'The Watcher': What to Know About the Westfield Home and Where the Family Is Now
etonline.comis an unbelievably spooky story with a Ryan Murphy spin. But for all the twists and turns and haunted house vibes added by the co-creator of the limited series starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, there’s a real-life family, home and community affected by a mysterious person who upended the lives connected to the Westfield property.
With the series captivating audiences on Netflix, here’s a look at where the original family is now and how residents of the New Jersey town have responded to Murphy’s adaptation of the still-unsolved events that started nearly a decade ago.
On the series, Watts and Cannavale play Dean and Nora Brannock, a successful couple of a growing family who put all of their savings into securing the house of their dreams.
They are based on Derek and Maria Broaddus, who bought a $1.3 million, six-bedroom Dutch Colonial house at 657 Boulevard in 2014.
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