Weird NJ Issue #61 (Fall/Winter 2023)
The October issue of Weird NJ, #61, is here, and you can have it delivered right to your door, hot...
Weird NJ Facebook Page HACKED
Dear friends and followers – It is with great frustration that we must report that the primary Weird NJ Facebook...
Passaic River Petrogylphs – Garfield
Petroglyphs, or rock carvings have never been fully documented in New Jersey, despite many surveys of Indian villages and shelters...
The Deserted Village and Enchanted Forest of the Watchung Reservation
There is a place deep in the woods of the Watchung Reservation area in Union County that is officially known...
Foxcroft (a.k.a. Van Slyke or Ramapo Castle)
Story and photos by Mark Moran and Rusty Tagliareni Perched atop an Fox mountain in Wanaque, high above Ramapo Lake,...
The Mount Holly Witch Trials
While most people are familiar with the story of the infamous witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in...
Thomas Edison’s Spirit Phone
Few people would argue with the opinion that Thomas A. Edison is one of the most influential figures of the...
Tripod Rock and the Standing Stones of Pyramid Mountain
Although the question of how these stone structures were originally formed has been debated countless times, the fact remains they...
The Parkway Phantom of Exit 82
Perhaps it’s apropos that in our fast moving, highly mobile state, many of our most notable ghosts are seen hanging...
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...