BBC Two unearths the fascinating, and occasionally scandalous, stories behind two distinct National Trust properties in this week’s episode of “Hidden Treasures.” At Knole House, ancestral seat of the Sackville family, conservators work to preserve a life-sized nude statue of 18th-century ballerina Giovana Zanerini, a commission by her lover, John Frederick. The program also examines […]
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust: The Nude in the Attic...
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust: The Nude in the Attic...
- 5/23/2025
- by Izzy Jacobs
- MemorableTV
The Watcher, Ryan Murphy’s latest true crime drama offering for Netflix, makes no secret of the fact that it’s based on a true story. The saga of the house at 657 Boulevard Avenue in Westfield, New Jersey, and “The Watcher” that haunted its residents is well-covered territory. The spooky tale has been the subject of many features, including the definitive interpretation in The Cut.
What viewers might not know about The Watcher, however, is that it’s actually based on two real life stories melded into one TV show! In episode 3, The Watcher introduces us to John Graff (Joe Montello) , a mild-mannered accountant who once lived at 657 Boulevard Ave. John Graff would go on to, uh…kill his whole family (we didn’t say it was a happy true story). There isn’t a real life figure named John Graff or anyone resembling him in the original Watcher story...
What viewers might not know about The Watcher, however, is that it’s actually based on two real life stories melded into one TV show! In episode 3, The Watcher introduces us to John Graff (Joe Montello) , a mild-mannered accountant who once lived at 657 Boulevard Ave. John Graff would go on to, uh…kill his whole family (we didn’t say it was a happy true story). There isn’t a real life figure named John Graff or anyone resembling him in the original Watcher story...
- 10/17/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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