Index of Local Heroes and Villains in Weird NJ
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Local Heroes and Villains
General LH: 4-5, 21, 39, 51, 55, 65, 79, 86, 97, 104
Abraham Clark — New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence 32: 47d
“Absolutely Terrific” bus driver (Newark) 29: 70
Adidas Man (Avenel/Woodbridge) 24: 77
Adolph Heuer, builder of time travel car and witness to many strange phenomena (Warren County) 18: 38p-40p
Airplane Sissies 33: 6p
Albert P. Greim, builder of Birdsville Church (Tom’s River) 14: 36p
Albert Herpin – the man who did not sleep (Trenton) 24: 79d
Alfred Nobel – Inventor of dynamite 28: 70p
Alfredo the Preacher (Elizabeth) 15: 22d; 16: 4; 21: 7
The Allwood Walker 13: 32
Alphonse DeNoble – actor in Alice, Sweet Alice (Paterson) 32: 77p
Al Tomaini, the Jersey Giant 17: 49p
“The Amazing Kreskin” predicts date of own death (Caldwell) 14: 4p
Amboy Aqualung (Perth Amboy) 20: 41; 21: 12
Andy Sinatra, “The Mystic Barber” 6: 31; 32: 86
Angelo Nardone’s Statue House (Nutley) 1-3: 8; 8: 41p; 11: 2; 19: 91; 22: 10; 31: 11
Annie Thorman, aka “Chicken Annie” (Pine Brook) 26: 46p
Another “Nude Dude” (Chatham) 14: 28
Antenna Man (Moorestown) 24: 77; 25: 11
Anthony Srsich — “Absolutely Terrific” bus driver (Newark) 29: 70; 32: 68p
Archie Stiles, owner of Archie’s Resale Shop (Meyersville) 7: 24p; 10: 49p; 16: 11-12; RG: 52p; 21: 15; 25: 11; LE: 89p
Armless man (Clinton Road) TCR: 38
Atco Jack aka Magic Jack – amazing closeup magician (Atco/Berlin/Clemonton) 27: 81
August C. Roberts – early UFO researcher and member of “The New York Circle”
32: 81, 87p
Axe Lady (Avenel) 10: 14
Axe-wielding maniac at McCurdy Lane haunted house (Jackson) 31: 39; 32: 21-22
Backwards Lady (Barrington) 20: 41
Backwards Walking Man: Cranford 28: 71; Fanwood 29: 42; South Orange 29: 42
Banana-wielding bandit 6: 8
Barefoot Man (Mount Tabor) 25: 74; 30: 79
Be-boppin’ Waver – “Cult of the Wavers” (Rahway) 23: 79
Bee Lane protest suicides – Craig Badiali and Joan Fox (Chew’s Landing) 21: 55; 22: 56-57d; 26: 16
Beer Can Billy (West Orange) 28: 12
Bela Lugosi – House on Norman Place (Tenafly) 26: 20
Bert Brier and “The Brier Affair” (Piscataway) 16: 30p-32p
Bertha Bottle Basher (Rahway) 26: 47
Bette Cooper – N.J.’s only Miss America pageant winner LH: 12d-13
Bicycle Bill (Prospect Park) 26: 47
Bicyclist with dog cart (Palmyra) 27: 27d
Big Mike (Highland Park) 17: 57
Bill Haley and the Comets (Gloucester) 30: 93
Bill & Joyce Munn — packrat survivalists (West Orange) 28: 60p-61
Billy – “The Guy with Many Names” (Rutherford) 28: 71
BioMedical Tissue Services — human tissue theft business (Fort Lee) LE: 131
Bird and fish fancier (Troy Hills) 6: 9
Birdman of the Pulaski Skyway, “Cult of the Wavers” (Jersey City) 10: 3p
Birmingham family (South Orange) 5: 21
Bishop Alma White, founder of Pillar of Fire Church (Zarephath) 18: 59p-60d; 21: 14
Bizarre murder capital of N.J.? (South River) 20: 41
Bizarro convenience store professor (Tom’s River) 5: 7
Blind accordion player with German Shepherd (Atlantic City) 17: 11
Blue people of the Bic factory (Jersey City) 31: 14
Boardwalk Lady (Asbury Park) 20: 41
Bob Dylan 24: 22p-24p; 25: 12-13p; 26: 6p; 27: 93
Bongo Bongo Man of Parvin State Park (Pine Barrens) 25: 92
Boob Lady of Cherry Hill Mall (Cherry Hill) 31: 90
“The Bowler” of Five Corners (Perth Amboy) 15: 26; 16: 9; LH: 92-94 aka Bowler Jim/Joe
