This weekend the 4th annual Steampunk World’s Fair will be held in Piscataway, NJ and Weird NJ will be there Friday May 17 and Saturday May 18. Drop by our table, say hello and get the brand new issue of … Continue reading
Brand NEW Issue #40 In Stores May 1st!
That’s right folks, it’s hot off the presses and headed toward a store near you! The brand NEW issue of Weird NJ, #40 will be available throughout the state starting May 1st…and it happens to be the BEST ISSUE EVER! Weird NJ is carried by all major chain book stores and hundreds of independent outlets in New Jersey. Continue reading
Snake Hill’s Asylum, Potter’s Field & Field Station: Dinosaurs
While it is currently a park, Snake Hill has been the site of a variety of different institutions over its history. An almshouse was located here, and several hospitals and a penitentiary. Most famously, Snake Hill was the site of a huge lunatic asylum. Many of those who died while inmates of the asylum still lay in the ground here in unmarked and unidentified graves. Continue reading
The Route 22 Mini-Tour of Concretia
Weird New Jersey from Brian Johnston on Vimeo. Take a little road trip with Mark and Mark as we travel along Route 22 to see some of the sights, like Edison concrete houses, Eldorado Gardens, the Flagship, and more.
Weird NJ Instagram Photostream
We’ve just started an official Weird NJ Instagram feed and we’d like to invite all of you to follow our photo stream at WEIRDNJINSTA. You can share your weird photos by hash tagging us #weirdnjinsta (#roadside #abandoned #tombstones #weirdoes #legends … Continue reading
Forsaken For Your eReader
We are very pleased to announce that Weird NJ’s special issue Forsaken: Abandoned in and Around New Jersey by Rusty Tagliareni is now available for your e-reader! Forsaken is a 142 page full color digital edition devoted to forgotten sites … Continue reading
Advertise in Weird NJ
Our advertising deadline for the Spring issue of Weird NJ is April 1st and pages are filling up fast! Do you have an unusual business or event, or offer a unique product or service that you’d like to bring to … Continue reading
Online Newsletter Subscription
We are pleased to announce that after a long time down, our online newsletter subscribers’ list is back up and running. Enroll yourself now! Continue reading
Weird NJ Issues 4, 5 & 6
A Weird NJ Amazon Store Exclusive: Issues 4, 5, & 6 Now Available Individually We have re-issued our early newsletters, numbers 4, 5 & 6, for the Weird NJ collector and purist. With hundreds of letters asking us how to … Continue reading
Pennhurst Asylum: The Shame of Pennsylvania
This state-funded school and hospital center was at the heart of the human rights movement that revolutionized this country’s approach to healthcare for the mentally and physically handicapped. This facility was one of the most striking examples of the maltreatment that was characteristic of such institutions––at one point, papers labeled it “The Shame of the Pennsylvania”. And the legacy of all this suffering might just be the lingering spirits that are said to still wander its abandoned wards today. Continue reading