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0Piscatawaytown Burial Ground
Edison, New Jersey
Piscatawaytown Burial Ground is a graveyard that holds the burial sites of many Revolutionary War soldiers and other folk; graves date back to 1693, when two brothers died from eating poisonous mushrooms. But the graveyard also houses a witch, locals say. Mary Moore, buried here in 1731, was accused and ...
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Van Wickle House
Franklin Township, New Jersey
4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Van Wickle House was a wedding present for Evert and Cornelia Van Wickle, but tragically, they died on the same day the house was presented to them March 3, 1757. They are buried nearby on a hill, under some trees. The house is said to be haunted by Evert ...
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Ayers-Allen House
Metuchen, New Jersey
4.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Ayers-Allen House is a private residence that dates back to the 1700s. It is believed to be haunted. Witnesses say the ghosts who live here are Revolutionary War or Hessian soldiers or a woman searching for her young son who was killed by British soldiers. Also said to be ...
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Hageman Farm
Franklin Township, New Jersey
5.8 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Hageman Farm is a historic house first settled by Catherine and Adrian Hegeman from the Netherlands in 1650 or 1651. It was occupied by relatives until 1972, then stood empty for 5 years until it was purchased and restored by the Meadows Foundation. Reports say an apparition of an elderly ...
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Dunellen Hotel
Dunellen, New Jersey
7 miles from Highland Park, NJ
One guest here claims to have captured a ghostly image of a Victorian woman and boy on her iPhone while in the rathskeller (basement bar). (Submitted by Marlene B.)
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Proprietary House
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
8.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The 1762 Proprietary House was the home of William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin, New Jersey's last royal Governor from 1762 to 1777. It is said to be haunted by ghosts of a Revolutionary War soldier, a woman who stands in the dining room window, and a little boy in ...
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The Conference House - Billop House
Highland Park, New York
9.1 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Conference House, aka Billop House, was built in 1680. It was the scene of a tragedy when in 1779 owner Christopher Billop, a British loyalist, accused a female servant of spying on him for the Colonists. She denied the charge, and Billop threw her down the stairs, breaking her ...
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Abandoned Warehouses
Bridgewater, New Jersey
9.1 miles from Highland Park, NJ
This abandoned building has been reported to have an evil entity that will chase you out of the building and slam doors while you are inside it. There is also a women that will stand by the open window in the back, she screams that "he is after her" ...
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Kreischer Mansion
Highland Park, New York
10.1 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Kreischer Mansion has been on the market for a couple years now, sources say. A cool $8.5 million will buy it, and the ghost is included. According to the home's history, original builder German brickmaker Balthasar Kreischer died one year after the house was finished, and his son Edward died ...
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Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage
Somerville, New Jersey
11.5 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Old Dutch Parsonage was built in 1751 and was moved around 1913 to its present location, next door to the 1775 Wallace House. The Parsonage is said to be extremely haunted, with screams, banging, and objects being moved around at night. The Wallace House also is said to have ...
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0The Historic Old Bermuda Inn
Staten Island, New York
11.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Believed to be haunted by the home's original mistress Martha Mesereau whose husband died fighting the Civil War. Legend has it that her restless spirit continues to occupy the former mansion, waiting endlessly for her husband to return to her. People see her in the dining room (which was ...
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Raritan Public Library
Raritan, New Jersey
11.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The historic Raritan Public Library is said to be haunted by a former librarian. Lights have been known to turn on and off by themselves, and books move on their own. Even more spooky, locals have seen the apparition of an elderly woman in the window and also in the ...
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Wolfe's Pond Park
Highland Park, New York
12.3 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Wolfe’s Pond Park, according to some, is haunted by the ghosts of two teens who perished in a nearby car crash. Local legend says the teens can be seen along the park paths at around 2 a.m., often calling for their parents.
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The Devil's Tree
Bernards, New Jersey
12.5 miles from Highland Park, NJ
This tree is said to have once been a meeting point, a headquarters and lynching spot used by the Ku Klux Klan. The Bernards Township tree allegedly will give off warmth, even in winter, and consequently, snow will not pile up on it as it does on other trees. According ...
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Hanging Post
Cranford, New Jersey
12.5 miles from Highland Park, NJ
At the corner of Gallows Hill Road and Brookside Place once stood the giant hanging tree, where Revolutionary War spies were hanged. Although the tree is gone now, locals say you can still see ghostly movement here from a distance.
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Domani's Restaurant
Roselle Park, New Jersey
13.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
This restaurant, housed in a building that dates back to the 1880s, was said to be haunted by a former owner who died inside the building. The place was once featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters. However, the location burned down in April 2009.
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Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital
Marlboro Township, New Jersey
14.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital opened in early 1931 and operated for many years, but not without problems. Rampant deaths at the hospital were frequently being investigated. An adjacent cemetery holds nearly 1,000 graves. Over 130 patients became ill from food poisoning in the 1970s, four of whom died. The hospital was ...
