In
New Jersey
Last Updated: April 2008
Warning
Any places listed in the Haunted Places requires permission to visit or investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.
Absecon - Pitney House - Late at night, as the only visitors when staying in a private cottage of this B&B, a soft song could be heard playing on a fife (a flute like instrument).? No one else was on this property that night, not even the owner or caretaker.?
Atco - Multiplex - Strange noise can be heard in theater 12 as if someone is moving their hands across the wall and voice can be heard.
Allamuchy - Shades of Death - is the actual name of a road located in, New Jersey. It is said that if you drive down there late at night, and you enter into a patch of fog on the road, it will follow you and you will find footprints on your car...human footprints.
Allamuchy - Ghost Lake - Ghost Lake is located on Shades of Death Road in Allamuchy Township the local legends vary - but the prevailing theme is that there was an Indian Graveyard there and settlers built a man made lake over the graveyard. At night the Indians haunt the area - even we (locals) stay away. Plus there are MANY bear families there so be careful.
Alpine - Devil's Tower - It is said to be, that a long time ago, during the 1900's though, a man was building a "tower" tall enough so that his wife could see the New York Skyline. While it was being built, the wife went up to the top floor, as she came down, she saw her husband with another woman! She ran back up to the top, and jumped out. There is a myth, if you circle the tower, 8 times or something, something is supposed to happen. Nobody has been able to complete it.
Ancora - Veterans haven - Veterans haven is right next to bayside prison ward and Ancora mental institution. It was once a town the psychiatric hospital made for patients to all live together, many of the patients murdered each other, and the most of them are old veterans from the war. Eventually, so many killings took place they just shut the whole town down. It has a lot of paranormal activity and the streetlights are still left on through out the little deserted ghost town.
Atlantic City - Taj Mahal - it is said that man jumped from the tenth floor of the garage and haunts that area every night around midnight
Bay Head - The Greenville Hotel/Restaurant - Over the years many employees have experienced many things from ghosts physically appearing (looking very much like a live person) and walking down the hall and disappearing, to the sounds of children playing in the lobby late at night. One employee even reported falling asleep on the couch in the lobby and awaking to the sounds of kids playing in front of them. He saw glimpses of them as well. There are sounds of moving furniture in unoccupied rooms, sounds of people walking down the hall but "no one is there", the sense that someone is standing behind you, but "no one is there". Guests report hearing children run down the halls laughing in the middle of the night, but there are never any live children doing that. In fact it is rare that children stay there.
Bayonne - Bayonne High School - The now auditorium of the high school used to be the Jr high section. It's been said that a boy around 14 hung himself from the stairwell, also it's been said he was pushed and broke his neck but anyway. If you go there just before school season begins you will see a boy opening the doors to the auditorium with school books in his hands. Also on many nights that the high school has put on plays there is a boy in the back of the room just watching.
Bayonne - Elco Naval Base - This was a World War Two Factory active to make P.T. Boats after the war a lot of people lost the jobs. During the war a boat fell off a conveyer belt and crushed 2 men. And now the little girl is seen some times looking for her father and her father is still yell for her. Over and over. Never to be seen again but forever heard!
Bayonne - Robbins Reef Yacht Club - The gentleman who haunts this location was said to have hung himself in an unstairs bedroom. If you enter the room in the dark, a cold icy feeling passes over your skin. In addition, bottles have been seen "jumping" off the ledges in the back of the bar, not breaking, and if replaced on the ledge, will again leave the spot to land on the floor.
Bayville - Admiral Farragoes - There is said to be screams coming from the old building every night around 12:00 am.
Bellmawr - Ethel M. Burke - In room 115 there is a room and a sign that says forbidden keep out? there is a legend and if you put your hands on the mirror in the second floor girls bathroom and count to ten the mirror will fog up.
Bergen County - Little Ferry - Old Protestant Church - The ghost of a man who was shot inside the church is seen peeking out the front doors late at night.
Bernardsville - Bernardsville Public Library - was The Parker home and has a strange history of sightings as well as a very mysterious historical past.
Bernardsville - Long Rd. - Devil's Tree - Turn onto Long Rd, (which is really short) then make a left at the end, you will come upon a highly wooded area and then it just opens up into a field. At the end of the field there is a huge hideous looking tree with a branch that extends perfectly parallel to the ground. It is said that the tree was used to hang slaves on and still has a chilling aura to it. You can see marks on the trunk from people attempting to chop it down, they say whoever tries, something bad happens to and sometimes a pickup truck will try to chase you out. In the Summer that tree is in full bloom and actually quite lovely. In the Winter or Fall however, it is creepy looking. The axe marks on the tree are from years of kids hearing the legend of the tree and what would happen if you tried to cut it down. Supposedly if you try to cut it down the devil in a black pick up truck will come and chase you away, once you drive down the road a bit the truck just vanishes. It's an Urban Legend that gets featured in Weird NJ magazine all the time. Please get permission before you visit this property, otherwise you are trespassing and could get arrested.
