913
      @joannaw5913 2 роки тому +8

      Seriously? It was a total of 3 letters over 5 years. Load of fuss about nothing.

    • @NiecieSavo
      @NiecieSavo 2 роки тому +6

      Or you could just throw the letters out and live your life.

    • @Razer5542
      @Razer5542 2 роки тому

      @@herrschmidt5477 Did they find anything or was it just empty space?

    • @herrschmidt5477
      @herrschmidt5477 2 роки тому +9

      @@Razer5542 nothing was ever found. personally I think it was either a scam to get the house relatively cheap or just the one neighbour looking straight at their house was a (luckily rather harmless) nutjob.

  • @drindy5166
    @drindy5166 3 місяці тому

    This has to be the funniest narrated episode of Thoughty2 ... totally dying over here. Totally living on Elm street lol. 👊🤣👍

  • @Wtftrucker785
    @Wtftrucker785 2 роки тому

    I usually skip through the sponsored parts but I could listen to this guy all day!

  • @hekakain4108
    @hekakain4108 2 роки тому +43

    Why didn' they secrete cameras in hidden locations around the exterior and/or the interior windows of the house?

  • @blujeans9462
    @blujeans9462 2 роки тому +265

    Seriously? After the first letter, I would have hired a professional security company with a very hidden camera facing the mailbox - that ran continually. Since it was handwritten, it had to have been hand delivered. Then I'd let the kids play on the porch for one hour - with a camera(s) covering all angles - along with a PI secretly in the house also watching. It may have cost some money, but if they wanted to flip the house, it would been easy after they caught 'the woman'. The theory that they were in over their head is plausible; if they can't afford the mortgage and taxes while living with the parents how would they afford it once they moved in - with utilities, etc to boot. Seems odd. I know the area - really seems odd.

    • @cthulhupthagn5771
      @cthulhupthagn5771 2 роки тому +21

      its the same scam the Lutzes did with Amityville.
      Cant afford the house, make up some bullcrap, and get out of the house

    • @lauraowen8142
      @lauraowen8142 2 роки тому +6

      The letters were all typed. Listen more carefully.
      Oops! Thank you all for the clarification.

    • @blujeans9462
      @blujeans9462 2 роки тому +18

      @@lauraowen8142 You misunderstood. The letters appear to be 'handwritten' - i.e. not addressed/sent through the postal system.

    • @pickle581
      @pickle581 2 роки тому +4

      @@lauraowen8142 Handwritten in large block letters,

    • @blujeans9462
      @blujeans9462 2 роки тому +2

      @@YBDownsta yep. Must be silent - or I've been mispronouncing it wrong all these years. :-) Google it. :-)

  • @ChxmicaLGasai
    @ChxmicaLGasai 2 роки тому

    I love the narrating as you read the letters

  • @sea-fieldpony.4556
    @sea-fieldpony.4556 Рік тому +2

    Any true crime enthusiast can instantly know this is the watcher 😅

  • @janewildly
    @janewildly 2 роки тому +38

    I’m still suspecting that it’s one of the real estate agents or one of the prospective buyers of the home who lost out

    • @maire1889
      @maire1889 2 роки тому +5

      Marie Rockets. It was found out to be a neighbour who wanted the house but lost out with the negotiations

  • @CountDain7
    @CountDain7 2 роки тому +38

    It could be a plot done by the watcher to lower the value of the house. When it is low enough, the watcher would buy it.

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 2 роки тому +1

      Is it inspired by the Amityville incident or the film inspired by it?

  • @GabriellaFrances
    @GabriellaFrances 2 роки тому

    This is the best sponsor skit I’ve seen in a while 😂

  • @brandoncarter3042
    @brandoncarter3042 2 роки тому

    I first heard about this one on the Casual Criminalist. You do great job of telling it as story while Mr. Whistler does a great job of presenting it in a more factual way.

  • @LadySuchiko
    @LadySuchiko 2 роки тому +18

    "Thanks for watching." Oh no! It was me all along!!

    • @obscureogre4547
      @obscureogre4547 2 роки тому +3

      Aha that's very clever. Made me smile 😊

  • @maxwellkafka
    @maxwellkafka 2 роки тому +133

    Sounds like a good time to invest in some security cameras and guard dogs

    • @martinpulley4119
      @martinpulley4119 2 роки тому +3

      Don't forget a few sniper nests for humans and squirrels alike lmao

    • @adlan_kacak
      @adlan_kacak Рік тому +1

      or with bear traps, i guess?

