The real story behind ‘The Watcher’ Netflix series

The real story behind ‘The Watcher

Naomi Watts and Union City’s Bobby Cannavale as a wife and husband who move their family into a lovely new home

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Somone sends them anonymous letter

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Horror story far beyond the mailing of threatening letters

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“Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested?

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The real story behind ‘The Watcher

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The second and third letters, dated June 18 and July 18 of 2014, were even more worrying

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They found that DNA on one of the envelopes belonged to a female

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Chambliss suspected a female sibling

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