Blackwood - Jefferson Hall at Camden County College - This structure used to be a monastery before becoming a learning institution. It is said that a residing monk hanged himself on the third floor of this building. Security guards of the college have reported hearing footsteps thumping down the hall of the third floor. They often avoid interior patrol.
Boonton - Darress Theater - It was closed for many years and was finally bought and used for children's theater (like Snow White, etc.) and they also show movies there at night, too. The people that are there late at night say they hear voices, footsteps and the chair seats move. There have also been reports of singing coming from the theater when everyone has gone home for the night.
Boonton - The Grave Yard on Green Street - It is said that if you go to the grave yard at exactly 12:00 you will see a grave stone glow.
Bordentown - Missionary - Strange anomalies on film have been recorded.
Browns Mills - Redfeather Trail - Supposedly there is a man that walks Redfeather Trail every night that sings a song and when you look at him he disappears into the night.
Burlington - Burlington County Prison - cell 5 on the 3rd floor is haunted by Joseph Clough who spent his last days chained in this cell.
Burlington - Doane Academy - St. Mary?s Hall - This school was founded in 1837 as a boarding school. Over the years students and staff have reported seeing balls of light float along most of the hallways, footsteps following them from the 3rd floor of Scarborough Hall, doors on that floor opening and closing on their own, and the lights in that hallway turning on and off on their own. In the Chapel people have reported seeing and hearing little children signing and feeling a weight pressing on their chest whenever they enter. A bathroom close to the Chapel has faucets that will turn themselves on and off occasionally.
Burlington County - Roebling - Roebling High School - at the outside basketball court, there is a ghost of a man that had played there nightly in the past. He had a heart attack & expired on the court. I have heard that his ghost can be seen actually playing basketball there.
Byram Twp. - The Colby Mansion - This is an old boarded up house on Tamarack Road in Byram. The house was built for a wealthy railroad millionaire in the late 1800s.The man shot his wife and cut off her head and put it on the fireplace mantle. He was then killed and both of their bodies are buried in the estates' graveyard. Someone recently bought the property and built a new house somewhere on the land. The old mansion is still standing but the old guest cottage fell down many years ago. The property is heavily patrolled by police.
Camden - H. H. Davis Elementary School - Sites of seeing a male figure behind the auditorium curtains while your back there you can hear the sound of chains rattling it is also to been said that 3 people had died there when you are on the steps on the 3rd floor you may be pushed even near the basement there is a site of a young girl.
Cape May - Cape May County Historical Museum - the ghost of a man with a deep voice haunts this place.
Cape May - Christian Admiral Hotel - The Christian Admiral, which has been torn down and converted into B & B's, Witnesses report being chased by ghosts. Apparitions of a women in white have been seen.
Cape May - Higbee's Beach - At least 3 ghosts can be seen in the wildlife reserve and beach. Higbee appears whenever someone approaches his grave; he can be seen chasing the ghost of a slave down the wooded paths. A phantom sailor appears in his beige-colored "slops" atop a dune, and then disappears.
Cape May - Hotel Macomber - the mischievous ghost of an elderly woman is felt in Room 10. The elderly woman was frequent guest of the hotel and during her stays, she developed a close friendship to the previaus owner's child, which is why the activity is strongest when children are present in the room. TV's and lights turn on and off by themselves, objects have been moved around, and weird feelings and sounds have been experiences by people who have stayed in the room. A woman spirit occupies the kitchen area of the hotel. Legend has it that the ghost was a former kitchen employee of the hotel. She choked to death on food and is still felt in the hotel today, mainly in the walk-in storage room.
Cape May - Inn at 22 Jackson - friendly spirits named Minerva and Esmerelda watch over the guests here. The owners of the Inn claim that theses spirits are "haughty" and "prissy".
Cape May - John F. Craig House Bed & Breakfast - Rooms 4 & 5 are inhabited by two spirits. Room 4 (a.k.a. Susan Craig Room) is haunted by the ghost of an unidentified red-headed girl. Room 5 (a.k.a. Lucy Johnson Room) is haunted by a sewing gh@st named Lucy Johnson, who reportly replaces missing buttons on clAthing of guests who stay in the room.