  • @angeliapittman4776
    @angeliapittman4776 2 роки тому

    I loved your video very interesting I look forward to seeing more
    Sincerly,Angelia Frm:Waco Texas USA.

  • @JasmonTP
    @JasmonTP 8 місяців тому

    As usual, great video, love your voice.

  • @de_cre_vi
    @de_cre_vi 2 роки тому +177

    I'm curious to know how thorough the investigation of the Langfords was. Just because the DNA didn't match Abby, doesn't mean it wasn't her mother, or that they weren't working together somehow. They are really the only ones in this story with the time, opportunities and patience for this kind of plot.

    • @arthurchadwell9267
      @arthurchadwell9267 2 роки тому +32

      I wonder if the local cops bothered to do familial DNA. I get the feeling they didn't take it very seriously, so I doubt it.

    • @user-im7km8tq7j
      @user-im7km8tq7j Рік тому +5

      If it doesn't match to descendant it is nearly guaranteed to not match with parent as well. Because as you should probably know children share DNA with parents. In fact lots of murderers were found without ever taking their DNA but through the DNA of their genealogy. Most famous example is how golden state killer was found, they have never took his DNA as a suspect before they found him. So checking mother DNA would actually make near no sense if they checked daughter.

    • @Suswaleh
      @Suswaleh 7 місяців тому

      @@user-im7km8tq7j she could be adopted

  • @glorygloryholeallelujah
    @glorygloryholeallelujah 2 роки тому +365

    You gotta admit…
    All else aside- watcher is pretty damn amazing at psychological warfare! 😳

    • @SkittleNutz77
      @SkittleNutz77 2 роки тому +23

      Not if you do not read the letters... this is like an asshole sending a comment on UA-cam. It don't matter until it's real. Let the 'watcher' approach me and say that to my face, now we're talkin!

    • @BobbityBob19
      @BobbityBob19 2 роки тому +24

      nah, the people investigating were just shit at it.

    • @monkeybandit222
      @monkeybandit222 2 роки тому +5

      @@SkittleNutz77 literally 😂

    • @TheTuta69
      @TheTuta69 2 роки тому +23

      I mean if you threaten anyone's kids I bet they're gonna be on edge

    • @monkeybandit222
      @monkeybandit222 2 роки тому +2

      @Adolf Hitler like you didn’t do ANY OF THAT right?😂

  • @RoxTeeman
    @RoxTeeman Рік тому

    I swear this manscaped ads are comedy gold😂😂

  • @geogeo8159
    @geogeo8159 2 роки тому

    the little clarice tidbit is super cool !

  • @genericwoman3713
    @genericwoman3713 2 роки тому +104

    Even his ads are amazing. I'm so excited about ball deodorant. I don't even have balls

    • @LaverniusTucker2410
      @LaverniusTucker2410 2 роки тому +17

      That's the point, since you don't have them, you'd potentially be the one smelling... the deodorant...

    • @EpochUnlocked
      @EpochUnlocked 2 роки тому +4

      You could wear fake ones that are actually scented like those trees they hang on rear view mirrors in cars.

    • @zachrorke9046
      @zachrorke9046 2 роки тому +7

      Ovary deodorant could be the next big thing! You're welcome ;)

    • @stephj9378
      @stephj9378 2 роки тому +2

      lol

    • @genericwoman3713
      @genericwoman3713 2 роки тому +4

      Thanks guys! Really excited for all the ball smelling/fake ball wearing/ovary scented options available to me 😂😂

  • @only-vans
    @only-vans 2 роки тому +28

    Those pesky "Let's split up and look for clues" kids would have found the culprit.
    Some talented individual should make the scooby doo ending for this.
    Edit: It was Baldy McShavedballs of the clan McManscaped.

    • @sarah259
      @sarah259 2 роки тому +2

      BALDY MCSHAVEDBALLS 😂🤣😂😂😂

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 2 роки тому

      nice ending !!!

    • @Artistjohnlaws4173
      @Artistjohnlaws4173 Рік тому +1

      as an artist I fucking love this concept, it would be a real classic given all the shit horror films being released.

