The chilling real-life story behind Netflix's terrifying new horror series The Watcher

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Netflix’s new horror series is extra sinister because shockingly, it’s actually based on real-life events. The Watcher, which American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy produces follows a family who moves into a new home in the idyllic neighbourhood of Westfield, New Jersey - but soon, mega creepy letters start to arrive from a mysterious person “watching” their house.

The Watcher then proceeds to inform the family he is waiting for the house’s “second coming” and is excited about the “young blood” of their children. READ NEXT: Mum banned from Halloween bash by 'Karens' after planning Jeffrey Dahmer costume for babyBut what makes it even scarier is that this isn’t just the brainchild of Murphy - who is also behind Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - it really happened to a real family.

Back in 2014, Derek and Maria Broaddus bought their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, NJ.But before long, they received a letter addressed to “The New Owner”.

Eventually, the family told their story in The Cut and even shared the first letter in its entirety. It read: "Dearest new neighbour at 657 Boulevard, Allow me to welcome you to the neighbourhood."657 Boulevard has been the subject of my family for decades now and as it approaches its 110th birthday, I have been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming. “My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. “It is now my time.