Brady, Michael E. — served as Dutch Boy model (Montclair) 30: 79dp
Brasnos Family of Midgets 26: 81p
Bridge-jumping date (Sea Bright/Rumson) 29:10
Broadway Walker (Bayonne) 24: 77
Bud Abbott 29: 8
Buddy Rodgers Jr., the “Bud” of Bud’s Grave 19: 60p-63p; 24: 14
Buddy Rodgers Sr., the builder of Bud’s Grave 19: 60p-63p; 24: 14
Bumper Car Psychos – Tom Mygerack and Keith Van Brunt (Keansburg) 23: 8; 24: 84p; 29: 58p-59p
Busty waitress of Fort Lee Diner 4: 23
Camper/Slice Man (Keansburg) 20: 41
Candy Andy (Point Pleasant) 23: 78; 24: 14
“Candyman” with doll heads in pool (Millville) 29: 42
Captain Quaalude of Upsala College (East Orange) 23: 80
“Car Man” (Navesink?/Middletown?) 6: 7
Casual burglar (Bradley Beach) 9: 8-9
Cat Lady of Carney’s Point (Carney’s Point) 11: 27
Cat Man of PSE&G (Bloomfield) 24: 77p; 25: 13; 29: 85
Characters of Red Bank – Bella, Betsy and Shaboodie 20: 46
Charlie “Blood” Benanti — Legendary boxer and owner of Charlie Blood’s restaurant 30: 93d
“Chew Man” karaoke singer at Connie Mac’s Bar (Pennsauken) 30: 79
“Chicken Annie” aka Annie Thorman (Pine Brook) 26: 46p
Children with Nazi names (Holland Township) 32: 12
The Chilester (Highland Park) 17: 57
Chris Gethard — extraordinary Weird NJ guy 32: 20p; 33: 14, 66p-67
Chris Manges – Snow artist 22: 14
Circus freaks (Boonton) 20: 58p-61p
Cliff Dwellers (West New York) 13: 6
Claude Trenier and the Treniers (Atlantic City) 30: 93
The “Coatless Crew” 25: 16
The Collage House creator (Sussex) 19: 18p-22; 20: 4; 33: 15
Collingswood Cross-Dresser 27: 26
Colorful characters (West Orange) 14: 28; 15: 46; Elvis, Dirty Toes, Sweatpants Man, Penny Man, Power Walker
Col. Routh Goshen (Franklin) 21: 32p; LE: 51p aka The Middlebush Giant
Cop stages illegal private prostitution stings (Manchester) 28: 4, 6
Cosmo, the King of Perth Amboy (Perth Amboy) 26: 44p
Cowboy patrols Route 23 (West Milford) LH: 82d
Craig Calam, “Mugsy” on the Uncle Floyd Show 26: 12p
Crazy Doll Lady (Toms River) 28: 62
Crazy Jimmy and the Red Desert (Point Pleasant) 13: 33
Crazy Ken (Tom’s River) 17: 54; 19: 8, 10 aka Spaceman Ken, Bob
Crazy Tony (Clifton) 17: 57d
Crunchy Bill (Lyndhurst) 24: 77
Dan Becker – curator of World’s Tallest Water Sphere Museum and website 32: 73p-74p, 92
Dancing Francine the Queen of Middlesex at Kerwin’s Bar (Middlesex) 20: 40; 32: 16
Dancing Moonlady (Berkeley Heights) 32: 76
David Morrell – author of the Asbury Park novel Creepers 26: 40p
Dead Pheasant Girl (Burlington County) 26: 14
The Debris Freak of Chestnut Street (Roselle Park/Union) 24: 76
Denville Waver – “Cult of the Wavers” (Denville) 23: 79
Diaper Man arrested – William Rhode III (Paterson) 23: 14; 25: 10-11
Dizzy Lizzy (Rutherford) 28: 71
Doctor Beuche – strange disappearance in 1964 (Spotswood) 26: 32
“Dollar-bill Walking Guy” aka Bendover Man (Absecon) 15: 24; 33: 82
“Doomsday” the apocalyptic preacher (West Orange) 15: 24
Doris Duke – Poor little rich girl (Hillsborough) LH: 19d-20
Dorothea Dix and the Poorhouses of N.J. 20: 38
Dover Gutter Band 31: 50p
Dr. Beard – President of the Hollow Earth Society (Island Heights) 27: 28p-31; 28: 12
Dr. Danielle Smith – fraudulent transvestite veterinarian (Atlantic City) 33: 7
Dr. Eric Braverman, quack (Princeton) 8: 5
Dr. Steven Novella — cranky arch-skeptic 30: 98
“Dueling Drunks” (Dunellen) 18: 11
Earle S. Eckel and the first autogyro airport in the U.S. (Washington) 32: 77p
Ebenezer Price — renowned gravestone carver LE: 46p-47p
