Terrifying Letters Demand ‘Young Blood,’ Force Family From Dream Home
A New Jersey family is too afraid to live in the $1.3 million home they bought because of “The Watcher.” The mysterious stalker has sent the family a number of terrifying letters threatening the couple’s children and claiming true ownership of the home.
What is in the walls?
One of the letters wrote, “I asked the Woods [the previous owners] to bring me young blood.”
“Have they found what is in the walls yet? In time they will.”
According to the Washington Post, the 4,000-square-foot home features six bedrooms, built-in window seats, fireplaces, a third-floor sitting area, and a playroom in the basement. One thing missing from the house’s description is the relentless stalker whose family has supposedly watched over the home since the 1920s.
Advertisements for the “dream home” also failed to disclose that frightening individual’s interest with “young blood,” an occupation that was obvious in another letter.
“I am pleased to know your names now and the name of the young blood you have brought to me. Who has the bedrooms facing the street? I’ll know as soon as you move in… It will help me to know who is in which bedroom, then I can plan better.”
The couple, Derek and Maria Broaddus, is now suing the previous owners for “knowingly and willfully” failing to disclose information about the Watcher, along with the Chicago Title Insurance Company and A Absolute Escrow Settlement Company for fraud.
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The couple insists they would never have bought the home if they knew they’d start receiving terrifying letters about the Watcher’s early experiences with the house.
“You have changed it and made it so fancy. It cries for the past and what used to be in the time when I roamed its halls…. When I ran from room to room imagining the life with the rich occupants there. And now I watch and wait for the day when the young blood will be mine again.”
The Watcher showed some intimate knowledge of the home, at least the playroom, asking, “Will the young bloods play in the basement?”
Of course, the information could be found on real estate ads.
The stalker also wrote, the windows “allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house.”
Another letter detailed the Watcher’s family’s bizarre tradition of stalking the home, a practice the stalker claims has been going on for almost a century.
“My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. It is now my time. I have been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming. Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested? Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them out to me.”
The real estate site Zillow claims the house was built in 1905, meaning that the family has supposedly been waiting for the second coming for nearly the home’s entire lifespan.
The Broaddus’ lawyer claims the couple has been “consumed daily by stress, anxiety and fear.” Police say they are investigating, although they have not divulged any details or made any arrests.
According to the Huffington Post, mayor Westfield Mayor Andy Skibitsky gave a brief statement.
“Our police department conducted an exhaustive investigation based on the factual circumstances and evidence available.”
It’s also not clear how the frightening letters are being delivered to the family’s home.
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