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  • The hit Netflix show about an unknown letter-sender known as “The Watcher” is shining the spotlight on Westfield, New Jersey, a town also known for a shocking murder case in the ‘70s.
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  • @CaptainLuckyLuke
    @CaptainLuckyLuke Год назад +1618

    Real life story: Family bought house, received a few creepy letters, become paranoid, and sold house at loss.
    Netflix version: Murdered pets, insane neighbours, police coverups, secret tunnels, blood cults, mass murder, underage romance, endless conspiracies, wise cracking private investigator, and Mia Farrow playing herself.

    • @susanah0202
      @susanah0202 Год назад +115

      Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa you killed me with Mia hahahahahahaaaaaa

    • @BBXioful
      @BBXioful Год назад +27

      😂😂😂 spot on

    • @deborahdobbie
      @deborahdobbie Год назад +20

      Yep. And was the neighbor.

    • @tylerdurden1221
      @tylerdurden1221 Год назад +63

      You know what? It’s about time someone got creative.

    • @ep3190
      @ep3190 Год назад +10

      🤣

  • @vwlover4677
    @vwlover4677 Год назад +607

    I started to watch it and didn't stop till 430 am. I literally watched the entire series back to back. I couldn't stop. Very good show series!!

    • @joycebruhn3672
      @joycebruhn3672 Год назад +2

      Me toooo

    • @dangannon9970
      @dangannon9970 Год назад +4

      Proof?

    • @billbuffalo6755
      @billbuffalo6755 Год назад +21

      You're part of the reason Netflix will start releasing episodes on a weekly basis lol

    • @glam_goth6662
      @glam_goth6662 Год назад +16

      I couldn't get through first episode

    • @vwlover4677
      @vwlover4677 Год назад +10

      @@glam_goth6662 once you get through the first one its gets alot better

  • @skylarvermillion9679
    @skylarvermillion9679 Год назад +41

    "I was hungry."
    WOW. Gave me chills how cold blooded his response was.

  • @JustCallMeBo1
    @JustCallMeBo1 Год назад +57

    *I loved the show and just finished it, but this show makes you feel like you're going crazy. Every suspect, every dead end. I hope they find The Watcher.*

  • @sydneymichelle404
    @sydneymichelle404 Год назад +76

    When List said he ate a sandwich after murdering his whole family because he was "hungry" my jaw dropped to the floor... what a raging psychopath.

    • @louisejones5773
      @louisejones5773 Год назад +7

      And he thinks he's gonna see his family in heaven

  • @christianbosse_
    @christianbosse_ Год назад +51

    could you imagine discovering your husband was a murderer by seeing it on TV. how horrific

  • @whoskwabi
    @whoskwabi Год назад +187

    Started watching it because the trailer, finished all 7 episode the same day. Crazy how the mystery is still unsolved till this day..

    • @lbabytutorials4852
      @lbabytutorials4852 Год назад +1

      I don’t believe it because people have ring on their doorbells, security cameras, there’s no way that no one can see who is walking up to the mailbox. Even if he was mailing them they could do fingerprints

    • @augustinechoi9868
      @augustinechoi9868 Год назад +11

      I watched it all in one day myself and found so many holes in the story telling from Netflix. I kept watching it hoping there was a ending that would make my time spent watching it, worth it. This show was straight bullshit.

    • @angelhardass
      @angelhardass Год назад +5

      @@augustinechoi9868 i agree , felt like i wasted so much time 😭

    • @DP-eo5xd
      @DP-eo5xd Год назад +5

      @@augustinechoi9868 unfortunately Netflix can’t definitively say who the watcher was because in real life it’s unknown, but I think they do imply who they think it is, the weird neighbors that are obsessed with building preservation.

    • @christiansantamaria7233
      @christiansantamaria7233 Год назад +1

      That’s because its not a mystery no one was murdered it just a bunch of letters hell if i had neighbors who were rich assholes i would make thier lifes hell too and netflix version is all fake

  • @shh5627
    @shh5627 Год назад +220

    I grew up in the town next to Westfield and drove past this house more times than I can count. It's a beautiful home. The Netflix show is WAY OVER the top as nothing happened to the family, other than they received a few creepy letters. The new owners have had no issues----other than all the people who are now driving past the house to see it in person. Trivia----Whitney Houston is buried in Westfield---the cemetery where she is buried is not too far from this house. The List Family, that was murdered by their dad/husband/son, and is mentioned in this video, is also buried at this cemetery. Also, as stated in the video, John List was broke and, unbeknownst to him, the stained glass ceiling in his home's ballroom was an original Tiffiany piece of artwork and was worth THOUSANDS of dollars.

    • @yumiko0017
      @yumiko0017 Год назад +15

      Well it’s a show of course they’re going to add a spin to it.

