This Friday we’ll be celebrating “Friday the 13th” in Blairstown, NJ, where much of the classic 1979 slasher horror film of that name was shot. Mark and Mark, publishers of Weird NJ, will be signing copies of the magazine and selling other weird stuff too at the Slash … Continue reading
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
50 issues! Really? 50 issues of a magazine that at the time of issue #1 was so preposterous, so crazy a concept that we never imagined we’d be doing this 25 years later. A magazine devoted to weird places, colorful … Continue reading
That right folks, order a subscription to Weird NJ and issues #50 and #51 will be sent right to your door in MAY and in OCTOBER of 2018. Makes a GREAT GIFT for that special weirdo on your holiday shopping list! Continue reading
The season is upon us once again when the New Jersey residence that puts Clark Griswold to shame year after year is fully illuminated – The “Hamilton Christmas House” as it is known to the casual passerby, Bob Martel’s House as his friends and neighbors call it, or as it is officially known, Martel’s Christmas Wonderland, is plugged in, powered up, and open each night until about 10 PM. Continue reading
Jersey Devils, Bizarre Beasts And Other Creatures of Weird NJ: True Life Encounters with the Unknown Have you ever been in a situation you cannot explain? Witnessed something so strange you were afraid to tell anyone? All the stories you’ll read … Continue reading
Three days before Christmas, Jean strangled her 78-year-old mother to death in their home. Standing over Julia Zelinsky’s body, Jean took a kitchen knife and decapitated her. Tossing the head into a plastic shopping bag, Jean got into her car and headed straight for Trenton – but not before stopping to wave to a neighbor. Continue reading
Hello Weird NJ! Within the Grove (Pitman), you can see the Hagerty Christmas lights spreading across a whole neighborhood block. Home of an old Methodist summer camp, the mostly working class residents wait every Black Friday to see something homemade, … Continue reading
Here are just a few of our favorite holiday season sights that have been seen around the state in years of yore… Continue reading
An age-old question poses the philosophical quandary: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer in Jefferson Township, near Oak Ridge, NJ is apparently yes, due in … Continue reading
