Handed down over time, our researchers have searched and searched for these historic ghost tales, stories, and twisted history around New Jersey.
Views: 7,293 On October 30, 1938, Jerseyans tuned in to a radio broadcast saying Martians had landed in Jersey and were marching to invade. The War of the Worlds had begun. On that now famous evening, radio listeners may have… Read More »The World’s Greatest Broadcast in New Jersey History – War of the Worlds
Views: 1,013 At the Mr. Local History Project, our motto is “Jersey history with a social twist,” and nothing brings people together faster than talking about their favorite candy. And with Halloween just around the corner, wouldn’t it be great… Read More »The History of New Jersey Candy and Our Jersey Candy Hall of Fame
Views: 25,750 Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. May be urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! As the leaves turn and the nights cool, ghost… Read More »Local Horror Tales and Ghost Stories Special Edition Magazine
Views: 5,316Mysterious death, lights in the woods at night, strange chemical smells in the air, paranormal activity, and a YouTuber’s missing persons report continue to plague what is felt to be strange paranormal activity at the former Hofheimer woods, grotto,… Read More »Unexplained Disappearance at Warren’s Hofheimer Mausoleum & Grotto
Views: 21,802Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, sits a turreted French Norman-style castle known to locals as Pharelock Castle. Very few locals remember the sad story about the… Read More »Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle
Views: 7,953 👻 The 3rd Floor “Spirit of the Astor Estate” in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering the third floor causing ghostly havoc at times.Reported by a number of Bernards Township Employees at the Astor… Read More »Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall
Views: 4,966Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but rather whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the… Read More »Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey #3
The phrase “cold as balls” reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship’s cannons, causing the iron balls to fall. The expression “cold as a witch’s tit” originated from the belief that witches, portrayed as cold-blooded in the 1600s,… Read More »Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet
Views: 13,947To expand on an earlier post: The PLOT THICKENS… there’s a 2nd Jacob’s Ladder! So I kept digging about Jacob’s Ladder. Not that I wanted to, but the internet has its way of bringing information right to my doorstep.… Read More »Peapack has a Jacob’s Ladder too!
Views: 75,048Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate in Peapack, New Jersey. This article was originally posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it was… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 44,252The Devil Tree of Liberty Corner (Somerset County) Urban Legend 1 Devil Tree – The Tree and the Caretaker Me and my friends were all contemplating going up to the devil tree. I had been up there one time… Read More »The Tale of Jersey’s Devil Tree
Views: 30,128Devil’s Tomb & Jacob’s Ladder –Look what happened when Weird NJ Issue #12 came out. A place that sits quietly in obscurity for hundreds of years comes to an abrupt end when overzealous devil seekers search to find the… Read More »Taking Jacob’s Ladder to the Devil’s Tomb (Grave)
Views: 17,527Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the Mr.… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 10,259 Listen in as we welcome award-winning journalist and Walking Dead actor Matt Ryan, along with filmmaker Will Cook, as they share the creation of their film HAUNTED ROOTS, “The Haunt of New Jersey’s Devil Tree and a farmhouse.”… Read More »Haunted Roots – The Horror Tale of the Devil Tree in Central New Jersey
Views: 28,225Liberty Corner’s Most Famous Resident? In a quiet little rural village in New Jersey that’s known more for Memorial Day parades and quiet strolls up and down Church Street, there’s this little secret about a man who became a… Read More »Liberty Corner had the REAL Zip the Pinhead – Yow!