    • @augustinechoi9868
      @augustinechoi9868 Год назад +3

      No offense nor rudeness intended but you texted a lot of info that confused me because your text had nothing to do with the context of the responses made about this greatly exaggerated show how other than your "The Netflix show is WAY OVER the top as nothing happened to the family, other than they received a few creepy letters."

    • @jojose417
      @jojose417 Год назад +1

      The SNL version is probably closer to the truth 😂😂

    • @DP-eo5xd
      @DP-eo5xd Год назад

      The letters did threaten the children which is what causes the major problem. If I was a bachelor and it happened to me I’d dare the watcher to make a move. I’d fill him full of buckshot. But what p*ssy writes anonymous letters like that. The watcher is probably some sorry ass 50 year p*ssy that’s still a virgin.

    • @msoda8516
      @msoda8516 Год назад +2

      I grew up in metuchen not far from Westfield. I’ve always found the list murders interesting the fact that the answer to his money problems was in the house all long is so crazy you can make it up. My hometown has it’s own dark history. In the early 1980’s a mother killed her young daughter with a jump rope and hide her body in the laundry room.

  • @tbraskey
    @tbraskey Год назад +28

    I wouldn't have played. I would have checked the mail, saw the letter, waved it in the air standing in the driveway, walked to the trash can and threw it away, never reading it. I'm sure that would have upset The Watcher a lot to invest that much time writing letters that I threw away like junk mail.

    • @EboniFlowers
      @EboniFlowers Год назад +3

      But you would of had to read the first one to even react like that though.

    • @truter5243
      @truter5243 Год назад +2

      I like how you think. If the letters were hand delivered then maybe also write back and leave the letter in your mailbox for the watcher to find. Perhaps with a photo attached of you using his letter as toilet paper 😂 just to add insult to injury. Maybe it angers him so much that he actually enters your house. Now That would be a terribly unfortunate misjudgement on his part😅 I take it personally if someone threatens my kids and out on the street I cannot do much. But if the creep entered my house... fun times.

  • @sarahcardenn2071
    @sarahcardenn2071 Год назад +60

    “I was hungry” IM IN TEARS 😭

    • @Yamenwithramen
      @Yamenwithramen Год назад +7

      And had the nerve to laugh!!! Dude is sick

  • @CoCoFantastique
    @CoCoFantastique Год назад +51

    "I was hungry" That floored me!

    • @qtcarmen7d896
      @qtcarmen7d896 Год назад +9

      Right smh psychopath

    • @Jessica-pf4vb
      @Jessica-pf4vb Год назад +7

      That's just how it was🤯🥶

    • @juliaweber212
      @juliaweber212 Год назад

      @@Jessica-pf4vb creepy to me

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад

      You can watch an interview of John List on RUclips----the man is truly a sicko. Even when he talks about killing his family he talks about it in such a nonchalant manner.

    • @CoCoFantastique
      @CoCoFantastique Год назад +1

      @@shh5627 its so chilling. Worse than any I have seen to date. Truly disturbing.

  • @onixtheone
    @onixtheone Год назад +24

    The craziest part for me is finding out that age of consent in NJ was 16! Like wtf?

    • @daisylu1973
      @daisylu1973 5 месяцев назад +1

      Exaaactlyyy 🤦🏻‍♀️🤬

    • @mordfustang3794
      @mordfustang3794 Месяц назад

      Wait for some more years. Liberals would push to legalize pedophilia.

  • @truter5243
    @truter5243 Год назад +12

    In the tv series. If you should take anything from it, learn from the dad's mistakes. Never be so quick on the trigger. Once you find information, don't go shouting and confronting everything that moves. "Soapp" Sleep, observe, analyze, process and predict. You'll be fresh, calm and, most importantly, controlling the situation. Once you know everything well enough to predict actions, then you're in control. Controlling the outcome sounds way better than angry shouting at everyone and making enemies everywhere you go, right? All aspects of life incl relationship. Soapp

  • @cherrypoutines6269
    @cherrypoutines6269 Год назад +177

    The watcher is probably the person who bought the house after the owners got spooked and sold at a loss.

    • @juantime9616
      @juantime9616 Год назад +4

      👀

    • @jamesball8519
      @jamesball8519 Год назад +10

      That’s doesn’t make sense at all

    • @DimitriRiggas
      @DimitriRiggas Год назад +11

      @@jamesball8519 I’m glad you said that because I’ve read that like 3 times now

    • @Jasmineklampley
      @Jasmineklampley Год назад +18

      @@jamesball8519 so they can get the house cheaper 😂

    • @DianaAlexandree
      @DianaAlexandree Год назад

      @@Jasmineklampley LMAOOOOO frrr

  • @Lyazzat_Jam
    @Lyazzat_Jam 5 месяцев назад +4

    I love movies about houses❤. House also has a soul , I believe. When I first moved, water also was opening itself, light was on and out itself. House lived his own life. Sometimes pictures on the wall fell down. Once the full cupboard fell down at 03:00 a.m. A lot of things happened exactly at that time, no minute later. I heard that cemetery was under my land where our whole region was built . Then I read a lot of books about houses, what to do with it. I still live here, 25 years passed. House accepted me😊. I put a lot of my wages to this house, made full renovation, I always clean house with salt. Also in the beginning neighbours were also not good. But after doing some rituals bad neighbours moved themselves😂. I don’t know if fengshui helps or not, but my story is fully true. 😊

