Investigating 'The Watcher' With Its Star Reporter

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( 657 Boulevard [Investigating The Watcher With Its Star Reporter]( A conversation with Reeves Wiedeman about what the Netflix series gets right and wrong. Photo: Netflix Back in 2018, New York Magazine published a story by Reeves Wiedeman filled with nightmare fuel for homeowners: An unknown menace was terrorizing a family in Westfield, New Jersey, with a series of letters about them and their newly purchased $1.3 million home. Branding themself “The Watcher,” the author of these screeds wrote that they were “put in charge of watching and waiting” for the house’s “second coming” and requested “young blood” for it in the form of children. (You know, normal stuff.) Derek Broaddus, Maria Broaddus, and their three kids never moved into 657 Boulevard because of the increasingly erratic threats; they spent the ensuing years trying to sell the house, despite its now-tainted reputation, and figure out the culprit’s identity. Their story, with many creative flourishes from Ryan Murphy, is now the subject [of the Netflix miniseries The Watcher](. [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • 90 Day: The Single Life: [Chocolate-Covered Debbie]( • Below Deck: Mediterranean: [Something Fishy]( • The Patient: [Man’s Search for Meaning]( • Bachelor in Paradise: [Casa de Oh No]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The Absurdist Comedy Genius of ‘Achewood’ Comedian Jes Tom dives deep into their love for Chris Onstad’s webcomic.]( [Let’s Tálk About the Ending of Tár It’s hilárious.]( [‘What Do I Really Know About the ’80s?’ Ralph Macchio lived in a 1980s bubble, positioned too far inside the era to be well versed in the enduring nostalgia for it.]( By Ralph Macchio [Netflix Is Welcoming Teletubbies With Big Hugs Hear the new voice actors and narrator Tituss Burgess in the trailer.]( By Justin Curto [Cameron Diaz Helped Harry Potter Fly Well, a photo of her on a green-screen set did.]( By Wolfgang Ruth [Everything We Know About Taylor Swift’s Midnights Including the full track list, the Lana Del Rey collab (!), and the first lyrics.]( By Alejandra Gularte [What’s Bigger Than an F5 Twister? Twisters. Practical effects! Practical effects!]( By Rebecca Alter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 14-Across, Three Letters: AC/DC song with a lot of oi-oi-oi-ing. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images It’s the song that launched a thousand TikTok videos — or over 500,000 to be exact: Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit.” The track is a smooth, psychedelia-tinged ode to yearning, currently spending its third week on the top of the Billboard “Hot 100.” “Bad Habit” specifically, though, is rooted in the genre of bedroom pop, a scene slowly gaining mainstream traction. With this track, Lacy is taking the sound that’s seeped through TikTok and Spotify to the top of the charts. On [this episode of Switched On Pop](, we dig deep into Lacy’s career and his ability to craft immaculate melodies. [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved