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Welcome to Hell: The Essex Mountain Sanatorium
By Mark Moran In 1896, Essex County purchased 325 acres of farmland on the border of Verona and Cedar Grove to establish what was then being referred to as the Essex County Asylum for the Insane. Upon...
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Ed Jarrett: King of the Sandcastle
Seeing sandcastles being built on the beach is nothing out of the ordinary. Finding a sand sculpture that’s the size of an actual three-story castle however, now that’s another thing altogether!...
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The Phantom of Phalanx Road, Colts Neck
On September 14, 2006, my friend and I were coming home from PNC Arts Center. We got lost on some back roads and ended up on Phalanx Road. There was a steady rain and we were paying close attention...
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The Haunting of Rolling Hills Asylum
There’s a hotbed of paranormal activity in the tiny northwestern New York town of East Bethany known as Rolling Hills Asylum–an immense, abandoned looking former almshouse. The property was...
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A Merry Weird NJ Christmas!
(Please note: The last day to place an order for Christmas delivery is Friday December 20th. To place your Weird NJ order please go to our shopping cart or visit our Amazon Store. Thanks for another...
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Remembering the Forgotten Faces INSIDE Palace Amusement, Asbury Park
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.app.com/article/20140308/NJNEWS/303080070/Weird-NJ-remembers-forgotten-faces-Palace-Amusements-Asbury-Park
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Bizarre Art Inside Abandoned Sandy Hook Bunker
Sandy Hook is a 6-mile long peninsula jutting from the New Jersey coast into the Atlantic Ocean at the northern tip of Monmouth County. Now a major recreational destination, Sandy Hook was for many...
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The Fantastical Former Farmhouse of Route 9
For the past few years now motorists driving along Route 9 in the New Gretna/Bass River area have reported seeing strange, some might even say downright bizarre, things popping up along the roadside....
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Lord Whimsy: Weirdo Advocate
Fill a garden with carnivorous plants and you’re likely to raise Weird interest, though there usually has to be more to keep our attention. In the case of Lord Whimsy—long-time South Jerseyan; rider...
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Whipporwill Valley and Cooper Roads: Middletown’s Scariest Byways
There are two particularly isolated roads that wind their way through the rural farms and forestlands of Middletown that have attained legendary status over the years as places of mystery, mayhem and...
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The Final Parking Place of Mary Ellis
The Ellis family plot as it appeared in the early 20th century. For the past 186 years Mary Ellis has resided on what she probably thought would always be a stately piece of property overlooking the...
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Legends of the Dempsey House
Dempsey House in the Leonardo section of Middletown (Monmouth County) sat quietly in the woods for many years as the legends about it grew. Really nothing more than a large pump house, the dark and...
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The Dancing Jesus of Middletown
There’s a local cemetery attraction in Middletown known as the Dancing Jesus. It is said that if you visit the Mt. Olivet Cemetery at night (which is probably illegal) and shine your cars headlights...
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Haunted Hindenburg Hangar at Lakehurst
The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the...
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“Lindbergh of Mexico” Goes Down in the Pines
This year marks the 86th anniversary of the fatal crash of Captain Emilio Carranza, the “Mexican Lindbergh,” deep in a remote area of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It was in the early morning hours of...
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Vive Miss Liberty!
Story and photos by Ryan Doan for Weird NJ A couple of years ago, I was pulling an all-nighter at the Brick Kinko’s. Despite the steady injection of stale coffee and the occasional buzzing of other...
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In Search of Amelia Earhart in Monroe, NJ
By Vince Chesner for Weird NJ During a highly publicized round-the-world flight many believe that aviator Amelia Earhart was captured by the Japanese, possibly as a spy commissioned by President...
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Normandy Road, NJ’s Most Less Traveled Road
Imagine it’s rush hour and you’re trapped in the bumper-to-bumper traffic hell that is Middletown. The grim procession of cars ahead of you lurches forward inch by inch in a herky-jerky crawl as...
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Hunting for the Buried Treasure of Captain Kidd
By Michael J. Launay for Weird NJ It was cold and rainy on the morning of May 23, 1701 in London, England; perfect weather for an execution. The convicted, William Kidd, was lead to the gallows,...
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Greek’s Playland, Monroe
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Greek’s Playland in Monroe Township is the most unique park of its kind in the entire world. It would not be an exaggeration because to our knowledge there...
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