Cape May - The Sea Holly Inn - a young woman seems to make her presence known every so often and an elderly gentleman who climbed in bed with a Psychic!
Cape May - Spiaggi - (formerly known as Maureen's & New International Cuisine) - this Italian restaurant harbors the ghost of a baby girl, who the owners have named Gloria. It is believed that either murder was involved or the baby girl died while in her crib. Most of the haunting activity occurs in the cupola and upper floors of this restaurant. Customers & employees have felt her presence and have heard the rustling of furniture in the upper floors. An old black-and-white photography taken about 1900, located near the entrance in the downstairs lounge, shows the ghostly image of the baby girl Gloria. What is shocking about this picture is that the baby appears to be trapped in an old column! The picture was enlarged and examined by expers and the owners and have determined that there's no way a baby could stand in that position.
Cape May - The Southern Mansion - the ghost of a well-dressed woman wearing a strong-scenting perfume has been seen by many people. The ghost is believed to be Esther, the niece of Capt. George Allen who built the house in 1863. People have felt her presence, smelled her perfume, hear her laughing, and see her dancing throughout the house. The owner thinks that Esther is just a spirit who wants to party. On several occasions, many have heard the rustling of her petticoat drift down a hallway or into another room. There's one particular room in the house that psychics have claimed bring a lot of tension in the house. The owner believes that someone died in this room.?
Cape May - The Windward House - The ghost of a young Irish girl is occupying the 3rd floor "wicker" room.
Cape May - Washington Inn - An elderly woman's voice is often heard here.
Cape May - Winterwood Gift Shoppe - 2 sisters haunt their former home as well as a white figure that roams the grounds near a grave on the grounds.
Cape May - World War II Bunker - The magazine at Cape May point once housed guns to protect the coast from Nazi subs. A ghostly crew haunts this bunker. Soldiers have also been seen on the beach surrounding the bunker.
Cedarville - Newport - in the woods - There is a tree out in the woods of Back Rd. that is an old KKK tree. If you go out there and examine the tree you will see rope burn on one of the branches from where they used to hang people. Footsteps can be heard and if your back there for long enough for a split second you will see a young man being hanged.
Cedarville / Fairton - the old stone church - many strange thing have been reported here such as ghostly faces on head stones, organ music hear coming from the church late in the morning hours with no electrical sources going to the building. by rs2
Chester - Main Street - A farmhouse dating back to the mid-1800s, now refurbished and occupied by ClinCon Research. Haunted by young girl in a white dress. A 19-century farmer living in the house often saw the girl staring at him, and sometimes crying, through a window. His dog refused to go in the room where the girl most often appeared. Finally he locked his dog in the room, and the dog chewed and clawed his way almost all the way through the door to get out. The farmer once confronted the girl in a hallway, but when she turned towards him, she had no face. Recent incidents include unexplained movement of furniture. Many old buildings along Main St., including the Public House Inn, are haunted.
Cinnaminson - Lakeview Memorial Cemetery - reports of children's ghost been seen and leaving footprints in the area that is all child graves. Ghostly anomalies have been observed at the tower also.
Cinnaminson - Maple Shade - S.Forklanding road near jug handle in - When crossing rt 73 from jug handle in late at night crossing the little medal bridge near winners farm a car follows you to the bridge then vanishes it only happens around 12 a clock on a cold night in the winter it happens both ways crossing the bridge.
Clinton - Red Mill - Built over 200 years ago, the Red Mill is now an historical museum. The mill is haunted by a young girl who was injured there. She is said to ring a large bell and play a typewriter. The historic mill is located on 56 Main Street, Clinton.
Columbus - The Columbus Inn - This is a very old restaurant in the center of a very small town. There have been numerous sightings throughout the years. They have even had paranormal investigators come in to investigate the series of sightings. A large piece was done on this restaurant on TV and in the newspapers several years ago. Inside the restaurant, one of the articles can be found behind the bar. One of the employees there even told us that there is a legend that the famous "Jersey Devil" was reported to have been born there.
Cranford - Gallows Hill Road - Located at the corner of Gallows Hill Road and Brookside Place was the huge tree from which spies were hung during the Revolution. The tree was cut down a few years ago, but the rusty iron and concrete post which the rope was tied to still stands. Movement around the area can be seen late at night, but only from a distance. Personal experience was what seemed to be tall bushes swaying in a nonexistent breeze. Closer inspection showed no bushes just a well manicured lawn and a really creepy feeling.
Delanco - Nelly's Pond - Back in the days of the Revolutionary War, it is said that a messenger on horseback drowned in a small pond. His horse's name was Nelly, thus the name Nelly's Pond came about. Even though today most of the pond is dried up, it is believed that while wandering in the woods near the pond, you can still hear the drowning horse crying out.