  • @alkh3myst
    @alkh3myst 2 роки тому

    My first 2 years in high school, my school bus drove right by the Amityville Horror house every day. "High Hopes", indeed!

  • @susanrobinson910
    @susanrobinson910 Рік тому +4

    I love watching videos that I know the basic story behind what happened, but then getting Thoughty2’s…err…thoughts 😊
    Thanks for another great video!

  • @expiredcoffee7991
    @expiredcoffee7991 2 роки тому +15

    Thoughty2’s voice is so iconic now

  • @user-hz8uc9iu8c
    @user-hz8uc9iu8c 3 дні тому

    always saving the day, thoughty! 😁

  • @PersephoneRising333
    @PersephoneRising333 Рік тому +1

    It’s the old neighbors who didn’t want any meddling, screaming kids around their house. Anyone who’s ever watched “Scooby Doo” knows that. 😑

  • @ingeborgsvensson4896
    @ingeborgsvensson4896 2 роки тому +32

    So lower the price, I'll buy it if they go low enough.

    • @Hevethee
      @Hevethee 2 роки тому +7

      I'd buy that for a dollar.

  • @DizzyedUpGirl
    @DizzyedUpGirl 2 роки тому +10

    I already know it's going to be the Watcher. I've read the story, listened to the Buzzfeed Unsolved video about it. watched other videos about it. I will still freaking watch and listen to a new video about it.

  • @JohnnyTromboner
    @JohnnyTromboner 2 роки тому +4

    I feel like with as many letters the "watcher" left in the same spot, a simple security camera could have resolved this fairly quickly.

  • @jacquelinedeigan776
    @jacquelinedeigan776 2 роки тому

    Poor people.. terrifying for them..can't imagine how much help they needed to get over this.

  • @nickyphenix4146
    @nickyphenix4146 2 роки тому +98

    I love this channel, today I started listening to his podcast at work! What a gem! I absolutely love it, had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion ❤️❤️❤️ your amazing mustache still shines through in podcast ! Haha ❤️❤️

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki 2 роки тому +2

      Why do people like his moustache?? I still miss his older videos, he just looks better without it to me.

    • @nickyphenix4146
      @nickyphenix4146 2 роки тому +2

      @@CerealExperimentsMizuki because it’s an amazing mustache! He looks so much better with it 🙂👍🏻

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki 2 роки тому +3

      @@nickyphenix4146 I 100% do not agree and it isn't the answer I was looking for it's just the same stuff everyone types.

    • @nickyphenix4146
      @nickyphenix4146 2 роки тому +3

      @@CerealExperimentsMizuki your question was why do people like his mustache. The answer is because it’s a really great mustache. Idk 🤷🏼‍♀️ what you’re looking for nor do I care that you don’t like it. I love it and prefer him with it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ so ... have a good day lol

    • @nicotopcat1188
      @nicotopcat1188 2 роки тому +2

      He does have a sharp wit and a great sense of humor, no doubt...

  • @SamoaVsEverybody814
    @SamoaVsEverybody814 2 роки тому +92

    Always on point with the topics, love this mustachio'd fella

    • @dr.j7542
      @dr.j7542 2 роки тому +2

      You have to go back and watch some lf his older vids.
      YOU'LL LLOOOOOVVEEE IT!

  • @realbadger
    @realbadger 2 роки тому

    My New Jersey hometown of Pompton Plains aka Pequannock Township, also had a main street (literally running its entire length), simply called the Boulevard...

  • @roberthorrell6388
    @roberthorrell6388 10 місяців тому

    Ah yes, thoughty2, the only channel where I look forward to the sponsor plug. 😂😂😂 How do you keep a straight face?

  • @quartzbuilderoneminecraft9434
    @quartzbuilderoneminecraft9434 2 роки тому +10

    Hell, I’d buy it, I already raised my kids, sold my house and am currently living and trying to take care of my elderly mother…things can’t be worse then they are now

  • @BrooksDunn
    @BrooksDunn 2 роки тому +34

    You chose your title very carefully, right? More careful than other titles? Had you said this was the story about "the watcher", you may have missed out on views due to people having listened to the story multiple times, but like me, others wanted to know why people wouldn't want to live in an expensive house. But great job, I was hooked even when I figured it out a few minutes in because unlike all those others who have told the story, I think you have an edge in story telling.

