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Legends of Crematory Hill
There is, or once was, a legendary place off a dirt road called Disbrow Hill in Monroe Township (Middlesex County) known as Crematory Hill in local lore. As the stories go, back in the 1970s it was...
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Spectro-Chrome Therapy – Technicolor Cures or Kaleidoscopic Quackery?
In the 1930s the Vineland area of Cumberland County, NJ must have been a very unusual place indeed. Perhaps there was something in the water, or maybe the Great Depression left local residents with so...
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The “Chair House” of Route 9
There’s an oddly shaped house located on Route 9 South in the little town of West Creek, part of Eagleswood Township, that has had passersby scratching their heads in wonder for the past 75 years or...
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There She Wasn’t – Miss America. The Ballad of Bette Cooper
While New Jersey is famous as the home of the Miss America Pageant, the state’s reputation for producing a beauty to hold the title itself has been dubious at best. Only twice has contestant from our...
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Strange Figures of Woodbridge Clay Pits
Several peculiar wooden sculptures that have a mysterious history about them were recently put up for sale at a prestigious New York City auction house. The origins of the “Woodbridge Figurines” are...
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Tales of Berry’s Chapel in the Pines
In the Nineteenth Century a small but thriving African American community was developing in the tiny township of Quinton, NJ. Located deep in the piney woods of Salem County, this community was spread...
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Remembering the “Forgotten Victory” of Nicholas Parcell
Today, on the 4th of July, we salute a true American patriot, Nicholas Parcell, a Revolutionary War soldier who was mortally wounded during the battle of Connecticut Farms (now part of Union) New...
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The Moving Story of Lucy the Elephant
The New Jersey Shore has always had its fair share of spectacular eye-popping sights to see. Historically there have been the hulking shipwrecks of the Sindia in Ocean City, the Morro Castle in Asbury...
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Francois – A Man Out of Time
We are walking along Park Avenue in Rutherford talking with a 17th Century ghost. In the physical world of the 21st Century he goes simply by the name of “Francois” but his thoughts are not of this...
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All Aboard for Northlandz!
There’s a place in New Jersey where mountain gorges descend sharply into turbulent roiling rivers. Through these rocky ravines train tracks cling precariously to the steeply pitched mountainsides. A...
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Captain Bayonne – Fleet-Footed Crusader for Physical Fitness
For a couple of years now we here at Weird NJ have been getting reports from our readers in Bayonne about a Spider-man-like ‘superhero’ that has been spotted on the streets of their fair city. The...
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Mysterious Stone House at Takanassee Lake, Long Branch
The Ross Island Ruins: Mysterious Stone House at Takanassee Lake, Long Branch By Veronica MacDonald Ditko Long Branch, NJ is full of historical treasures if you know where to look. Take, for instance,...
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Allaire’s Haunted “Big House”
Photo by Ryan Doan. By Jeff Heimbuch The clanging of metal filled my ears as soon as I walked into town. The blacksmith had started early, making nails for the nearby carpenter. I walked a few more...
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The Mysterious Marker of Mattie Brown
An anonymous Weird NJ reader wrote to us and tipped us off to the mysterious grave stone of an unknown woman located in Egg Harbor. They said, “In Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, there’s a...
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R.I.P. Josephine Stapleton–The “Jug Lady”
For many many years motorists traveling along Route 40 in Mizpah, between Buena Vista and Mays Landing, were treated to the sight of a work of art comprised of meticulously arranged multi-colored milk...
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Dr. Leitman’s Waiting Room of Weirdness
When the Weird NJ office phone rang and the Greek was on the other end of the line, I knew it was sure be a strange call. “Mark,” he said excitedly, “I’ve got something you’ve just GOT to see! It’s got...
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Ghosts of Christmas Past
Photo by Tracey Consolo Here are just a few of our favorite holiday season sights that have been seen around the state in years of yore… HO HO HO…Look deeply into Santa’s eyes…HO HO HO! Displayed...
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A Scary Santa in God’s Country
Dear Weird NJ: Recently, while traveling along the White Horse Pike in Atco, I passed this odd looking outdoor market that looked like a haphazard arrangement of trailers, religious statuary and...
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Jefferson Christmas Tree Says “I’ve Fallen!”
An age-old question poses the philosophical quandary: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer in Jefferson Township, near Oak Ridge, NJ is...
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O Tuckerton Tannenbaum, O Tuckerton Tannenbaum
There’s a desolate five-mile stretch of narrow asphalt known as Great Bay Boulevard located in Tuckerton that leads southeast from Mystic Island across an expansive salt marsh. Along its route it...
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