Eccentric cat-lover’s feline collection (Newark) 9: 9
Eccentric characters of Butler – The Boody, Old Ray (aka Lump Man), Patch Eye,
and The Walker 16: 66; 17: 9
Eddie Feigner – “The King and his Court” 4-man softball team 29: 18
Ed “Elvis” Geil & Dolores, “Cult of the Wavers” (Wayne) 9: 3p; 18: 10; 29: 57p;
33: 12p
Edward Hyde, New Jersey’s First Royal Governor was a drag queen 20: 40d
Edward Stotesbury – millionaire industrialist & builder of Whitemarsh Hall 20: 90p-91p
Eerie woman of Williamsburg Estates (Montgomery) 6: 12
El Diablo – aka Yahoo, Wahoo and WhaHoo (Paterson) 11: 27; 15: 46; 16: 65; 17: 10-11; 18: 14; LH: 25d-26
Electroshock Lady (Highland Park) 17: 57
Eleven O’clock Caller (Matawan) 13: 32
Emergency Room “Ninja” (Somerville) 27: 4
Emilio Carranza memorial (Tabernacle) 31: 75p
Enos “Cy” Harker defends his farm on Old Mine Road 33: 6-7
Evil Clown (Howell) 17: 86d
“Eyesore Eddie” Van Hine aka Crazy Eddie 28: 31p
Fart spray attackers (Washington, Warren County) 17: 16
“Fatsy Patsy”, shell-shocked musician (North Bergen) 10: 4
“Firecracker” man (Elizabeth) 12: 31d
“Flasher” plumber (Cranford) 17: 14
Flesh-colored Speedo guy (Atlantic City) 15: 24
Flipperheads – northern New Jersey hillbillies 27: 26
Floyd Vivino see Uncle Floyd
Francis A. Burdett, blind carpenter (Wayne) 4: 11; 8: 22p
Francis Hopkinson — New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence 32: 47d
Freak of Russel Avenue (Franklin Lakes) see Midnight Walker
Freaks of Central Avenue (Jersey City) 31: 9
Fred Kanter (Mountain Lakes) Boat in a tree, bowling ball pyramid and futuristic car from “Sleeper” 26: 76p-78p
Imitation police car and hearse on display 28: 6
Garden State Parkway collector-freak 6: 10
George Arbuckle – concrete artwork & Statue of Liberty (Vineland) 20: 1p, 70p-71p; 26: 19
George Daynor and the Palace Depression (Vineland) 4: 18; 7: 12p-13p; 14: 16p-18p; 15: 5p; 17: 9, 14; 18: 13; 19: 12, 14p; 20: 12; 23: 19; 25: 40p; 28: 31; 30: 21; 31: 12p; 32: 12p, 25p
George Hansen – author of The Trickster and the Paranormal 32: 85
George Jurczek and his Circle of Friends cult (Morristown/Randolph) LH: 62-64
George Lightcap [guardian of “Murray”, the world’s largest tin foil ball] 28: 88p
George Morlot – Strange disappearance in 1894 (Paterson) 26: 32p
George Panas – owner of Howard Johnson’s Restaurant (Asbury Park) 14: 13p
George the Mad Sipper (Chatham) 26: 47
George Van Hecke – N.J.’s first Ufologist 32: 84p
The Ghouls — monitor obituaries and rummage through the trash of the dead LE: 10
Glen Jones – radio host and pork roll fanatic 26: 70p-71p
Goat Man (Hoboken) 27: 26
Goffle Road Waver – “Cult of the Wavers” (Hawthorne) 23: 79
Golf ball-Face Guy (Asbury Park) 20: 41
Gooseman (Howell) 17: 86
Gracie Knox – the Pink Lady (Metuchen) 22: 64p; 23: 63p
Grade-schoolers penny protest (Readington Township) 31: 20
Grandma’s world record craps roll at Borgata Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) 33: 6
Grandma Squirrel (Jackson) 26: 47; 30: 12p
Graverobbers Polito Pizzaro and Louis Vega (Paterson) 10: 9
Greg Napolitan and his roadside wood carvings [Jersey Devil, etc.] (Frenchtown) 30: 62p
Hackensack Dancer LH: 22d-23 aka James Roberson
Hacksaw bandit (East Orange) 5: 8
The Happy Man – “Cult of the Wavers” (East Brunswick) 23: 79
Happy Walker of Route 565 (Wantage) 20: 40; 22: 7
Harry De La Roche and the Thanksgiving murders [“Montvale Horror”] (Montvale) 29: 27p; 30: 10; 31: 8
