This week marks the 200th anniversary of the May 5, 1821 death of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. While many folks may know that Napoleon’s brother Joseph Bonaparte was a prominent resident of Bordentown, NJ for seventeen years, they might not … Continue reading
Weird NJ will once again be taking part in the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market on SATURDAY ONLY, May 15th, and we’ll be bringing the brand new issue of the magazine, #56, plus all sorts of Weird NJ merch, like … Continue reading
It’s here! The #56 issue of Weird NJ Magazine: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, is now available. Order yours today and we’ll have a copy mailed right to your door. Continue reading
Today, one backyard along 12th Street in Hoboken is five feet wider than it was a few years ago. Because that’s when Hoboken’s “Phantom Bridge” cornerstone mysteriously disappeared. Once located in the backyard of 1200 Garden Street, it was a … Continue reading
Nearly 60 years before Peter Benchley’s novel “Jaws,” a real man-eater lurked the waters of the New Jersey coast. A single shark was responsible attacks on five victims, killing four. One has to wonder–could it happen again? Continue reading
Imagine you’re driving down the road in the Jersey Shore town of Mystic Island, just south of Tuckerton on the Great Bay. All of a sudden you see a massive concrete block, twenty feet high and twenty wide, sitting smack dab in the middle of the roadway! Continue reading
There is a strange and lonely road that runs through Tinton Falls and Neptune called Essex Road. Like many of the roads less traveled throughout New Jersey, Essex Road’s lore includes tales of ghosts, Satanists and unseen cannibals lurking in … Continue reading
What says “Jersey” better than the classic Jersey diner? We’ll tell you what – the Jersey Devil sitting atop a classic Jersey diner sign while eating a Pork Roll/Taylor Ham, egg and cheese sandwich, that’s what! And that’s the image … Continue reading
In this all-but-forgotten unsolved case from 1972, the body of a teenage girl was discovered atop a cliff, high above an abandoned quarry in the town of Springfield. The corpse was found thanks to a dog that brought home a badly decomposed human forearm to its master. The deceased would later be identified as Jeannette DePalma, a local teenager who had been missing for six weeks. Before long, witchcraft, satanism and police conspiracies would all become suspects in the bizarre case. Continue reading
