 At about the same time their aunt, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and first cousin Edith Bouvier Beale made national attention when the National Enquirer ran an exposé on the deplorable conditions of their nearby home on West End Road.The Suffolk County, New York Board of Health made a raid ordering them to clean up the property which was falling into disrepair and was being overrun with feral cats.The Maysles shot footage of the Beales and decided they would make better subjects for a documentary.