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The Parsonage
Highland Park, New York
15.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Parsonage, now closed, was a restaurant set inside an 1855 minister's home for the Reformed Dutch Church. It was said to be haunted by an apparition of a lady in 1800s clothing and a bonnet, who appeared between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. in an upper window. Furthermore, apparitions ...
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Church of St Andrew
Highland Park, New York
15.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Investigated on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, the centuries-old church once was used as a makeshift Revolutionary War hospital. Witnesses have reported apparitions, unexplained sounds, pictures that fall off walls, footsteps, voices, a feeling of being watched, and an organ that plays by itself.
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Historic Richmond Town
Highland Park, New York
15.5 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Historic Richmond Town, a living history village and museum complex, is rumored to have some haunted buildings. Some say the Guyon Lake Tysen House, built in 1740, is haunted by Elizabeth Lake Tysen. Some of her many children are suspected to linger here as well, playing with the house museum's ...
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Caldwell Parsonage
Union, New Jersey
15.8 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Caldwell Parsonage dates to 1730 and was home to Rev. James Caldwell, a Presbyterian minister and patriot cause during the Revolutionary War. In 1780 during the Battle of Connecticut Farms, Caldwell's wife Hannah was killed in the living room by British soldiers, and one year later, Caldwell was shot by ...
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Union County Courthouse
Elizabeth, New Jersey
15.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Investigated by TV's Ghost Hunters, the Union County Courthouse is said to be haunted by spirits from the Revolutionary War era. A woman's ghost has been seen in the rotunda, and Hannah Caldwell, the first woman to die in the American Revolution, is said to haunt a fifth floor courtroom ...
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Neshanic Inn - Murphy's Crocodile Inn
Neshanic Station, New Jersey
16 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Formerly Murphy's Crocodile Inn but now the Neshanic Inn, the 1880s building experiences electrical malfunctions and a shadowy figure in the basement. The inn is located at 102 Woodfern Rd., near the post office and the colorful train station.
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Kean University
Union, New Jersey
16.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Several places at Kean University, originally established in 1855 as the Newark Normal School, are said to be visited by spirits. East Campus and Rogers Hall are haunted by former students, the Eames building has a negative spirit, and the Wilkins Theater sports the ghost of a man named George ...
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Baron Hirsch Cemetery
Highland Park, New York
16.5 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Jewish Baron Hirsch Cemetery was in the news for vandalism in 1960 when "Fuhrer" was painted in yellow on 87 headstones. It is said to have been haunted since the early 1800s. Nearby residents have had visits from the cemetery's spirits, sometimes seen as shadowy figures.
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Conant Park
Hillside, New Jersey
16.7 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Conant Park is said to be haunted by ghostly figures with no faces. According to legend, they drive a van and kidnap girls off the street, and when (if) the girls are released, they are far too frightened to explain what happened to them.
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Old Seaview Hospital
Highland Park, New York
16.8 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Seaview Hospital, once a tuberculosis sanatorium, is now a national historic district on Staten Island. Built between 1905 and 1938, the site has over 30 historic buildings along Brielle Avenue. The former hospital building is reported to be haunted by the spirits of its deceased patients.
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Old Bernardsville Public Library
Bernardsville, New Jersey
17.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Old Bernardsville Public Library was built in 1710 as the Vealtown Tavern during the American Revolution. It is said to be haunted by Phyllis Parker, whose father owned the Vealtown Tavern. She was in love with a doctor who was hanged for treason during the Revolutionary War. Not knowing what ...
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The Vanderbilt Tomb - Moravian Cemetery
Highland Park, New York
17.3 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Legends surrounding the Vanderbilt Tomb at Moravian Cemetery abound. One says the photos taken near it show an extra person or one of the people in the shot vanishes. Another says that inside the tomb, the Vanderbilts are not buried but are propped up like statues. The cemetery is believed ...
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The Spy House - Seabrook-Wilson House
Middletown, New Jersey
17.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Seabrook-Wilson House, also known as the Spy House, is said to be the first house on the Jersey shoreline. It was constructed by Thomas Whitlock in the 1600s and is rumored to be haunted. It operated as a tavern during the Revolutionary war, and reports say that British troops would ...
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Dr. Philip Ernest Schoenberg
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Drew University
Madison, New Jersey
18.3 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Many hauntings have been described at Drew University; for instance, in the Great Hall, which is quite like a castle, ghostly faces are said to appear in the ceiling carvings as the chandeliers swing by themselves. Also, a mirror reflects an apparition of a man in gold round spectacles. At ...
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Robbins Reef Yacht Club
Bayonne, New Jersey
19.1 miles from Highland Park, NJ
A ghostly legend about this place tells of a gentleman who hanged himself in an upstairs room. Witnesses describe an icy sensation when you enter that room in darkness and, at the bar, bottles seem to hop off of their shelves.