  • @amayafuller5934
    @amayafuller5934 Год назад +55

    It's not even about them just sending letter they was spying on their kids inside the house and the letters was talking about certain stuff that noone outside of the household should even know about.....for example the little girl being the artist of the family, they said that the only way somebody could have seen the little girl painting was if they was inside the house or the neighbors behind them but it was hard because it was alot of trees separated from their house and neighbors. THEY ALSO KNEW ALL THEIR KIDS NICKNAMES

    • @Lyazzat_Jam
      @Lyazzat_Jam 5 месяцев назад +2

      It means that house was full of listening devices.

  • @shh5627
    @shh5627 Год назад +71

    There's speculation the letters were written by the son (Michael) of their neighbor (Ms. Langford). Ms. Langford was in her 90's and several of her 60+ year old sons lived with her. The police interviewed Michael but he did not confess to writing the letters and the police had no definitive proof Michael wrote the letters, so not much the police could do. Also, based on what was written in one of the letters, the Langford family was the only family that lived on the street during this particular time; not to mention the person writing the letters had to be able to see what was going on at the house.

    • @carrington2949
      @carrington2949 4 месяца назад

      DNA test of one of the letters had female DNA though. That is why the men were no longer suspected of the writings.

  • @ronyalemerrill
    @ronyalemerrill Год назад

    Thanks for the upload and content!

  • @Moon-zl4tv
    @Moon-zl4tv Год назад +24

    This was the perfect story for Netflix, because it doesn’t have a satisfying ending. Classic Netflix

  • @weekendnomad5038
    @weekendnomad5038 Год назад +18

    I wonder what “the watcher” does if you don’t check your mail… I rarely check my mail .. I would start burning them 🤣😂 and install a tall wrought iron fence lol

  • @tommyaudio
    @tommyaudio Год назад +13

    did anyone else think the therapist at the end sounded like the watcher!?

  • @kennethstone4590
    @kennethstone4590 11 месяцев назад +11

    I couldn’t imagine living in a house where 5 people were murdered and fully knowing it happened

    • @outofbodypickle8408
      @outofbodypickle8408 4 месяца назад

      That’s not what happened. Please don’t reproduce or vote .

  • @jeanlaubenthal698
    @jeanlaubenthal698 Год назад +28

    Hopefully with the Netflix show the family can financially recover.

  • @lucah20100586
    @lucah20100586 Год назад +37

    The watcher is somebody who wanted the house! But somebody got it!

  • @siah1351
    @siah1351 Год назад +23

    plot twist: “the watcher” is the couple who lost bidding on the house and they just wanted the family to move out so they could move in

  • @g3naV
    @g3naV Год назад +57

    I’ve seen a story of a family (I think in California) who received letters and threats all because they outbid the person that wanted the house. Maybe this is a similar situation…

    • @augustinechoi9868
      @augustinechoi9868 Год назад +3

      It could have been anyone even even someone who had a relationship with the husband or wife in the past and was obsessed and angry that they moved on. The context created by Netflix is SHAMEFUL.

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada Год назад +1

      @@augustinechoi9868 I was expecting the PI to tell the Husband the woman she found out was cheating with her husband was Dean's Wife. That would have been a could twist (For a fictional series) ie: You destroy my family, I'm gonna destroy yours.

    • @augustinechoi9868
      @augustinechoi9868 Год назад

      @@TangoNevada that would have made more sense than Netflix's " account" of what happened.

    • @DP-eo5xd
      @DP-eo5xd Год назад

      @@augustinechoi9868 eh the letters showed the watcher had a clear line of sight to their house, it has to be a neighbor not some random person from their history

    • @tammiepage6489
      @tammiepage6489 Год назад

      If you’re talking about a movie that had up a match a couple young couple of women or man, and I believe she was pregnant I seen a movie like that to that and that was based on a true story to where this woman got outbid it by the egg that couple and she start raining throwing letters, but she didn’t stop there. She also I kept going after all the family trying to scare them away, and that was based on a true story to.

  • @khaI624
    @khaI624 Год назад +7

    I watched the show it was so good and had me hooked

  • @bekind8243
    @bekind8243 Год назад +134

    Wonder why they didn’t put a security camera on the mailbox to see who was putting the letters in it? Were they mailed or placed into the mailbox by the sender?

    • @skyetonbo1011
      @skyetonbo1011 Год назад +57

      Because USPS delivered it, not the watcher themselves.