Harry Houdini’s headquarters (Union) 25: 74p
Hat and Glasses Family (Elizabeth) 25: 18
“The Head” of Little Mill Road (Pine Hill/Gloucester) 9: 14; 14: 54
Helga the Roadkill Connoisseur (Great Swamp) 20: 40-41
Henry Herbert Goddard – Eugenicist, psychologist and Director of Vineland Training School Research Laboratory 16: 38-41, 78-81; 24: 12
Hermit of Lahaway (Lahaway) 25: 74
Heroin-addicted hamster abuser (Mountainside) 20: 14-15
Hezekiah B. Smith, eccentric inventor and founder of Smithville 18: 67; LE: 67p
“He walks by night” Man see Midnight Walker
High-Heel Guy of Route 37 (Tom’s River) 32: 77
“Hollywood”, short-order cook at the Short Stop Diner (Bloomfield) 25: 88
Homeless Liberace (Bricktown) 26: 47
Hooper Cumming and the suspicious death of his wife Sarah at Great Falls (Paterson) 31: 97p-98p
Hoop “King-O-Art” (Clifton) 6: 3p; 7: 8; 8: 13; 9: bp; 10: bp; 14: 4p; 18: 84p; 27: 4p; RG: 84p
Hot water/Knife tossing guy (Paterson) 18: 14
Howard Menger, UFO contactee 6: 31; 10: 50; LH: 56; 24: 58p-59p; 32: 80, 86p
Hubb brothers, Gerald and John – their nautical menagerie and missing mother (Paulsboro) 31: 73p; 32: 25
“Hubcap Joe” Demarco 5: 30
Idiot thief steals concrete statue of veteran to pawn as metal (Little Ferry) 32: 10
“Indian Joe” – strange tied-up guy along the trail (Delaware Water Gap) 16: 24d
Irwin Richardt, staunch individualist LH: 80d-81; 28: 28d see also Boteapa Indian Reservation
Ivan T. Sanderson – zoologist, paranormal researcher, and founder of SITU 6: 22-23; 7: 29-31; 18: 39; RG: 65; 23: 73p; 25: 13-14; 26: 15-16; 32: 81, 87
“Jack the Count” (Wood Ridge/Carlstadt/Wallington) 12: 32; 28: 30-31; 32: 17; 33: 21
James Bechtold’s Three Stooges grave in Hillside Cemetery (Metuchen) 32: 68p; 33: 16; LE: 12p-13p
James G. Madison — “The Mad Hatter” bank robber and murderer of Terry Lee Wells NP: 54-56
James M. Allgor’s “War of Words” (Rumson) 16: 54-55p
James Roberson see Hackensack Dancer
Jean Shepherd (author) 1-3: 17-19; RG: 15p-16p; 22: 10
Jeffrey Ford – Interview with author influenced by Weird N.J. 31: 82p-83
Jennie Evil – creator of animatronic “Tillie” head 32: 7p
Jerry Russo, enraged nose-picking motorist (Tom’s River) 10: 9
Jill McCartney, premonition of own death 5: 5
Jim Babjak – lead guitarist of The Smithereens is Carteret native 32: 58p-59p
Jim Baglivo, cryopreservation of (Hammonton) 5: 5
Jim Gary, creator of life-size dinosaur sculptures RG: 45p-46p; 26: 13p
Jim Hendricks – host of Commander USA’s Groovie Movies on the USA Network
30: 78p
Jim “Lake” Laker (Clark/Rahway) 27: 26p
Jimmy Buff’s “Right Hand Man” (West Orange) 22: 80-81d
Jimi Hendrix, lyrics on boulder at Split Rock Reservoir 24: 93p; 25: 10
Joe Cerce “Cult of the Wavers” aka Wavin’ Joe (Totowa) 8: 3p; 11: 2; 16: 87; 19: 73d; 30: 9
Joe Glomb and his pet duck pull trash out of the Passaic River (North Arlington) 31: 93
Joe Mulliner – “Robin Hood of the Pine Barrens” (Pleasant Mills) 20: 42p-43p; 21: 31p
Joe Philipp the Human Siren (Edison) 32: 76p
Jonathon “The Implaler” Sharkey – vampire running for President 29: 12, 88p-89p
Johnathan Zarate — murderer of Jennifer Parks NP: 56p-57
John the blind waiter at the Bendix Diner (Hasbrouck Heights) RG: 35p; 23: 80p
John Elmo and Jim Davidson, Tube Bar prank phonecallers 8: 25p; 10: 52p-53d; 13: 13
John Emil List, murdered own family 5: 6; 19: 12, 15; 10: 6; LH: 66-68; 26: 20
John Hart — New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence 32: 47d
