First things first: yeah, the house at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey? That’s legit. And the creepy letters? Totally happened. That’s where the kinda, *major* true stuff ends, though. I think. Honestly, trying to piece this together is giving me a headache.
See, the show throws in all this extra stuff. Like, the whole thing with the secret tunnels and the weird neighbors doing rituals? Probably not a thing. The real family, the Broadduses, definitely got freaked out and investigated their neighbors (can you blame them?!), but there’s no solid evidence to suggest they were, like, sacrificing babies or whatever. The cops didn’t have much to go on either, which must’ve been a scary situation.
And let’s talk about the whole “Watcher entering the house” thing. The show makes it seem like this mysterious figure was constantly sneaking in, rearranging furniture, and making creepy phone calls. Total myth! There’s no proof of that. I mean, imagine the audacity! Although it is kinda funny how they even considered if it was themself that were the watcher.
What *really* happened? Well, someone sent some seriously unsettling letters. The Broadduses got spooked (understandably!), and the case remains unsolved. The end. Or, well, that’s kinda it. Netflix, of course, had to juice it up to make it binge-worthy. Which, I guess, is their job. But still, kinda annoying when they take liberties with a real-life horror story, y’know?
And don’t even get me started on the Fate/Strange Fake thing. I have no idea what is going on there, and I’m not sure I want to. Seems complicated.
