S04 Episode 3 Extra: Listomania
Unexplained
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4.4 • 9.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Incredibly however, for such a quiet and seemingly pleasant town, that chilling tale pales in to comparison with that of Westfield’s most infamous resident…
Featuring the story of John List.
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| 0:00.0 | Every hour in the US, 75 people are reported missing. |
| 0:05.0 | What if there was a task force dedicated to bringing them home? |
| 0:10.0 | That's the story behind the new original drama Gone, premiering February 27th on WGN America. |
| 0:18.0 | Starring Chris Noth and Danny Pino alongside newcomer Levin Ramin, |
| 0:23.0 | who portrays the newest member of this elite team, a survivor of childhood abduction herself. |
| 0:29.0 | Don't miss the season premiere of Gone Wednesday, February 27th at 9-8 Central on WGN America. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to Unexplained Extra with me, Richard McLean, Smith. |
| 0:53.0 | Where for the weeks in between episodes, we look at the stories that for one reason or other didn't make it into the show. |
| 1:00.0 | In last week's episode, I see you. |
| 1:03.0 | We took a stroll down the leafy sidewalks of Westfields Boulevard in New Jersey, USA. |
| 1:10.0 | It was there that in 2014, Maria and Derek Brodus bought what they hoped would become a forever home for themselves and their young children. |
| 1:22.0 | The proposed move soon turned nightmarish when an anonymous scribe calling themselves The Watcher, |
| 1:29.0 | began wreaking havoc with a series of increasingly bizarre and sinister letters addressed to the hapless couple. |
| 1:37.0 | The content of the letters was enough to scare off the Brodus' who were forced eventually to abandon their move. |
| 1:45.0 | To this day, the identity of The Watcher remains a mystery. |
| 1:50.0 | And their house, which had been put back on the market, remains unsolved. |
| 1:57.0 | Incredibly, however, for such a quiet and seemingly pleasant town, |
| 2:02.0 | the chilling tale of The Watcher pales in comparison with that of Westfield's most infamous former resident. |
| 2:10.0 | Not many people noticed the man in the smart dark suit carrying a briefcase in one hand and a rolled-up newspaper in the other, |
| 2:27.0 | as he took a seat in his usual spot at Westfield train station. |
| 2:32.0 | It was there he would sit in the autumn of 1971, day after day, arriving dressed for work around nine, |
| 2:41.0 | yet seemingly content to just read the paper for almost eight hours, before getting up to leave shortly before five. |
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