  • @firestorm755
    @firestorm755 2 роки тому

    Great vid, nice one

  • @Shilo-fc3xm
    @Shilo-fc3xm 2 роки тому

    That was a good one Thoughty.

  • @derreckwalls7508
    @derreckwalls7508 2 роки тому +39

    Yeah, I've never enjoyed or been effected by horror stories, and this was no different. I feel sorry for the family, but it seems like a really demented practical joke.

    • @dylanwolf
      @dylanwolf 2 роки тому +2

      affected

    • @derreckwalls7508
      @derreckwalls7508 2 роки тому +3

      @@dylanwolf Thanks. I learned the difference (noun or verb) and used to be aware of it when writing in college. Now I just hear the voice in my head use the everyday wrong pronunciation and I'm too lazy to think about it. (At least I get 'too' and 'to' right.) It's the same with lay and lie (which is transitive and which isn't), and hardware and underwear (but not werewolf). I'll leave it as is so others can see the error. My pet peeve is "there, their, and they're", but I have to remember that English is not the native language of many commenters. But I have no problem writing a sentence that I have to put a preposition at the end of. So sorry... I have no problem writing a sentence where I have to put a preposition at the end. (Yes, I do have a problem.) I also love the overuse of parentheses. (Only as an aside.) And sentence fragments.

    • @Elora445
      @Elora445 2 роки тому +4

      @@derreckwalls7508
      Most people who make mistakes with they, their and they're are actually native English speakers. Maybe because they sound similar? I'm ESL and I have never had any problems with those words. Neither have anyone that I know. Have seen lots of native English speakers doing that, though.

    • @wayneaustin5229
      @wayneaustin5229 2 роки тому +1

      @@dylanwolf well done

    • @cal5750
      @cal5750 2 роки тому +3

      @@derreckwalls7508 you really wrote a whole paragraph just because you didn't want to change a single letter....

  • @DuDe3810
    @DuDe3810 2 роки тому +10

    I'm not gonna lie to you mate, I usually skip through your sponsor segments, but I always love watching the manscaped ones 😂

    • @drowningin
      @drowningin 2 роки тому

      You should see Larry Lawton's manscape ad reads he's an older bald gentleman that was the largest jewel thief in America in the 1980s and did a long prison term.
      His ad reads are perfectly cut so it looks like he turns into a buff young model when he takes his shirt off and uses their products.
      I fast forward most ad reads but when I saw his I laughed hard

    • @DuDe3810
      @DuDe3810 2 роки тому

      @@drowningin I actually watch a lot of Larry's content, I've seen most of his vids, small world lol

  • @southerngal9374
    @southerngal9374 2 роки тому +34

    I would have had a HUGE yard sign telling them they could watch all they want, but step a foot in the yard and you'd be carried out in a body bag and the house could get it's sacrifice. God bless you and have a nice day. I certainly will. Signed, the new owner.

    • @locabynature
      @locabynature 2 роки тому +3

      hell yeah!!! that would've made me feel so much better about this whole story!!! 🤣

    • @mousermind
      @mousermind Рік тому +1

      *its

    • @southerngal9374
      @southerngal9374 Рік тому +1

      @@mousermind my grammar is correct. It's the possessive form. You tried. Seriously, do you have nothing better to do? If not, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, you can find MUCH worse with zero effort. Go troll elsewhere.

  • @Praharshkstudios
    @Praharshkstudios 2 роки тому +1

    657 boulevard always rings in my ears. The buzzfeed unsolved version covered almost everything, indeed.
    I'm really bad at writing old timey-ly

  • @Veltree
    @Veltree 2 роки тому +5

    One of my good friends grew up in Westfield. It was crazy hearing him tell the story and how it affected the town.

  • @artdonovandesign
    @artdonovandesign 2 роки тому +14

    What a joy it is to have another great Thoughty 2 episode pop up in my feed. Thanks, Arran :) Best Videos on UA-cam!

    • @angieou8127
      @angieou8127 2 роки тому +1

      If you like this, then I think you will like Mr.Ballen definitely check him out!!

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 2 роки тому

      @@angieou8127 had a look at his channel , as not the first time i read it in the comments on thoughty2 , he is good but too american and familiar . thoughty2 is on a different level .

  • @crescentmoonchild4031
    @crescentmoonchild4031 2 роки тому

    I can’t believe manscaped!😂 so funny!