    • @bekind8243
      @bekind8243 Год назад +15

      @@skyetonbo1011 Oh, that makes sense. Thanks.

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +21

      If not mistaken, the letters were placed in the mailbox as the letters were simply addressed to "new owner."

    • @augustinechoi9868
      @augustinechoi9868 Год назад +17

      The USPS by federal order could have tracked those letters.

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada Год назад +11

      @@skyetonbo1011 They were only addressed to the resident. There was no postage.

  • @momo-gc7ii
    @momo-gc7ii Год назад +212

    My daughter lives in Westfield and drove me past the house. What really happened is not like the movie. The family who bought the house moved out after receiving the letters.

    • @lavatr8322
      @lavatr8322 Год назад +46

      the writers of this show are more focked up than the person in real life who wrote those letters.
      The way they extended , added , cut , thrashed the story and added different kinds of appropiations and unnecessary moral compass in a Mystery related Story is just insane.

    • @HeyJunii
      @HeyJunii Год назад +22

      @@lavatr8322 which is something expected from the creator of American Horror Story

    • @odetmartinez8926
      @odetmartinez8926 Год назад

      It is a tv show -they say it its Hollywood style- to sell to hook ppl and have raitings

    • @lilygreen221
      @lilygreen221 Год назад +6

      @@lavatr8322 is a fiction what did you expect???

    • @Penakp13
      @Penakp13 Год назад +5

      @@lavatr8322 he’s a genius cause otherwise no one would watch

  • @ryandeopante5317
    @ryandeopante5317 Год назад +62

    If you're watching this, you're THE WATCHER!

  • @hoop6822
    @hoop6822 Год назад +11

    I know the Netflix series was incredibly far from the truth but it was perfectly creepy and interesting.
    The case is the most interesting I’ve ever seen along with Jack the Ripper

    • @truter5243
      @truter5243 Год назад

      I agree. The netflix version was captivating. The real life case is a bit boring though

  • @amandawest9828
    @amandawest9828 Год назад +9

    I remember hearing about this story i always watch the video about him the movie looks interesting i will like too see it

  • @subsistence73
    @subsistence73 Год назад +4

    I remember when this first happened, I lived a few blocks away and still couldn't understand why anyone would be afraid. But that was until I watched the watcher on Saturday lol

  • @franklin9400
    @franklin9400 Год назад +69

    Just finished the show yesterday. I would definitely recommend it.

    • @troyhartung6137
      @troyhartung6137 Год назад +4

      Did not enjoy it. Cliffhanger endings suck

    • @franklin9400
      @franklin9400 Год назад +13

      @@troyhartung6137 Its based on a true story. So, that's kind of just the ending. The real investigation is still ongoing.

    • @troyhartung6137
      @troyhartung6137 Год назад +7

      @@franklin9400 then it should’ve ending the same way as real life. They just leave and say in text that the investigation is still going on. The way it’s done in the show is just cringe with the guy supposedly becoming the new watcher

    • @franklin9400
      @franklin9400 Год назад +4

      @@troyhartung6137 It's based on a true story, not a representation of a true story. They do the Hollywood usual, and left room to do another season.

    • @milesharris249
      @milesharris249 Год назад +2

      Great show, bad ending

  • @LivingBasquait
    @LivingBasquait Год назад +101

    So the only thing that actually happened was the letters? And they never even moved in the house? Wow

    • @amayafuller5934
      @amayafuller5934 Год назад +10

      It's not even about them just sending letter they was spying on their kids inside the house and the letters was talking about certain stuff that noone outside of the household should even know about.....for example the little girl being the artist of the family, they said that the only way somebody could have seen the little girl painting was if they was inside the house or the neighbors behind them but it was hard because it was alot of trees separated from their house and neighbors. THEY ALSO KNEW ALL THEIR KIDS NICKNAMES

    • @dmacg5520
      @dmacg5520 Год назад +2

      @@amayafuller5934 so in other words the family faked it

    • @amayafuller5934
      @amayafuller5934 Год назад

      @@dmacg5520 that's what some ppl theories are but the family moved out because they said the letter was to personal like whoever was watching ...was watching 👀 frfr

    • @dmacg5520
      @dmacg5520 Год назад +1

      @@amayafuller5934 they weren’t that personal not very hard to figure out the names and birth order of the kids

    • @amayafuller5934
      @amayafuller5934 Год назад +1

      @@dmacg5520 they were because how they know what the daughter was doing inside the house ....and how they know they nicknames unless it was someone they already knew writing the letters

  • @Penakp13
    @Penakp13 Год назад +15

    The writers of this show is a genius because otherwise no one would watch

  • @jojose417
    @jojose417 Год назад +4

    Just finished watching it, it was really good 👍

  • @arsenworld123
    @arsenworld123 Год назад +41

    am I going to hell because I busted out laughing when John list said "I was hungry"????

