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5 min readThe Real Horror of Welcome Home: Eddie Dear and the Cult of Hollywood
In the latest Valentine's Day update to the horror ARG Welcome Home, a new secret video shows Eddie Dear at the post office, talking about working too hard. "Another day in, another day out. Where does all that time run off?" he says. "Feels like time flies by so fast it can knock the capital." As he speaks, static builds. The noise becomes overwhelming. When Eddie comes to, he sees his arm laid over a paper cutting blade, his other hand ready to slice down. In the reflection, the blade moves on its own. Eddie grunts, a ripping sound is heard, and the screen cuts to black. He looks at his hand in horror—as if he had no control over his actions. This is Home taking control of Eddie when he begins to feel unhappy. That is his weak spot.
The Valentine's Update and the Game of Mends
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What you'll learn
- 1 Welcome Home Valentine's Update: Eddie Dear Analysis
- 2 (01:00) **The New Welcome Home Update** - The Valentine's Day update for the ARG reveals new secrets about Eddie Dear and fundamentally changes our understanding of the entire franchise
- 3 (02:27) **Finding the First Secret Pages** - The ARG begins with Wally instructing players to find "blind spots" and "mend the line" by ripping open crinkles on the webpage
- 4 (04:40) **The Word Jumble Puzzle** - Players must rearrange scrambled letters to spell "perspective" and are told to take it to a mailbox
- 5 (05:21) **More Letters and Hidden Words** - Additional weak spots reveal letters from Barnaby's handler, Eddie's puppeteer, and Sally Starlet's admirer
- 6 (07:40) **Dead Ends and Creepy Wally** - Radio tab and cereal image lead to dead ends with disturbing versions of Wally
- 7 (08:53) **Howdy's Letter and More Words** - The Breen letter reveals Howdy's family background and another hidden word
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Show Notes
We’ve been WRONG about Welcome Home this whole time! The latest update is packed with hidden messages and creepy new clues, but could the REAL secret behind Home change everything we thought we knew about the Neighborhood?
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