  • @toshirodragon
    @toshirodragon 2 роки тому +2

    I'm in the camp of "They got in over their heads and decided to Amityville themselves a way to pay for it".
    It's just too much activity for no one to see anything suspicious, especially with security cameras set up.

  • @chrisfelty8211
    @chrisfelty8211 2 роки тому +47

    I always get so happy when I see him post ! Finally more amazing content !

  • @morgangallowglass8668
    @morgangallowglass8668 2 роки тому +32

    I'll take it, Mr. 12 Ga and I will have a party ready for Mr. Watcher.

    • @ewill3435
      @ewill3435 2 роки тому +4

      Agreed, there are many sick people who would pull this 'watcher' crap for twisted kicks, but a loaded shotgun would put em straight real quick.

    • @theboringchan
      @theboringchan 2 роки тому +1

      Now that's a PARTY I want to be at!! Send me a INVITE!

    • @WhuDhat
      @WhuDhat 2 роки тому +1

      A warm lead welcome eh

    • @morgangallowglass8668
      @morgangallowglass8668 2 роки тому

      @@WhuDhat , 00 Buck therapy.

  • @ozyssah
    @ozyssah 2 роки тому +1

    I am once again on a 42 binge, thank you mustache man

  • @TasteTheD
    @TasteTheD Рік тому

    I just started watching the netflix series and knew the story seemed familiar - I had to go through my youtube history as it was driving me mad! Anyway, Im back to re-watch, this video will surely blow up soon. Cheers dude, A WATCHER x

  • @brosephmcbrosephson2626
    @brosephmcbrosephson2626 2 роки тому +13

    I see the young gamer in this story was a fan of Darksiders... Cracking game.

  • @ubermalice9589
    @ubermalice9589 2 роки тому +28

    Hah! I'd take the house AND catch the watcher. Sounds like fun!

  • @ScorbunnySneaselEnjoyer
    @ScorbunnySneaselEnjoyer 2 роки тому +1

    As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew this was gonna be 657 Boulevard. The whole time you were building up I was like he's gonna say 657 Boulevard I just know it's the watcher. This is the second time I've seen a video on a case I already knew from coincidence. Buzzfeed unsolved fan 👍657 is one of my favorite unsolved mysteries I'm excited to watch this take on it

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @summerodds5281
    @summerodds5281 2 роки тому +24

    They should have rented it to some crazy-ass family for super cheap. Be like "listen you can do whatever you want outside in the yard and tear shit up, but please don't ruin the interior" if that worked. I can almost guarantee the local gov and neighborhood would change their minds about letting them divide the lot. It would be risky but funny as hell. broken down shit in the yard, fights, cops coming a couple times a week. The neighbors would be pissed haha

  • @BCALLEN1
    @BCALLEN1 2 роки тому +18

    I appreciate these videos! i cant wait untill i i can finally visit my family in England again after this Covid! We should link up then and ill buy you a drink mate!!

    • @jonathanpasch6604
      @jonathanpasch6604 2 роки тому +2

      We really got to vote out the lunatics in charge.

  • @marisapanzarin2910
    @marisapanzarin2910 2 роки тому

    Body has mentioned his brilliant advertisment of man scape its bloody hilariously funny it made my day

  • @scirishmelody1096
    @scirishmelody1096 2 роки тому

    You are so cheeky, Thoughty2. Not a day goes by you aren't making me laugh and wonder just how you can keep such a straight face some times...
    I would love to see out takes lol

  • @SuLokify
    @SuLokify 2 роки тому +7

    Really great storytelling as usual! Thanks for the entertaining video

  • @DrethNET
    @DrethNET 2 роки тому +54

    I will never cease to be amazed at the fact Thoughty2 uses no stock footage but he creates his own. Incredible.

  • @scronx
    @scronx 2 роки тому

    The letters started just before they moved in, and stopped when they moved out -- surely they're the culprits then. Other UA-camrs have said so for years. This subject is just one among many called 'the watcher' in google search results, and it's not mentioned in Wikipedia's list of them. This is the funnest, most detailed examination I've come across -- bravo.

  • @lancemaxwell8464
    @lancemaxwell8464 2 роки тому

    as soon as i saw the first envelope, i knew who it was going to be about. it gives me chills