“The Watcher” is a mystery thriller miniseries created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.
- The Watcher is an American mystery thriller television miniseries
- It is created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix
- It follows the true story of a married couple who, after moving into their dream home in Westfield, New Jersey, are harassed by letters signed by a stalker named The Watcher
- It premiered on October 13, 2022
- It is based on a 2018 article for New York’s “The Cut” by Reeves Wiedeman
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 38% approval rating
- With an average rating of 5.7/10
- Based on 8 critic reviews
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 53 out of 100
- Based on 5 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- In episode 1, the characters say that the house has lake views
- There is no lake in Westfield NJ
- But there is in Rye, NY, where the series is filmed
- In episode 2, the family stays at the Tides Motor Inn, which is located in Bayville NY, 60 miles from Westfield NJ
- Based on the real-life case, beginning in 2014, of the Broaddus family, who were spied on, threatened, and ultimately driven to sell their home and leave the town they loved, by a mysterious stalker who identified themselves only as “The Watcher”
- He uses this moniker in the letters sent to Mr and Mrs Broaddus
- The John Graff murders shown in the show bare a tricking resemblance to the John List murders
- This murder also occurred in Westfield but at 431 Hillside Ave instead of 657 Boulevard
- The show’s debut season consisted of 7 episodes in total
