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...
Stories
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...
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....
Jungle Habitat: Wild, Free and Abandoned
By Mark Moran One day, back around 1997, someone suggested to Mark S. and I that we go check out...
Blood Sport: Revisiting Traction… Er, Action, Park
If you were compiling a list of things you may have experienced in your youth if you grew up in...