    • @ElectricCavegurl
      @ElectricCavegurl Год назад +8

      I'll see you there 😭

    • @abi_rff
      @abi_rff Год назад

      Yup, me too 😭

    • @kimbassett8486
      @kimbassett8486 Год назад +1

      Save me a seat!

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад

      It's not the John List house---that house burned down, due to arson, 9 months after the murders.

    • @astoldby
      @astoldby Год назад

      Still warm there you guys.

  • @Natasha-ph7xk
    @Natasha-ph7xk Год назад +13

    Watched the whole series in less than 48 hours lol it’s so good! I know it’s very fabricated from the truth but still, so good!

  • @wwedivas2011
    @wwedivas2011 Год назад +2

    Oh wow how nice I have family in Westfield, NJ my auntie live in Westfield, NJ and how strange that I'm going to visit her this weekend wow, so I be in Union County, NJ this weekend coming and my moms live in Union, NJ so not far from Westfield where my aunit live, I love the downtown area of Westfield the shop and restaurants...

  • @ThuggyMacho
    @ThuggyMacho Год назад +34

    There's a lot of things that happened in real life that they didn't mention but the watcher was the neighbors. They were all in on it.

    • @linz6615
      @linz6615 Год назад +2

      how do u know they were in on it? it’s still unsolved😭

    • @ThuggyMacho
      @ThuggyMacho Год назад +9

      @@linz6615 knowing all the details of the case makes it really obvious.

    • @linz6615
      @linz6615 Год назад +4

      @@ThuggyMacho most the neighbors weren’t interviewed but that doesn’t mean they were in on it what information from the case makes u think the neighbors were in on it?

    • @EboniFlowers
      @EboniFlowers Год назад +1

      @@ThuggyMacho So obvious that none of the investors have solved it but you did?? Lol okay!

    • @ThuggyMacho
      @ThuggyMacho Год назад +3

      @@EboniFlowers investors? Lmfao yeah that told me everything I needed to know about you.

  • @rocktheboat9372
    @rocktheboat9372 Год назад +7

    I can't believe how stupid this is. If the letters are being placed, not mailed - set up a camera to see who is putting them there and have them arrested. It's a felony to put mail in someone's mailbox. If mailed, I'd return to sender but not before placing my OWN letter in with theirs, telling them what losers they are for taking up the mantle of watching someone else's house for generations. I wouldn't move because of it, and certainly wouldn't take a loss on the house. So stupid.

    • @DP-eo5xd
      @DP-eo5xd Год назад

      It was mailed USPS. No return address

    • @rocktheboat9372
      @rocktheboat9372 Год назад +2

      Doesn't make it any less stupid. Most of the stuff in the Netflix show never happened, so...

    • @DP-eo5xd
      @DP-eo5xd Год назад

      @@rocktheboat9372 biggest problem was they family had little kids, and they can’t protect their kids 24/7. But if I were a bachelor I’d dare that p*syy watcher to make a move with a full page ad in the local paper, pump him full of buckshot if he stepped foot on my property and took a step towards me. If I encountered him inside the home as an intruder I would shoot him dead right there. The watcher is probably some 70 year old virgin.
      The watcher is in hiding now probably because his asinine letters achieved the exact opposite of what he wanted, now the town is known as the watcher town all over the world, with tourists all over the place. And the townspeople were all depicted as weirdos.

  • @gloriaorth4628
    @gloriaorth4628 Год назад +6

    I remember that List was profiled on America Most Wanted in the earlier years of that TV program. They got him too.

  • @glam_goth6662
    @glam_goth6662 Год назад +11

    He still seemed unfazed during interview

  • @louredagreeff5660
    @louredagreeff5660 Год назад

    Loved this series

  • @supachaloopa3611
    @supachaloopa3611 Год назад +5

    This happens all the time in Hollyweird. One of the most hilarious examples of over the top exaggeration is the movie The Amityville Horror.

  • @sisiscastle3573
    @sisiscastle3573 Год назад +5

    Great show

  • @LW-wg4ny
    @LW-wg4ny Год назад +13

    I wonder why the letters didn’t continue with the current owner. What did TheWatcher have against the other family? Seems personal

    • @itsnaj780
      @itsnaj780 Год назад +2

      Maybe the next couple didnt have kids they had a thing for kids blood or maybe the person coincidentally died

  • @pamelajudithrwanyarare8429
    @pamelajudithrwanyarare8429 Год назад +34

    They should investigate the person who bought it. What if??????

    • @A.Walker.
      @A.Walker. Год назад +1

      Great thought! Lol

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +1

      One suspect was the next door neighbor's 60+ year old son (Michael Langford). He was interviewed by the police and denied writing the letters and, being the police did not have definitive proof he wrote the letters, there was not much more they could do.

    • @maryg2519
      @maryg2519 Год назад +1

      That thought crossed my mind also, I’m thinking someone wanted that house. Maybe someone who wanted to buy it for cheap terrorized the family in the hopes they’d abandon it and sell it for way less, which sadly is exactly what happened.