Delran - Holy Cross High School - HCHS is said to be haunted by a former principle who had a heart attack late one night on the way up the steps in the northwest wing of the building. Teachers who work at the school late at night report hearing heavy footsteps going up the stairs and then stopping, rushes of cold air during the summer (the building is not air-conditioned) and doors opening and closing by themselves. HCHS has a lot of ground, and driving through there on a clear night, you'll find yourself in the middle of a dense mist.
Dennisville - Henry Ludlam Inn - strange sounds and events occur here.
Denville - St. Claires Hospital - It is believed the spirit of an elderly gentleman is still lurking in the Peds section of the hospital. Several of the staff members claim to see the form of a human body behind the curtain that divides the beds and then it vanishes into the wall.
East Greenwich - Eglington Cemetery - is the oldest operating burial ground in the United States has been investigated by several paranormal groups and is reported to be very active with ghostly globes and lights.
East Greenwich - Lenape village - was located here with 2 signals hills and one of the largest trails going to Tuckerton (Koh hach ing trail) runs right through the center of the township. There is also a very active underground river and numerous spring fed ponds which according to the Dragon Project in England act as a psychic "battery" or "memory" for paranormal activity.
East Hanover - Nike Drive - Ominous noises about within the few delapidated buildings there, especially a blue painted house and the abandoned hospital behind the house. Rumors of many there abnormalities such as shadows and footstep noises. Shouts and cries from within the hospital.
East Rutherford - Herman St. - IT is said that there is an abandoned factory down the block. if you go in the parking lot and look threw the window a ghost is supposed to chase you out.
Edgewater - Old River Road - There have been sightings of the ghost of the Leni Lenapi Indians walking on the old river road... there is also an ancient burial ground on this road...it's a preserved cemetery from the 1400's of the old Leni Lenapi
Edison - Edison job corps academy - shadowy figures seen walking down darken halls in all four of the dorms figer have been know to attack female student in a sexual manner stranger unearthly smells have been experience in the Roseay Parkes dorm and the business tech class stranger creature have seen near the smell.
Edison - Old White Church on Woodbridge Ave - It is said that the cemetery is haunted by Mary Moore, a woman executed in the 1700's accused of witchcraft. Many people have stolen her headstone and died shortly after. People have said they have seen her in the cemetery.
Edison - Wardlaw-Hartridge School - In the upper east wing of the school, students and teachers have heard constant banging in a patch of sealed lockers, and when opened the sound would suddenly stop only to start again when locked up again.
Elizabeth - Elizabeth General Medical Center in Elizabeth - The Newborn Nursery is haunted by a woman in white. A room in the Special Care Nursery is known for suddenly becoming cold and furniture and equipment is known to move by itself. A crying baby is sometimes heard in the third unused Nursery. A room in the postpartum ward is known for a rocking chair that rocks by itself and a toilet that flushes by itself. The hospital operator one night received a phone call from a patient room the voice on the other end requested that she send "help"---the room was in a closed down, unused ward and had no telephone.
Elizabeth - Roosevelt Middle School - On the third floor of Roosevelt middle school it is reported that the hallways and the boys bathroom is haunted by a boy around the age of 13 committed suicide because of both family and school problems. students have said that when they walk into the bathroom they feel a cold front of wind. Also staff that stay late have reported that they have seen the bathroom door open when they have already locked it. The little boy is said to haunt the hallways every January 12 which happened to be the day that he died.
Ewing - The Woods behind the Verizon building on parkway aveune - A boy vanished in these wood about 30 years ago, people say they can hear twings snapping and leaves rustling and once a sound of a boy crying
Flemington - Union Hotel - Slamming doors and spinning barstools are seen and heard after closing. Strange events occur without warning like one time, the heavy wooden front doors were locked. Some employees were sitting around the bar when the heavy wooden doors opened all of a sudden and a cold wind went right past them. When the employees locked the door again, they saw a pair of leather children shoes walking up the stairs. The restaurant is haunted by many unknown spirits.
Fort Dix - Garden Terence - A boy the age of around 15-16 walks around the area. You watch him walk away and he disappears into thin air. Can be seen every night walking around the teen-center at the end of Cedar St. at about 11:oo at night. Can be seen wearing a red hat with blonde hair and a blue jean jacket with jean pants.
Fort Dix - Garden Terrace - Teen Center - A boy the around the age of 15 walks down the street of the teen center at the end of cedar street every night. he can be seen wearing blue jeans, a jacket, and a red hat. when walking down the street he disappears into thin air.
