Stories

Mark and Mark December 20, 2022 0

On December 22nd, 1978, Jean Zelinsky was hardly feeling the holiday spirit. She was 48, single, and living with her...

Mark and Mark December 15, 2022 0

Weird NJ reader J.C. McAllister tipped us off a little-known local legend that emanates from the southernmost reaches of New...

Mark and Mark December 15, 2022 0

In early September 1609 Henry Hudson began his exploration of the river that would one day bear his name. Before...

Mark and Mark December 7, 2022 0

When the Weird NJ office phone rang and the Greek was on the other end of the line, I knew...

Mark and Mark December 1, 2022 0

While the image of the jolly old elf we've all come to know as Santa Claus may live at the...

Mark and Mark November 24, 2022 0

While Halloween is without a doubt the time of year most associated with all things creepy and scary, Christmas too...

Mark and Mark November 22, 2022 0

“Dear Weird NJ – This appears a little weird. “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” a narrative poem written in 1858...

Mark and Mark November 8, 2022 0

Father Knows Best: The Strange and Horrific Saga of John Emil List You’d think that it would be easy to...

Mark and Mark November 1, 2022 0

A little bit of that old Christmas magic, courtesy of Weird NJ and the Harbaugh family, the Griswolds of New...

Mark and Mark October 30, 2022 0

'Twas the night before Halloween, mischief night, in 1938 that a young Orson Welles’ now infamous radio broadcast of War...