Ghosts-Urban Legends

Handed down over time, our researchers have searched and searched for these historic ghost tales, stories, and twisted history around New Jersey.

Unexplained Disappearance at Warren’s Hofheimer Mauseleum & Grotto

Mysterious death, lights in the woods at night, strange chemical smells in the air, paranormal activity, and a YouTuber's missing…

2 months ago

Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle

Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, sits a…

2 months ago

Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall

👻 The 3rd Floor "Spirit of the Astor Estate" in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering…

2 months ago

The World’s Greatest Broadcast in New Jersey History – War of the Worlds

on Mischief Night, Cabbage Night, Goosey Night, or whatever you call it - October 30th - RE-LIVE the WAR OF…

1 year ago

Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey #3

Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is…

1 year ago

Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet

The phrase "cold as balls" reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship's cannons, causing the iron balls to…

2 years ago

Legendary Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey

Have a "spooktakular" Halloween season.The Mr. Local History Project Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other…

2 years ago

10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey

Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is…

2 years ago

Peapack has a Jacobs Ladder too!

To expand on an earlier post: The PLOT THICKENS... there's a 2nd Jacob's Ladder! So I kept digging about Jacob's…

2 years ago

Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends

Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate…

3 years ago

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