John Hearle – Road Warrior of Greenwood Lake (Passaic County) 26: 88p
Johnny Dirt, Dirtstock and his dive into the Passaic River (Newark) 31: 93p
Johnny Mustard (Bayonne) 24: 77
Johnny Stitches (Atlantic City) 26: 46d
John “Snakedaddy” Hanley – N.J. esoteric sculptor 31: 7p; 32: 7p
John Symmes – originator of the Hollow Earth theory (Sussex County) 27: 28-31
John T. Hanson – obituary, lead guitarist and co-vocalist for the Accelerators 19: 15p
John Taylor — maker of Taylor meat products buried at Riverview Cemetery (Trenton) 31: 51
John Witherspoon — New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence and ancestor of actress Reese Witherspoon 32: 47d
Joseph Januszkiewicz and the Virgin Mary (Marlboro) 6: 10; 7: 16; 18: 58
Joseph Kekuku – Hawaiian steel guitar inventor (Dover) 24: 38
Joseph Laux, Builder of the Pebble Palace (Deptford) 19: 44p
Joseph McMoneagle – remote viewer 001 for the U.S. Government 32: 85
Josephine Stapleton’s Art Lawn (Buena Vista) aka Lawn of a Thousand Milk Bottles 4: 6; 7: 5; 10: 41p; 30: 3p; 32: 16
Joshua Gee – author of Encyclopedia Horrifica 31: 6p
“Just Do It” Man (Nutley/Passaic Park) LH: 95d
Karl and Sascha Germer 25: 26p-27p; 26: 18p
Kea Tawana – builder of Noah’s Ark replica 14: 23-24 aka “Ark Woman of Newark”
Killer clown with eating disorder (Moorestown) 26: 21
Larcenous newspaper carrier (Phillipsburg) 33: 7
Lawyers for Chrysler and Honeywell interrupt burial (South Brunswick) 33: 6
Leaf Lady (Point Pleasant) 24: 76d
Len Mobus and his pigs living in buses (Warren) 16: 66p
Lil’ Old Biker (Keansburg) 20: 41
Lollipop crossdresser (Edison) 28: 12
Long John Nebel – radio show host 6: 31; 7: 31; 32: 79; 87
Lorenzo Harris and his sand sculptures (Asbury Park/Atlantic City) 29: 38p-41p
Lou Costello 12: 63p; RG: 10p; 29: 8
Louie the Saluter Waver – “Cult of the Wavers” (Eatontown) 23: 79
Louis West, author of Ramapo Mountain Stories and Tales 13: 34p-35p
Lt. Janet Aiello – transgendered cop (Hoboken) LH: 16-18
Mad Jack (Tuckahoe) 22: 58
Mad Mike – legendary misfit (Caldwell) NP: 50-53
Mad sculptor of Bergen Community College (Paramus) 15: 38
Mad pig farmer (Split Rock Road) 10: 39
“Ma Gertie” – Frieda Gertrude Cammeron (Clark) 33: 65p
Magic Jack — see Atco Jack
Major George Filer III – stationed at McGuire Air Force Base when alien was killed 30: 16d; 32: 83-84
Malcolm B. Wells, pioneering architect in underground housing 21: 46p
Man claiming to be Satan brawls with police (Stanhope) 31: 18
Man dangling from Routh 18 underpass (New Brunswick) 23: 14
Man drives to funeral parlor and dies (Maplewood/Verona) 18: 16; LE: 126
Man injured having sex with vacuum cleaner (Long Branch) 11: 10
Man in the Woods (Clinton Road) TCR: 39
Man likes to eat his pets (Vernon) 13: 6
Man on the Bridge (Clinton Road) TCR: 39
Man shoots woman about to say “New Jersey” (Texas) 18:17
Man urinates in police station (Mount Olive) 29: 12
Man who claims to be Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. 10: 30p-35p; 20: 10
Man who slept in a coffin (Westville) 22: 58
Marc Snyder’s prescription protest house (May’s Landing) 21: 16
Marianne Boulard see Mud Lady
Marionette Man (Bricktown) 20: 41
Martha Wright – strange disappearance in 1975 (New York City) 26: 32
Megan Bianchetti – collector of empty ballpoint pen ink tubes (Morris County) 18: 12-13
Melancholy Transvestite (Stillwater) 27: 26
Mental Ed (Bloomfield/Clifton/Montclair) 10: 20