  • @user-gq3ip8kr5r
    @user-gq3ip8kr5r Год назад +4

    Now, we're the Watchers...👀....🕵🏻‍♂️🕵🏼‍♀️...on Netflix lol

  • @pHixiq
    @pHixiq Год назад +9

    Personally this is one of the very few times I'm not opposed to tv changing up the facts 🤣. Makes for an interesting watch. And it's written fantastically

  • @zoe6723
    @zoe6723 Год назад +25

    The letters have stopped, probably because the watcher(s) are now dead. Hopefully, not in peace.

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +1

      You could be right. There's speculation the 60+ year old son of the elderly neighbor wrote the letters. This man died several months after the new owners purchased the house in 2019. This man died in hospice a hospice facility so he probably was sick when the new owners purchased the house.

    • @zoe6723
      @zoe6723 Год назад +1

      @@shh5627 Thanks for this information!

  • @Laynenelson320
    @Laynenelson320 Год назад +9

    The mayor sounds like he dresses up in red robes too tbh

  • @georgenguyen8666
    @georgenguyen8666 Год назад +8

    Reporter - “how could you”
    Mr. List - “I was hungry”
    Absolute savage lmao 🤣
    But on a real note holy moly… wow!

    • @lindsaybayless1861
      @lindsaybayless1861 Год назад

      Maybe he was hangry and that’s why he did it? I’m sure some murders have been from that anyway

  • @TangoNevada
    @TangoNevada Год назад +44

    Of course I assumed the show was dramatized, but the fact that there were only 4 letters total (Unlike the series claims) and they only went to the Family in question, and that Family later sold the rights to their story to Netflix for $$$ is extremely suspicious. It sounds like they made up for any money they lost in the resale.

    • @nawdude4292
      @nawdude4292 Год назад +17

      Suspicious? Who would ever think "let's buy a million dollar house, write threatening letters to ourselves, to to sell, get written about by a NY writer, and then we'll make big money off a movie being made about four letters creeping us out. Yeah right

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada Год назад +11

      @@nawdude4292 That wasn't their plan going in. That was their solution when they realized they got in over their heads when they bought a house they couldn't afford.

    • @dakingbey
      @dakingbey 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@TangoNevada why do y’all make accusations like this without any proof?

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@dakingbey Because of Logic.

    • @lightninglord1
      @lightninglord1 10 месяцев назад

      Platform...... The Watcher....... Please apprehend all attached to this case, as well as all who appear in this video.

  • @fashionjas4309
    @fashionjas4309 Год назад

    omg! Richmond is my area! wow!!! never would have known that!

  • @rickyhartley8936
    @rickyhartley8936 Год назад +12

    this was on buzzfeed unsolved

  • @jazarijohnson346
    @jazarijohnson346 Год назад +4

    I am gonna actually pull it up now and start watching as my SUNDAY MOVIE FOR THE DAY , I’ve never heard of this story until now but sounds very interesting

  • @spike0950
    @spike0950 Год назад +9

    Maybe with all of this social media and technology we can find the Watcher

  • @dawn6232
    @dawn6232 Год назад +64

    He was too proud to tell his wife he lost his job or file for unemployment. That’s not it. He’s a sociopathic narcissist and they are pathological liars and are manipulative. He could’ve had all traits of the dark triad

    • @lesliesmith5369
      @lesliesmith5369 Год назад +3

      Who is a liar? The owners? Did he lose is job?

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +5

      I grew up in a town next to Westfield and, yes, John List had some definite mental issues. After losing his job, he would leave the house in the morning and sit at the railroad station all day. John was an only child and his mom was an over the top religious woman and religion then became the main focus in his life -----he even used religion to justify killing his family. For MANY years John's wife hid from him that she had syphilis---which she had contracted from her first husband, who was killed during the war. Learning his wife had syphilis was religously a very hard thing for him to come to terms with. The man was absolutely one sick person and some of his issues absolutely stemmed from his over the top and off base religious beliefs ---which is known because of the letter he left for his minister explaining why he slaughtered his family.

    • @dawn6232
      @dawn6232 Год назад +5

      @@shh5627 thank you for sharing that very specific insight and experience. I wish people would see what we are doing to our children. The intergenerational abuse cycle has got to stop.
      In the words of Dr. Robert Block, the former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, "Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today."
      It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass

    • @LKre-vi5oq
      @LKre-vi5oq Год назад +1

      It should be mentioned that List was astonishingly incompetent, one of the reasons he kept getting fired. Furthermore, although you speak somewhat disparagingly of his mother, she was extremely wealthy, and List got hold of her money and drained millions in the course of 8 or nine years. His plans to destroy his family was all about that money running out, and with an idiot like List at the helm. Narcissistic sociopaths like List think they are absolutely amazing, intelligent, everything they do is right and perfect.
      His wife contracted syphilis through no fault of her own, but a cheating man slut. She wasn't even aware she had it for a while.

