The Watcher Netflix Show VS The Watcher True Story

What did you think of The Watcher on Netflix? Comment your thoughts below!

The craziest thing the Netflix show did was have a family buy a 3.3 million dollar home and they only owned 1 Toyota Prius to get around in.

I saw a news report last week that said since the Netflix series came out, fans of the show have been driving to the house to get a look at it and the neighbors complained to police about the sudden surge of traffic in their block so police cordoned off the house with crime scene tape and having cops periodically stop by to shoo people away. Kind of funny how the house has tons of “Watchers” now. 😂

The house in the show was MUCH nicer than the actual house.

The John Graff character is based on John List who, on Nov. 9, 1971, killed his entire family in identical fashion within their Westfield abode. List similarly lost his job, and gradually bled out his mother's $200,000 savings before killing her and his wife in the house. He also ambushed two of his children when they returned home from school, and it's rumored that he made himself lunch between the killings, after which he reportedly traveled to his oldest son's soccer game and shot him approximately 10 times later that night.

They added so much fictional stuff into it so why not give us a fictional ending

Maybe the true watcher was the friends we made along the way

One of things I never understood was if this family were being watched, why didn't they put security cameras around the house, by the mail and pointing it on the street to find out who's the culprit?? That would be the first thing I would do if I end up receiving those creepy letters.

As far as the nearby resident relating to video games, he didn’t have a screen name of The Watcher, but a detective or officer who questioned him, recalled “to his memory” that he played a game called The Watcher. However this sounds like it could have been “The Witcher” video game, and the officers memory could have misconstrued this.

just finished the series, damn what a rollercoaster of emotions, really good series

I watched the first few episodes, and a part of me kept wishing that the owners would deal with the crisis by tossing these letters straight into the garbage can, where they belonged.

All those cameras installed all around the house, and still couldn't catch anyone. Ridiculous! 😄

The real case of the watcher would easily have made a great movie. IMO there is no need for all the stuff they add in, the tunnels, Andrew or the neighbors killing themselves. I just wish theywould have stuck with the story because it is very interesting in its own rights

I think the Watcher as told on Netflix is a perfect allegory for what is going on today. One group desperately wishing to hold on to a romanticised past (the preservation society) against anyone who wants change or modernisation (those who move into the house). Huge distrust and dislike on either side, manifesting in utter paranoia. The point is that this made everyone in the show watchers at one point or another.

I was waiting for John Graff to be caught by Robert, felt like they left out a big part of that conversation.

It was intriguing at first but it just went off the rails with one red herring after another. If this was a tighter 4 episodes it might have been better. It became really annoying that every character the couple encountered turned out to be vindictive, rotten assholes... private detective lady notwithstanding

I want to know who killed Sprinkles!!!! He didn’t deserve that, we need closure😢

Has everyone ruled out maybe he or she was never watching from the outside but using something to watch on the inside, the real family installed cameras on the outside, hired a PI but maybe they shouldn’t be looking for someone but something. My guess is there could be hidden cameras/mics scattered throughout the house, giving the stalker the chance to watch from somewhere else.. you can’t catch someone if they are watching from a distance. And let’s be honest this was 2014 wasn’t that long ago, it wouldn’t be far fetched if the person live completely in a different area or state, broke in the house at one point put hidden cameras in, and just sat at home like a creep watching them, and it wouldn’t have been difficult to just go to the post office to mail a letter

Let’s be honest, there was no “watcher”. The Netflix version is filled with dramatization and it was without a doubt an inside job. The real family still lives in the same town of Westfield. You’d think if they had been soooo traumatized they would have hauled ass far from that place.

it started out great but i felt as the series went on the watcher became less and less threatening. who would really be afraid of any of the neighbours?