Messy yard and unique owner (Whippany) 25: 6
Michael Berryman, actor reading Weird NJ 19: 51p
Michael Zanakis and food contamination fraud 10: 9
Midget mailbox bandit (Bloomfield) 33: 6p
Midget with eating disorder (Marlton) 24: 42; 26: 21
Midnight Walker (Wyckoff) 4: 18; 6: 15; 7: 9; LH: 87d-90 aka The Green Man, Freak of Russel Avenue, “He walks by night” Man
Mike & Ike – contrasting twins (Little Falls) 14: 28
Miss Liberty aka Sondra Fortunato (Brick) 25: 72p-73p; 32: 10
Model train nuts at work (Morristown) 28: 41
Mom and son beat mail carrier 6: 8-9
Monkey Man (Bayonne) 15: 25; LH: 48; 21: 12
Monkeyman (Hoboken) 5: 19; 9: 54d; LH: 48-49p; 22: 12; 29: 21d
Monkey Man of Four Corners (Singac) 9: 5; 13: 33p; 14: 6; 16: 65; LH: 48
“Monkey Man” veterinarian and his pets (Tom’s River) 19: 74
Moron goes on paintball shooting spree (“Midgetville”) 32: 25-26
“Most Disgusting People Ever” (Union County) 28: 61d-62
Mountain Man (Montclair) LH: 84d-85d
Mountain Men of Crystal Lake (West Orange) LH: 101d-103
Mud Lady (Morristown) aka Marianne Boulard LH: 6d-8; 30: 14
Mysterious illuminated bum (Philadelphia, PA) 28: 11
Naked thief wearing only socks arrested (Elizabeth) 22: 18
Nat Lento – strange disappearance in 1968 (Nutley) 26: 32
Nature Boy at Terrace Pond TCR: 40-41
Necrophilia at hospital morgue (Teaneck) 30: 16; LE: 133d
Nicholas Dorazio the naked motorist (Bloomfield) 10: 9
Ninja narcs nabbed by police (Clifton) 32: 8
Non-doctor treats his neighhbors (Old Bridge) 12: 15
Not so quick robbers (Berlin) 5: 7
Nude cop in car crash on Route 27 (Edison) 24: 4
Nude Drunken Dude breaks into school (Parsippany) 19: 15
Nude Dude (Totowa) 12: 32; 13: 14; 14: 6; 15:10 aka Bare Bob, Naked Ned
Nude Dude bites policemen (Union City) 19: 15
“Odd” but not dangerous neighbor (Tewksbury) 7: 14
Oldest person in New Jersey – Walter Seward 29: 92dp-93p; 31: 12; 32: 17, 25p
Old Lady of the Freak House (Carteret) 13: 32
Olive and George Brasnos – midget actors (Old Bridge) 26:81
Oliver Family – creators of Life-size dinosaur sculptures RG: 44p; 29: 90p-91p
“One-Armed Mike” – owner of Mike’s Little Zoo once located on site of Camden County College (Blackwood) 33: 16
Orthopedic surgeon sued for putting temporary tattoo on patient (Camden) 31: 22
Otto Poll – actual name of Frank Merriwell (silent screen Tarzan) 11: 24p
Owner of rest stop “porn car” arrested (Garden State Parkway / Atlantic City) 31: 22
Pale Man (Howell) 17: 86
“Pappy Huff” (Paterson) – local stock-car driver 29: 18
Parkway Mary (Keansburg) 20: 41
Parkway Raker (Union) 20: 41
Pastor Harry burns Santa on the History Channel 30: 98
Pastor Richard Greene’s visions to rebuild Noah’s Ark (Frostburg, MD) 24: 90
Pat Marcatillio – “Dr. UFO” 32: 85p-86p
Patti Mayo and her pimped trailer (Edison) 32: 71p
Paul Maywoon — axe murderer who killed the Queen family (Mount Pleasant) 31: 63p; LE: 121p
“Perfy” — N.J. advertising mascot 15: 23p; 18: 10; LH: 40d-42
Pete “Bruz” Brusyo — 40-oz. malt liquor collection and website 27: 80p
Phantom of Cedar Lane (Teaneck) 21: 52
Phynocious the angry hobo (Perth Amboy) 15: 26; 16: 9; 17: 4 aka The Track-Nut, Moondog, Crazy Larry
Pink Austin Bellamy – builder of folk-art house 11: 51p; 24: 78p; 25: 10p
“Pink Lady” – Madame Mildred Johnson (West Orange) 22: 64p
Pirates at the Tiki and the Wharfside bars (Point Pleasant) 31: 10
Pop, “Live Free or Die”-Guy and his battles with local government (Jefferson) 18: 76d