    • @daisylu1973
      @daisylu1973 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@dawn6232Sadly, it’s a whole Planet Threat 🥺 from birth. Just look at how All mammal animals received their babies, in comparison with us humans. How the animals prepared their young to survive & thrive in the world, now compare that with humans 🤦🏻‍♀️ I wish one day we'll received our Humans with the Love, Dignity & Celebration they deserved & that we'll learn to care for our younger generations 🤞

  • @jessw391
    @jessw391 Год назад +3

    i knew the story from watching buzzfeed unsolved. love shane and ryan

  • @ThuggyMacho
    @ThuggyMacho Год назад +4

    "I was hungry" girlll..... I am at lost.

  • @christinafan4476
    @christinafan4476 8 месяцев назад +1

    It’s a psychological torture scaring new owners from moving in stemming from envy

  • @lexisisk8079
    @lexisisk8079 Год назад +2

    I wish a proper in depth documentary would be done on this house

  • @Pou1gie1
    @Pou1gie1 Год назад +6

    It doesn't make sense that the letters would stop with the new owners. Maybe someone just hated that family or someone within the family.

    • @teresitaperegrina3741
      @teresitaperegrina3741 Год назад

      Apparently the family who lives there now had made a bunch of calls to the police in 2019, a lot of them were burglary alarms being set off in their basement but when police went to check it out nothing was there(these happened many times). Another was a carbon monoxide alarm went off in the home but again, when police came to investigate everything was clear. None of the calls mentioned letters, but weird stuff was still happening and this was before the show even came out.

    • @dmacg5520
      @dmacg5520 Год назад

      @@teresitaperegrina3741 really I couldn’t find anything about that happening where did u read that ?

  • @kellymulderino7156
    @kellymulderino7156 Год назад +8

    I was hoping Nora was the watcher the whole time and that she put on a black wig with pick tails for that one scene

  • @ErionGotNuts
    @ErionGotNuts Год назад +2

    "I was hungry”😂

  • @I_am_milan
    @I_am_milan Год назад

    Such a good show

  • @trv4926
    @trv4926 Год назад +28

    John List lived and murdered his family in a different house; that is the real horror story, not this one.

    • @lbabytutorials4852
      @lbabytutorials4852 Год назад

      John list could of sold his house for millions

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +1

      @@lbabytutorials4852 No, John List wouldn't have gotten millions for his house back in the 70's. Today, yes, the house would have been worth millions. Unfortunately, the house burned down, due to arson, 9 months after the murders. I know because I was born and raised in the area. What is ironic is the fact that John List was broke and, unbeknownst to him, the stained glass ceiling in his ballroom was an original Tiffany and it was worth thousands of dollars.

    • @lbabytutorials4852
      @lbabytutorials4852 Год назад

      @@shh5627 yes I know he should have sold it but deep down he never loved his wife nor family even if they could sell the home and the ball room glass and move John wouldn’t be happy - he wanted to start fresh every thing he said was an excuse

  • @orangelove9248
    @orangelove9248 Год назад +6

    The watchers are literally just the neighbors lol they just probably didn’t want anyone living there so someone who had nothing to do decided to threat and became their hobby to do that. But literally probably a neighbor that was really bored

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад +1

      There is speculation that the 60+ year old son (Michael Langford) of their elderly neighbor wrote the letters. He was interviewed by the police but they did not have definitive proof he wrote the letters; nor did he confess to writing the letters. Michael passed away in 2020.

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Год назад +6

    I am so over men who can't cope with losing their jobs and so resort to killing their whole family rather than admitting they're having a bit of a downturn. What is THAT about?

  • @truter5243
    @truter5243 Год назад +3

    Btw the real case is easy to solve, but hard to prove. Especially if you have to prove it in a court of law. I'm sure all the cops know who wrote the real creaper letters. Just cannot prove it beyond reasonable doubt

  • @davidyolchuyev2905
    @davidyolchuyev2905 10 месяцев назад +1

    What that show proved was the reluctness of the police to solve that issue

  • @Fabo100
    @Fabo100 Год назад

    The buzzfeed unsolved episode was great. Everyone whose interested in that a story should watch it

  • @i_k_d3815
    @i_k_d3815 Год назад +2

    It's a Crazy fuckin world out there. Stay safe and vigilant people.

  • @psnitkin4059
    @psnitkin4059 Год назад +5

    My Indian grandma who collects the mail would just throw the letters away with the junk mail lol. She can't read English anyways, so no biggie. In fact, just sell it to four or five Indian families who will all live there together. All the aunties and grandmas will have picnics out on the front lawn day in and day out, Watcher can watch them continuously and learn some Hindi. I guarantee you, the Watcher will get sick of them before they stop. Nobody in that house would give a sh*t, and just enjoy the great deal they got on the house.

