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The Weirdest Halloween House In NJ
Want to get really weird this Halloween night? Go no further than to 102 Monroe Street in the Haskell section of Wanaque to see the Weird NJ creations of Kim-Marie Dakake. “I always do Halloween...
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Weird Travels on Essex Road, Tinton Falls/Neptune
There is a strange and lonely road that runs through Tinton Falls and Neptune called Essex Road. Like many of the roads less traveled throughout New Jersey, Essex Road’s lore includes tales of ghosts,...
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Is the Spy House “The Most Haunted House in America”?
It’s a lone white wooden building that stands with its back to the windswept shore of the Sandy Hook Bay in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Its official name is the Seabrook-Wilson Homestead,...
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Calico, the “Evil Clown” of Middletown
He’s been a familiar roadside fixture to motorist traveling along Route 35 in Middletown since 1956, but the brightly colored clown known as “Calico” has such a beguiling look about him that drivers...
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The Sandy Hook Sea Serpent
The North Shrewsbury (Navesink) River is one of the most scenic estuaries on the Eastern Coast of America. Known for luxury yachts, stately homes, and iceboating, it is hardly the place you would...
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The Spanish Mansion and the Capone Connection
Located in the wood on the outskirts of Pinewald, near Cedar Creek, can be found the mysterious ruins of a hacienda-style dwelling that has come to be known in local lore as The Spanish Mansion. Today...
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A Merry Weird NJ Christmas!
(Please note: The last day to place an order for Christmas delivery is Friday December 19th. To place your Weird NJ order please go to our shopping cart or visit our Amazon Store. Thanks for another...
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Wilberforce Sylvester’s Pleasantville Surprise
Nestled in a quiet Pleasantville neighborhood, just outside of Atlantic City, is an amazing architectural marvel dreamed up and created in an ever-evolving fashion by a gentleman named Mr. Wilberforce...
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Light Dispelling Darkness
One of the most unique, and downright bizarre roadside attractions to be found in New Jersey is surprisingly not the work of some eccentric with too much spare time on his hands. It’s actually a...
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S.S. Atlantus: Concrete Ship and Lead Balloon
For nearly nine decades now the weather beaten remains of a ship have lain just a few hundred feet beyond the breaking surf of Sunset Beach in historic Cape May. Although the Jersey coast has become a...
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Mysteries of the Green Light Cemetery
Traveling by a dark graveyard or cemetery at night can be a frightening thing, especially when the imagination comes into play and every crack of a stick or gust of wind lends the passer-by to think...
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Old School Ghouls of Georgian Court University
The campus of Georgian Court University in Lakewood, a Catholic institution with a focus on women’s education, is the former estate of George Jay Gould, son of railroad baron Jay Gould. In 1896, Gould...
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Legends of Lakewood’s JL Tree
In the town of Lakewood, Ocean County, stands a tree which is famous in local lore known as the “JL Tree.” Its tragic tale tells of the violent death of a young local lad and the tree that has...
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Cryptic Carvings Along Lawrence Brook
It is often the case that when the past speaks to us in the modern world, its messages are written in stone. Sometimes these voices from long ago provide a record of a lost and forgotten civilization....
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The Moaning of Talamini Road
Weird NJ has explored and reported on many an odd Road Less Traveled throughout the state, but the phenomenon happening on Talamini Road in Bridgewater seems to be a uniquely weird one. It does bares...
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The Legend of Bud’s Grave
Photo by Michael T. Wright There have been many versions of the legend of Bud’s Grave, located in the Highlands of Monmouth County, told over the years, and most contain some elements of truth. For the...
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The Atco Ghost
There’s a ghost story in the southern New Jersey town of Atco that tells of a young boy who was run down on a lonely stretch of road after chasing his basketball into the middle of the street. The...
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A-Bombs Away Off A.C.
By Donald E. Bender for Weird NJ The Fifties were an era of unbridled nuclear proliferation. Fears of a potential nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union were rampant. Basement and...
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The Brick Midget House of Brick
Anna Jones, owner of this diminutive dwelling in Brick. For Sale: Charming cozy ranch style brick cottage in Brick, NJ, located on a spacious lot near the water. One bedroom, one bath, dine-in kitchen,...
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The Parkway Phantom of Exit 82
Perhaps it’s apropos that in our fast moving, highly mobile state, many of our most notable ghosts are seen hanging out at the side of the road, where it is said that they met their untimely demise....
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