“Popcorn”, legendary Trenton sign painter RG: 54p
Prince of Soul – 1970s DJ on radio station WTTM (Trenton) 30: 11
Prince Randian – The Human Torso 22: 59p
“Pull ‘Em Up Artie” (Lake Hiawatha) 30: 79
Purple Bishop (Long Hill) 13: 32
Railway Bottle Gang (Woodbridge) 24: 78
The Raisin Man – Ira Fine (Washington, Gloucester County) 23: 78p
Rake Man aka Mr. Clean (Maplewood) 23: 79d
Ransford Rogers – bogus medium (Morristown) LH: 59d-60
Rat Walker (Clifton) 11: 27
Reclusive owner of the Rat Habitat (Chester Township) 26: 26
Ree Coyle – Miss Salt Water Taffy 26: 14p
Revolutionary-era Hermit (Mount Holly) 32: 77
Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski LH: 70d-72; 20: 7-8, 80; 21: 11; 25: 94; 27: 6d; 32: 22-23
Richard Stockton — New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence 32: 47d
Ricky Boscarino, creator of Luna Parc psychedelic art house (Sussex County) 21: 44p-45p
Ricky Syers and his portable restroom costume 32: 20p
Rita Gluzman — Dismembered husband Yakov and dumped him into Passaic River (East Rutherford) NP: 57p-58p
Robber armed with gun and potato (Jersey City) 33: 10
“Robin Hood of the Pine Barrens” see Joe Mulliner
Rocky Thoren – builder of Postal Rocket 12: 11-12
Roger the transvestite (Pompton Lakes) 18: 10-11; 32: 76p
Roland George, Creator of bowling ball pyramid (Mendham) 19: 45; 21: 12; 26: 76p-78p
Ronald McDonald kidnappers (Tom’s River) 5: 7
R. Stevie Moore [“World’s Most Prolific Musician ?”] 10: 36p-37p
Rose Place Hacksaw Killer (West Paterson) 26: 86
Royalty Patrenia Turner — Interesting letter from a paranoid schizophrenic 30: 99p
Rudy Bram – builder of Art House (Weehawken) 12: 16p
Ruggiero “Richie the Boot” Boiardo (Livingston) 8: 42p-43p; 9: 6; 12: 54; 22: 58p; 23: 7
Sam Goldman, builder of Marxist “Uncle Sam’s House” (Piscataway) 11: 50p; 15: 46
Sam Patch, the Jersey Jumper (Paterson) 11: 26p-27d
Sam the Werewolf (Millville) 29: 42
Sandy Stein and his camp for Cabbage Patch dolls (Red Bank) 24: 8
Santeria “doctor” injects woman with mercury (New Brunswick) 30: 20
Screaming Hilda (Fairfield) 15: 22
“Sea Hag” / “Machine Gun Gurtee” (Bayonne) 24: 77
“The Shadow” man [aka “Captain America”] (Bogota) 25: 74; 27: 27; 28: 14
Shultzy – the “monster” of Buttonwoods (Wayne) NP: 42-43
Sleeper Watcher (Hackensack) 17: 14
Sleeping wine bandit (Glen Ridge) 24: 4
Slobber Bob (Ocean City) 26: 47
Smiling Man of Oraton Parkway (East Orange) 13: 32
The Snake Lady (Middletown) 23: 78
Sniffy the book-sniffer (Paramus) 20: 41
Sockman (Middletown/Red Bank) 15: 25; 18: 75d; LH: 53d; 23: 11
Spatula Man living in the Whitehouse Diner (Clinton) 21: 92; 27: 83p
Stalker hides inside woman’s couch (Newburgh, NY) 31: 22
Strange family and vampire girl (Somers Point) 33: 65
Stanley Hammell’s Insulator House (Galloway Township) 17: 34p; 18: 9
Steve Garufi – kayak voyage on the Passaic River 31: 98-99p
Strange man of the Parkway 12: 32
Strange Old Man of Smith Woods — Inventor of the Jersey Wall (Roselle) 28: 20
Stranger in a suit incident (Fair Lawn) 6: 4-5
Stripper collected human body parts – Freddy the hand (South Plainfield) 27: 83; 28: 29; 29: 84; LE: 130d
Stuffed animal car guy (Somerville) 27: 99p
Substitute teacher with a noose (Newark) 27: 4
Sunshine Man (Cape May County) LH: 52d
Susan Hunter’s caged Three Stooges lawn display (Colonia) 23: 64p-65p; 26: 12p
