UPDATED: Who Killed Jeannette DePalma?
In late 1997, Weird NJ received a letter from a fan named Billy Martin. The short letter, entitled “In the...
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Sat. Sept. 23: Baphomet’s Bazaar Oddities Market
Weird NJ publishers Mark & Mark will be taking part in Baphomet’s Bazaar Oddities Market on Saturday, Sept. 23,...
Betting on Disaster: The Newark Bay Train Wreck
It was on September 17th, in 1958 that one of the most tragic railroad disasters in New Jersey’s history, which...
Vive Miss Liberty!
UPDATE 09/14/2023: We have received the sad news that Sondra has unfortunately developed Stage 4 cancer, which has destroyed her...
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Bayonne resident and Chief Radio Engineer George White Rodgers had his hands full the morning of September 8, 1934. He...
Howard Unruh’s “Walk of Death”
On Sept 6, 1949, Howard Unruh, a deranged but decorated World War II veteran, loaded himself up with ammunition and...
Seeking the Hide of Antoine Le Blanc, The Morristown Murderer
After being tried, convicted and executed for the triple murder of one of Morristown’s most respected families, the story of...
Pre-Order Weird NJ’s October Issue #61 (Fall/Winter 2023)
The October issue of Weird NJ, #61, is almost here, and you can have it delivered right to your door, hot off the presses! Just $9.00 including shipping...
Murdered Music Major Haunts College of NJ (Trenton State)
Illustration by Ryan Doan / www.RyanDoan.com Perhaps setting a name-change record, The College of New Jersey began as the New...
Confederate and WWII Prisoner Graves of Finn’s Point Cemetery
New Jersey has plenty of history surrounding the Revolutionary War but not many people know about its Civil War connections....