Princess Doe Identified After 40 Years
40 years to the day after the body of an unknown teenage girl was found in a Blairstown cemetery the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office says it has now identified “Princess Doe”. Continue reading
Cemetery Safari
Visiting “Mother” on Mother’s Day
A stop at a tavern in Orange brought us this tale of how local teenagers would dare each other to visit “Mother” at the Rosedale Cemetery, located on the border of Orange and Montclair, late on moonlit nights. Apparently the … Continue reading
The Ghostly Glow of Green Light Cemetery
Traveling by a dark graveyard or cemetery at night can be a frightening thing, especially when the imagination comes into play and every crack of a stick or gust of wind lends the passer-by to think something more nefarious is … Continue reading
Ghost Children of the Cave Grave, Newton
Located alongside Route 621 in the town of Newton is a peaceful little graveyard nestled alongside a wooded hillside, right near the heart of the old town. Though most of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century stones to be found here … Continue reading
Trenton’s Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Monument
One of the very strangest tombstones in our state pays homage to Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the macabre, and his best known poem, The Raven. Continue reading
The Final Parking Place of Mary Ellis
For the past 186 years Mary Ellis has resided on what she probably thought would always be a stately piece of property overlooking the scenic Raritan River. In actuality though, Mary had really just been monopolizing a prime parking space … Continue reading
The Mercedes Benz Tombstone
Located in the peaceful setting of the Rosedale Cemetery in Linden, stands a monument to one young man’s love of an automobile. The final resting place of Raymond Tse is an impressive full size granite replica of a Mercedes Benz 240 Diesel that is parked right out back. Continue reading
The Three Stooges Tombstone
James Bechtold was one of Metuchen’s bravest, and dubbed the unofficial “Mayor of Metuchen.” A fireman since he was 18, he became the treasurer of the Metuchen Fire Department. “Everyone loved him,” says his brother Bob. “The funeral procession looked … Continue reading
Presidential Death on the Jersey Shore
Situated alongside a narrow seaside street in the tony Elberon section of Long Branch lies a curious footnote to United State history––a monument marking the death spot of the twentieth U.S. president, James A. Garfield. Garfield was shot on July … Continue reading
From Shrooms to the Tomb in Edison
Poor Richard and Charles Hoopar. Some time in 1693, the brothers came across some mushrooms in the vicinity of Edison, New Jersey and decided to eat them. Maybe they found them in the woods and scarfed them down then and … Continue reading