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 not whether they are real or not, but whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the Mr. Local History Project is looking for the public to share their paranormal experiences they’ve experienced at the end of this story.

1. Phyllis Parker Ghost – Bernardsville, New Jersey

Phyllis, the daughter of John Parker, at the Parker Tavern (Old Library) in Bernardsville. She commits suicide after finding her lover was hung and put in a cellar coffin.
Local lore

Old Bernardsville Library c.1907 used to be the Parker Tavern home to daughter Phyllis the ghost. #mrlocalhistory — Old Bernardsville Library c.1907 used to be the Parker Tavern home to daughter Phyllis the ghost.

Phyllis-Parker-Color-Somerset-Hills-Mr-local-history — Old Bernardsville Library c.1907 used to be the Parker Tavern home to daughter Phyllis the ghost.

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2. The Astor Estate Ghost – Basking Ridge, New Jersey

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 Estate.

Mr. Local History Archives -Astor Estate — The Astor Estate in 1968 just after Bernards Township acquired the property. Source: Courier News.

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Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall

3. The Devil’s Tomb – Peapack, New Jersey

Mr. Local History Archives - Jacobs Ladder — Known as the gateway to hell, it is said that the nuns from Blairsden covered the devil himself and the gateway to hell, hence the naming “the devil’s tomb.”

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Taking Jacobs Ladder to the Devil’s Tomb (Grave)

4. The Killing Blairsden Nuns – Peapack, New Jersey

The crazed and murderous nuns of the Blairsden estate in Peapack, New Jersey from the mid-1900s who captured delivery boys and supposedly tortured them in the gated estate.
Weird New Jersey

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Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends

5. Great Swamp Witches, Devil, Headless Hessian

The Devil’s Den in the Great Swamp. Legend has it that the Jersey Devil, the Headless Hessian, the White Witch and other ghoulish creatures inhabit the Great Swamp.
Local Lore

There is a building case that Washington Irving’s “Headless Horseman” is actually the “Headless Hessian” from the Great Swamp. You decide.

The “Milk Mother” at Cerino Brothers in Basking Ridge and her baby in the cemetery casket. A wandering mother cries for milk but was buried in the nearby cemetery. They open the casket and find the mothers baby, who wanders the village on foggy nights.
Local Lore

6. The Haunted Tour Map

7. Phareloch Castle Ghost – Liberty Corner, New Jersey

Phareloch Castle in Liberty Corner has been known to be haunted by the original owner Bill Beatty, the man who died before his dream was completed. Bill has been seen causing mischief, been on TV paranormal shows, and plays his organ.

The Chartwell Manor School for Boys in Basking Ridge New Jersey - Phareloch Castle 1971 — The Phareloch Castle in Liberty Corner
Bill Beatty’s haunt.

Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle

8. The Devil’s Tree – Liberty Corner, New Jersey

Nick the Farmer murdered his family at the devil tree in Liberty Corner.

Haunted Roots – The Horror Tale of the Devil Tree in Central New Jersey

Mr Local History Project presents Haunted Roots Filmmakers to a virtual event — Learn about Nick the Farmer, the KKK, and other mysteries about this tree and the area.

9. The Jacob’s Ladder – Gladstone, New Jersey

Jacobs Ladder and the Devil’s Tomb in Peapack.
Weird New Jersey

10. The Runaway Phantom Carriage – Bernards Township, New Jersey

The runaway ghost carriage at the Grain House. Rumor has it that a runaway stagecoach often haunts Route 202 by the Grain House Mill in Basking Ridge.
Innkeeper at the Olde Mill Inn

There is the story of the runaway "Phantom Carriage" that has been spotted by residents who often stopped at night outside the Grain House. Credit: The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills — There is the story of the runaway “Phantom Carriage” that has been spotted by residents who often stopped at night outside the Grain House. Credit: The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills

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