Fort Dix - Haunted Hospital - Repeated sightings, noises, and furniture being thrown around on the top five floors of the hospital. It used to be a hospital for the victims of the war. In the basement of the hospital used to be the morgue. You can see the spirits that lives there and you can see from outside of the hospital the blinds are all up and that there is someone watching you.
Franklin - Headquarters of the Meadow Foundation -South Middlebush Road - The ghost of an elderly gentleman has been reported to walk through the house and look through the dining room windows. He is sometimes reported to have been wearing a Civil War uniform.
Franklin Lake - Gravity Hill - Route 208 Exit - The legend of Franklin Lakes? Gravity Road claims that a young woman was killed at the bottom of the exit ramp. When you stop at the stop sign, a mysterious force pushes you backward up the hill again. This is supposedly the ghost of the woman pushing your car away from the dangerous intersection where she was struck down. Rumor has it that putting flour or baby powder on your front bumper before trying this will reveal the ghostly handprints of the girl after the event.
Franklin Township - VanWickle home -It is a beautiful home that sports a cemetery right on the entrance to the driveway. It has been rumored to be haunted and many documented sightings are on hand.
Franklineville - Iona Lake Inn - The Inn is so large, many ghosts visit the place. The old owner who first opened it?still runs the now empty Inn!- October 2003 Update: Iona Lake Inn was sold and was turned into a Italian Resturant it's called Jake's Italian Restaurant now....
Glassboro - Rowan University - Footsteps heard late at night in dorm rooms and strange, low whispers. Occasionally, objects move by themselves and lights flicker.
Glassboro - Rowan University - Bunce Hall - Bunce Hall (1st building constructed on campus) a ghostly lady haunts the upper floor and bell tower area.
Glassboro - Rowan University - Wilson Music Building - When the concert hall was build during the early 70s, a workman fell headfirst from the still unfinished catwalks. Every once in a while, theater works catch a glimpse of him during shows.
Glendora - Gabriel Davies Tavern - One of New Jersey's oldest historical landmarks used to be a tavern during the Revolutionary war. The attic was used a hospital for wounded soldiers. The original furnishings are in the house and there is still bloodstains in the attic. On occasion it has been recorded the sighting of people walking in the upstairs and strangest sounds of people suffering.
Gloucester - National Park - Whital House Battle Field - it is noted of haunting from the revolution 1776 dead soldiers in the attic house was used as a hospital check it out.
Gloucter Township - Camden County Vo-Tech High School - in the late 1970's early 80's one of the boiler operators named Louie had a stroke and died in the? boiler room on the midnight shift. now late at night you can here footsteps walk the halls and lockers and doors slam shut also a feeling you are being watched as you walk .lights turned on when they were off before in classrooms. don't go to the school it is still in session and patrolled by security guards in the middle of the night. police will be called for trespassers.
Hillside - Conant Park - back in the 80's there was a blue van said to have driven the streets surrounding the park, grabbing young girls, pulling them into the back of the van, terrifying them and then releasing them shaken not able to speak.? no one could ever identify the blank faces on the assailants. If a blue van follows you around the streets near conant park, run and don't look back, not all were returned to the streets they were taken.? some were never seen again.
Hoboken - "The Brass Rail Restaurant."- The restaurant is over 100 years old. Waiters and waitresses have seen the ghosts of a bride, groom and wedding parties walking down the spiral staircase of the two-story restaurant, late at night, when they're cleaning up.
Hamilton - McCorristin Catholic High School - Lockers that have been locked are found open, the scorer's buzzer in the gymnasium buzzes for no reason, lights go out by themselves even in good weather, and on one occasion a stack of papers was blown off a desk when there were no windows open or fans on.
Hackettstown - Hackettstown high - Ghostly apparitions are known to haunt the auditorium at, and also people have said that they have seen small patches of fog swirling around the stage area.
Hackettstown - Union Cemetery - Young girl walks the roadway heading towards up-town, in front of the cemetery. She is dressed in white. When you offer her a ride she will not speak but get in and disappear by the time you get to the main part of town. No one knows who she is or where she is trying to go.
Harrington Park - The Old Blavelt Graveyard - Down the road by the Grammar school, there is an old graveyard on a hill that dates back to the 1700's. Shadows have come up in photographs, orbs and mists. There also is a very distinct sound of a clock ticking when you listen closely.
Hoboken - Arthur's Tavern - There is supposedly three ghosts who haunt this huge restaurant. There are reports from employees of footsteps, lights going on and off or flickering, doors opening by themselves, a clipboard flying off a desk, whispers, and someone's hair being pulled.
Hope -