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Derek and Maria Broaddus couldn\u2019t have been more thrilled. In the summer of 2014, they bought their dream home in Westfield, New Jersey. But their dream home quickly turned into a nightmare when the couple received a series of unsettling anonymous letters. The letter writer knew their names. The writer knew the nicknames they gave their children. The writer alluded to secrets within the walls of the home, and referred to the Broaddus children as \u201cyoung blood.\u201d Each creepy letter was signed, \u201cthe watcher.\u201d\xa0\n
\n\nThen, Kristin tells us about the controversy surrounding the literary estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder authored the Little House on the Prairie series of children\u2019s books. She began writing them when she was in her sixties. The books brought her tremendous financial stability. When she died, her will was crystal clear. Her literary estate would go to her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Upon Rose\u2019s death, the literary estate would go to the Laura Ingalls Library of Mansfield, Missouri. But that\u2019s not what happened.\xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cLawsuit on the prairie: Battle pits small library against huge estate,\u201d by Hallie Levine for the New York Post\n\u201cLittle library on the offensive,\u201d by Lynda Richardson for The New York Times\n\u201cLittle library on the prairie\xa0 in a legal tangle,\u201d by Stephanie Simon for the Los Angeles Times\n\u201cLittle house on the controversy: Laura Ingalls Wilder\u2019s name removed from book award,\u201d by Kat Chow for NPR\n\u201cRose Wilder Lane\u201d entry on Wikipedia
\n\u201cLaura Ingalls Wilder\u201d entry on Wikipedia\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cThe Haunting of a Dream House\u201d by Reeves Wiedeman, The Cut\n\u201cThe Real Life Story Of The Watcher Feels Like A Stephen King Novel\u201d by Alana Robson, TheThings.com\n\n\u201c'The Watcher' house is sold years after a family was terrorized with creepy letters\u201d by Allen Kim, CNN