New Jersey

Hop aboard the Blue Comet for a ride to Atlantic City or croon along with a Hainesport ghost. New Jersey history can keep you up late, so stop by an all-night diner. The moonlight only adds charm to the Victorian architecture of Cape May, while Richard Biegenwald’s murderous legacy casts a shadow over the Jersey Shore. From William Carlos Williams setting pen to paper in Rutherford to the joy of a Clementon lake in summer, these New Jersey history books make time for the Garden State. [View all New Jersey books]
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Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey
Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey
Haunted Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks and Lighthouses
Haunted Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks and Lighthouses
Ghosts of Burlington County:
Ghosts of Burlington County:
Ghosts Along the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers
Ghosts Along the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers
Haunted Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties
Haunted Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties
Ghosts of Central Jersey
Ghosts of Central Jersey
Ghosts of Mount Holly:
Ghosts of Mount Holly:

Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey

9781467150026

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Among the rolling hills, picturesque farms and lush highlands of Northwestern New Jersey lurk haunting mysteries and unexplained apparitions.

A historic recluse who practiced witchcraft generations ago is said to be still spinning misdeeds as the Sussex Sorcerer on Sunrise Mountain. The ghost of Reverend O'Malley walks the woods around Mount Allamuchy as the Purple Bishop, seeking vengeance against those who betrayed him. The sinisterly named Shades of Death Road along the sod farms and meadows of the Pequest River Valley has a bloody reputation of bandit killings, Lenape massacres and supernatural encounters.

Author Robert Oakes leads readers on a spirited journey through the historic ghost lore of Northwestern New Jersey.

Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey

Haunted Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks and Lighthouses

9781467152082

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Ghostly Fun in the Sand and Sun

The wide sandy beaches, colorful boardwalks and majestic lighthouses of the Jersey Shore share supernatural secrets and unexplainable encounters...

In Absecon the dead pose as guides for a unique afterhours tour of its historic lighthouse. A reformed criminal met the apparition of his victim, learning remorse is eternal, on Long Beach Island. Newly built casinos in Atlantic City have former patrons stopping by for one last goodbye, from beyond the grave. A spectral organist haunts and plays the pipe organ of Asbury Park's Convention Hall.

Author Patricia Heyer uncovers the eerie mysteries that shroud many of the Shore's iconic landmarks.

Haunted Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks and Lighthouses

Ghosts of Burlington County:

9781609498382

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The picturesque waters of the Mullica and the Delaware River belie the dark past of Burlington County. Legends of ghosts and spirits are all that remain of this troubled history. A blue ghost sings in the piano room of the Barclay Haines Homestead on the banks of the beautiful Rancocas. The Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences in Mount Holly houses some most unnatural artifacts." Riverside's eerie Keystone Watch Case Tower, just thirteen miles north of Philadelphia, stands as a reminder to the lives lost in the harsh course of industrialization in the area. Join local legends expert Jan Lynn Bastien as she explores the haunted history of Roebling, Pemberton, Eastampton and other Burlington County communities."
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Ghosts Along the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers

9781467146425

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The historic region between the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers has formed the basis for countless accounts of apparitions, hauntings and unexplained phenomena. For more than one hundred years, reports have circulated that the ghost of merciless slave master Lewis Morris can be seen scouring Passage Point Plantation in Rumson, with a gaping hole where his heart should be. The frozen waters of the Navesink were a popular destination for iceboat sailing, and many still claim to see the face of a drowned teen in the ice after a tragic incident in 1906. The native Lenapes and colonial Dutch told eerie tales of the ancient forest of Ole Balm Hollow in Middletown, including phantom riders and the echoes of crying children. Local author Patricia Heyer recounts haunted tales of the two rivers peninsula.
Ghosts Along the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers

Haunted Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties

9781467136242

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Few places are as obsessed with the paranormal as New Jersey, and the area once known as West Jersey is a hotbed of supernatural activity. The ghost of a young boy in Mannington appears to welcome guests and partygoers to a historic bed-and-breakfast. The tortured soul of a weathered sea pirate remains in Greenwich, still imprisoned after three hundred years. Malevolent spirits haunt the abandoned Salem County Insane Asylum, menacing those who dared venture to the solitary confinement rooms in the basement. Paranormal investigator and researcher Kelly Lin Gallagher-Roncace shares frightening New Jersey folklore that makes for great fireside storytelling.
Haunted Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties

Ghosts of Central Jersey

9781596294684

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What ghosts roam within the historic sites and buildings of
Central New Jersey? How accurate are the traditional stories? From the shadowed woods of the Somerset Hills to the dappled banks of the Delaware River, Ghosts of Central Jersey delivers a rich mix of factual history and the sound investigation of ghostly phenomena. The combination of an open-minded enthusiasm and a level-headed approach underscores this collection of reports that will inform, entertain and lead the reader to places where the past is considered to be very much alive and entwined with the present.
Ghosts of Central Jersey

Ghosts of Mount Holly:

9781596293724

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Bringing a whole new meaning to the term historical interaction, " Bastien visits firehouses, taverns and cemeteries to exhume those bits of the past whose clammy fingers still cling to the present. The vividness of her spellbinding accounts will have you smelling the sulfur of dead-but-not-departed Hessian mercenaries in less time than it takes to shiver."
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