Sutter family Chipmunk Run home (Upper Saddle River) 17: 33p; RG: 84p; 21: 6 Suzanne Muldowney, “Underdog” lady (Ocean City) 15: 24; 17: 11-12; LH: 14-15d; 23: 10; 24: 77p; 26: 45p; 29: 87p
“The Sweeper” of Saddle River County Park (Rochelle Park) 24: 76
Swimming pool in an apartment (Passaic) 17: 54d
Teen bites three cops (Morristown) 24: 6
Ten Step Lefty (Pennsauken) 32: 77
Thomas A. Edison – spectacular failures and electrocuting pets 16: 60p-64p; 22: 14; 28: 70p
Three-Eyed Man (Jersey City) 13: 32d
“Ticket Man” at the Clearview Cinemas (Morristown) 22: 16, 18
Tie Guy (Williamstown) 31: 90
Tiger Lady (Jackson) LH: 9d-11d
Tim Burton [director] 11: 10, bp
Timothy Clark – Writer of the movie Hair of the Dog (filmed in Colts Neck) 31: 7p
Tom Bumby and his tin-foil ball named Andy (Long Hill) 32: 12p
Tom Fuscaldo (Paterson) aka Bumblebee Man 18: 35p; 19: 6-7p
Tommy Sullivan, teen satanic murderer (Jefferson) 5: 24; 6: 5; 10: 15; 11: 8; 12: 10; 14: 10; LH: 74-75d; 20: 79p; 30: 8
Tranny Tommy (Boonton) 24: 77
Trashbag Guy (Millville) 29: 42
T.V. Man (Hackensack) 7: 20
` Twin Brothers of Cedar Grove 14: 28d
Uncle Floyd LH: 28d-34 aka Floyd Vivino
Uncle Walt – cranky old man (Hawthorne) 33: 64
Unidentified naked man (Edison) 12: 14
Unidentified naked male motorist (Piscataway) 18: 13
Used grease thief (Hanover) 26: 10
Thor – man from Venus LH: 56-57d; 27: 31; 32: 87p
Vampire Man of Wanaque Avenue (Haskell/Ringwood) 8: 10d
Verona Skipper (Verona Park) 13: 32
Vicki Diamond’s rock artistry along Split Rock Road (Rockaway) 18: 34p
Vicki Salemi – “America’s Biggest Pig-Sty” 6: 10
Victor Ri Victolee – creator of Multiplism Moses sculpture (Rutherford) 31: 72p
Voodoo Man of Convention Hall (Asbury Park) 27: 36
“The Walker” (Woodbridge) 23: 12
Walkie Talkie Man (Belvidere) 28: 71
The Walking Billboard (Bayville) 26: 44p
Wavin’ ARRRG Guy (Lincoln Park) 20: 40
Wavin’ Dude – “Cult of the Wavers” (Rio Grande) 23: 79
Waving Indian chief and his souvenir shop along Route 206 (Culver’s Lake) 33: 64p
Wavin’ Willie Spranger “Cult of the Wavers” (Newton) 8: 47p; 16: 87p; 19: 73dp; 20: 4; 23: 79; 27: 26p; 28: 58p; 32: 14-15
Wavin’ Willomeena – “Cult of the Wavers” (Newton) 23: 79
Weasel Brook Waver – “Cult of the Wavers” (Clifton) 23: 79
Weird Guy on bus (Riverton) 29: 42d
Weird mother and daughter (Willowbrook Mall) 28: 71
Wheelchair Annie (Clifton) 13: 32 aka The Nanny
Wheeler Antabanez, his exploration voyages of the Passaic and Rockaway rivers in the Nightshade 29: 30p-37p; 30: 2p; 31: 93; NP: entire issue
Whipped cream bandit (Pittman) 5: 7
Wilberforce Sylvester – creator of the Mural House (Pleasantville) 29: 60p-63p
William Clark, “Robot Man” – creator of auto-parts robots (Newtonville) 22: 67p
Willie “Leon” Perry and his incredible bicycles (Freehold) 24: 77; 26: 12
“The Wizard” – unruly magician at the Tidal Wave Bar & Grill (Lake Hopatcong) 31: 18
Woman injured by falling mannequin (Paramus) 9: 9
“Wonder Woman” (Ocean City) 15: 24
“Woodbridge Figures” creators 7: 17; 11: 9; 14: 54
Woody Guthrie 24: 22-24; 27: 93
Woo-Woo [or Siren] Boy – Brian Hughs (Lyndhurst) 22: 58; 23: 77p
World’s Sexiest Fat Man – “Cult of the Wavers” (town??) 26: 45p; 28: 49p
Yellow Ducks / Yellow Slickermen (Secaucus) 30: 79
Zed and Chink (Palmyra) 30: 63d
“Zip, the What Is It?” aka William H. Johnson 10: 28p-29p; LH: 36d-38; LE: 52p
The Zorzis – Bowling Ball/Rocking Horse House (Kendall Park) 7: 27p; 10: 43p; 32: 26
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