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Cunard Hall - Wagner College
Highland Park, New York
19.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The circa-1852 Cunard Hall was built by Edward Cunard, son and heir of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard. It is now part of Wagner College. In 1890, a man leapt to his death from a second-story window, and witnesses have seen his face peering from the windows.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison, New Jersey
19.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson University has haunts in two halls, according to campus legend. In Lenfel Hall, witnesses have seen an apparition of founder Peter Sanmartino, and lights turn on and off on their own. And at the Mansion, many have seen a ghostly girl dancing in a white dress.
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Sailors' Snug Harbor
Highland Park, New York
19.8 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Sailors' Snug Harbor, aka Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, is a complex of 19th-century buildings in a city park. It was once home to senior sailors and is now home to several ghosts. Witnesses have seen several apparitions, including a lady in white who has shown up in ...
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Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Highland Park, New York
20.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is rumored to be haunted by former owner Antonion Meucci's wife Ester, who was buried in the front yard. Ester was bedridden, and phantom groans and coughing have been heard at the museum. Italian war hero Giuseppe Garibaldi may linger here in spirit as well.
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Fort Wadsworth
Highland Park, New York
20.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
At Fort Wadsworth, the apparition of a soldier may appear to walk through walls and moving vehicles. Other strange things have happened here: One witness said she flashed back to wartime where she was apparently inside the body of a curly-haired nurse. She saw wounded and dying soldiers all around, ...
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Richard A. Rutkowski Park - Elco Naval Division
Bayonne, New Jersey
21.1 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Elco Naval Division was a boat-building factory that churned out nearly 400 PT boats for World War II. It is long gone, located where the Richard A. Rutkowski Park currently stands. A historical marker is all that's left now to commemorate the efforts that went on there. It ...
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0Union Hotel
Flemington, New Jersey
22.9 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Reports say the historic 1814 hotel is currently under plans for redevelopment. Witnesses claim to have seen ghosts of small children and poltergeist activity in the building, and one person reported seeing a pair of shoes walking up a staircase.
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The Virginia Tavern
Jersey City, New Jersey
23.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Virginia Tavern has more than just the drinking kind of spirits, according to witnesses. They have seen apparitions and beer cans flying off shelves, have been touched by something unseen, and have detected strange odors and cold spots.
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Oriental Manor Catering Hall - American Place
Highland Park, New York
23.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
This building once housed the Oriental Manor catering hall, a place for weddings and events. It was widely known by staff and locals that the hall was haunted by at least three spirits. People were constantly hearing disembodied footsteps, and doors would open and close on their own. The ...
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0The Publick House
Chester, New Jersey
24.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
Originally the 1810 Brick Hotel, the Publick House is said to be haunted by apparitions, growling noises, cold spots, phantom perfumes, and more eerie phenomena.
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Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey
24.7 miles from Highland Park, NJ
An unfortunately high number of guests have died here, from guest who fell off of Rolling Thunder, to another guest who died on the Lightnin' Loops attraction in 1987. However, most famously was the fire of the Haunted Castle which claimed teenagers. Mediums detect the presence of these people, but ...
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Old Canal Inn
Nutley, New Jersey
25.2 miles from Highland Park, NJ
A legend from as far back as the 1960s tells of the historic Old Canal Inn's "Death Seat." So the story goes, there were two men about 70 years of age who preferred this particular red-cushioned seat, because it had better lighting. The men would fight over who got the ...
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Essex County Hospital Center
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
26.3 miles from Highland Park, NJ
This 1800s former hospital, also called Overbrook, was turned into a psychiatric hospital in the 1920s. It was said to have been haunted by phantom nurses and patients. Also, the sound of rolling gurneys could be seen, and a demonic presence was felt by witnesses. According to reports, in 1917 ...
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0Litchfield Villa
Highland Park, New York
26.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
A seance was held in an effort to communicate with a dead civil war soldier. There was a lot of weird stuff happening at the seance, including flickering lights, shaking plates, sulfur smells, demons and things like that. A few days later, demons appeared in the shape of glowing gargoyles ...
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St. Paul's Chapel
New York, New York
26.4 miles from Highland Park, NJ
St. Paul's Chapel is New York's oldest public building that is still in use, and is the burial place for British actor George Frederick Cooke. Legend has it that to settle his towering debt, he agreed to leave his head to science. So, since his 1812 death, his ghost is ...
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Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton, New Jersey
26.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
A man named Henry Cotton took over as the main doctor in 1907, but his methods were inhumane. He'd remove teeth, limbs, and organs because he believed that they had an involvement with mental illness. However, by removing stomachs, colons, and other vital organs, he had a high mortality rate, ...
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The Brass Rail
Hoboken, New Jersey
26.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Brass Rail restaurant is known for its hauntings. Legend has it that in 1904, a bride who was just married tripped at the top of the spiral staircase, broke her neck, and died. The groom shortly thereafter hanged himself in an adjacent room. The bride, groom, and even some ...
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Bridge Cafe
New York, New York
26.6 miles from Highland Park, NJ
The Bridge Café dated back to 1794, and folks said it was haunted, as evidenced by footsteps and unexplained aromas. However, reports say it was damaged in Superstorm Sandy and is now closed.
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