New Jersey’s Most Painted Rock I can’t remember exactly when I first saw the Painted Rock on Route 539. It was probably when my family and I started driving to Atlantic City instead of taking those terrible buses. Maybe twenty … Continue reading
Subscribe to your favorite magazine for 2020! That’s right, Weird NJ issues #54 and #55 can be delivered right to your door in May and October of 2020. (Current and recent issues can be purchased HERE.) We collect stories about New … Continue reading
Now you can let everyone know where your head is really at with the brand new Weird NJ Phrenology T-shirt! You don’t have to be a mind reader to know that this 100% cotton BELLA-CANVAS tee is a real head-turner. … Continue reading
The scene is set: A moonless night, leafless branches swaying in the chilly November breeze. Through the mist ahead you see something: a dim white ball of light. It appears for a second, then dissipates into the dark. Suddenly, it … Continue reading
‘Twas the night before Halloween, mischief night, in 1938 that a young Orson Welles’ now infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds caused widespread panic. An adaptation of H. G. Wells’s 1898 novel, the program was presented live as an … Continue reading
Folks here in New Jersey sure do know how to get into the Halloween spirit, and often do so with elaborate seasonal displays. Here are just a few of our favorite properties, personalized for the holiday, from this year and Halloweens past… Continue reading
Old pump houses seem to inspire some of New Jersey’s best folklore. In addition to the legends of the Dempsey House and the thumping pump houses of two different Heartbeat Roads, there is a local legend in Mt. Holly (Burlington … Continue reading
While most people are familiar with the story of the infamous witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693, less well known are the legends told in the Mount Holly, NJ area of women being tried … Continue reading
Somewhere in New Jersey there is an abandoned structure housing two massive wind tunnels. The facility was built in 1943 to test airplane propellers for WWII bombers, but is now abandoned and decayed. In our current issue of Weird NJ … Continue reading
The #53 Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Weird NJ Magazine is in stores NOW and is available for online purchase. It’s all that’s weird about New Jersey that you won’t find in any other publication, on the Internet, or anywhere else! Issues … Continue reading