  • @gry-areainterior7059
    @gry-areainterior7059 Год назад +1

    Expensive PR for the show...1 million home cheaper than a billboard

  • @shea5542
    @shea5542 10 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine being the current occupants of that house while watching The Watcher

  • @Humbirdhippo5475
    @Humbirdhippo5475 Год назад

    Wow. So creepy. I’m scared to watch this!😅

  • @salmaa.4503
    @salmaa.4503 Год назад +9

    This is actually not that hard a case to solve and the answer is in the letter. There is a clear personality that is showing in the writing of the letter. Also mentions generational ties which means there is recorded history somewhere out there. Also follow the type of card stock the person used /typewriter; a lot of crimes were solved by figuring out the brand of products and narrowing down their searches that way. None of the police or FBI used that lense which is why the case was never solved. Also I am sure there is a pathway into the house if this person knew detailed things about them. They also could’ve baited the watcher. They missed out on many different approaches which is why this is an unsolved mystery

  • @nawdude4292
    @nawdude4292 Год назад +2

    So four creepy letters was enough for them to take a 400k loss SMH
    This is such a non story and that's why they had to tie in an actual story of some psychopath
    Society is so dumb

  • @liverbirdxoxo1984
    @liverbirdxoxo1984 Год назад +5

    Knowing the real story, I found it hard to watch the tv series! Took it too far

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Год назад +1

    Nice to see Mark from Weird NJ! Just got my Fall 2022 issue 👋

  • @Marcus-cm7di
    @Marcus-cm7di Год назад +3

    “You ate sandwich when you just killed your wife how could you?”
    “I was hungry” 💀💀😭😭

  • @My89Rhythm
    @My89Rhythm Год назад

    Although the truth didn’t line up in the series. The Watcher was a good series, I was hooked.

  • @A.Walker.
    @A.Walker. Год назад +3

    Maybe one of the theorists giving tips is "The Watcher".😄

  • @jukio02
    @jukio02 6 месяцев назад +2

    The logical explanation is, is that it's one of the neighbors.

  • @valann3718
    @valann3718 Год назад +1

    I saw a movie on life time, same story line but it turned out a lady that family owned it in the past sent a few letters.

  • @grossartus
    @grossartus Год назад +15

    "He didnt file for unemployment, he thought living in poverty was a sin"
    *kills whole family*
    Thou shalt not kill: "am I a joke to you?"

  • @myadvantures0426
    @myadvantures0426 Год назад +1

    Weather if the movie depicted the real story or not, let’s just say the story is out. Make this go viral and hoping there will shed some light to the family who received the letters.

    • @myadvantures0426
      @myadvantures0426 Год назад

      @@alexjack5158 yes! It’s on Netflix and it’s also called “The Watcher”

    • @myadvantures0426
      @myadvantures0426 Год назад

      @@alexjack5158 yep! That’s the same one. It was released not too long ago.

  • @dee1901
    @dee1901 Год назад +4

    Then The WATCHER now watches this video smiling while watching and writing letters saying - "Damn, I'm famous now. You better call Sherlock Holmes to find me". 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @missf4681
    @missf4681 Год назад +8

    I wouldn't have sold my house let alone for a big loss

    • @veadair
      @veadair Год назад +1

      I love my child more than my money. I won't move in either.

    • @shh5627
      @shh5627 Год назад

      Nor would I, but I'm not extremely wealthy. The family who originally purchased the house moved to a different house in Westfield (wife grew up in Westfield) and I believe they also own a place in the city. The new house they purchased was purchased under a LLC so they could keep their new address private.

  • @edro6155
    @edro6155 Год назад

    I would suggest taking any iPhone and using the blue dot that is given to identify that phone on Apple maps and bring into those tunnels therefore wherever that dot leads will give you some more answers.

  • @LAURACLE22
    @LAURACLE22 Год назад +1

    I didn’t understand why they didn’t find out where the tunnels led to. Disappointing ending

  • @andrewfaller7994
    @andrewfaller7994 Год назад +3

    The mayor seems guilty. He's gotta be the watcher

  • @shellyloch711
    @shellyloch711 Год назад +2

    In real life the ppl literally never even moved into the home due to fear

  • @alejandroortega8388
    @alejandroortega8388 Год назад

    Just finished the series on Netflix 😅

  • @Muttinchopsforeverandalways
    @Muttinchopsforeverandalways Год назад +6

    Cameras watch Watchers!.

  • @wholewheatstingray
    @wholewheatstingray Год назад +33

    "Based on" and "inspired by" are two very different things. This convoluted series was inspiration, not factual basis.
    Also, it's shitty to spoil a new series without warning as part of a "news report".

    • @kyleleverette8903
      @kyleleverette8903 Год назад +2

      Yeah I thought we would find out who the Watcher was. 😢

  • @ThuggyMacho
    @ThuggyMacho Год назад +2

    The family said they have nothing to do with the Netflix show.