Satan's Hotlist Of Hangouts In NJ: Satan's Throat
Devil's Tower
Devil Tree
Devil's Hole
Devil's Den
Devil's Half Acre
Abandoned New Jersey: Jungle Habitat
Pleasureland
Crystal Lake
Macdonald Beach
Bud's Grave
A Newark Cemetery Story
The Zip: What Is It?
Interview Of The Century: Charles Lindbergh Jr
Demon's Alley Revisited
R. Stevie Moore
Weird Tales From Clinton Road
Split Rock Road
The Doll House Of Salem Street
The Headless House Of Hopewell
The Lawn Of 2,093 Milk Bottles
The Rabbit Tree
The Rocking Horse House Aka The Bowling Ball House
White Mannas
The Cow With The Window In Its Stomach
Crop Circles
The High Bridge Incident
The Stone Living Room
The Tube Bar Callers Exposed
Mystery Vegetables
Skulls Beneath The Floorboards
Jokey's Ditch
Strange Doings In Red Bank
The Avenel Axe Lady
Mental Ed
A Visit To "Mother"
Greenlight Cemetery Again
Hoboken's Phantom Bridge
Wantage Totem Pole History
The Cat's Eyes Revisited
Clifton's House Of Electrical Fires
Mystery Footsteps In Lakehurst
The Bubble Bear
More Wanaque UFOs
The Birdman Of The Pulaski Skyway
And That Giant Beer Bottle!Weird NJ (sometimes abbreviated WNJ) is a semi-annual magazine that chronicles local legends, purported hauntings, ghost stories, folklore, unusual places or events, and other peculiarities in New Jersey. The magazine originated in 1989 as a newsletter sent to friends by Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, but as it grew in popularity, it became a public magazine published twice a year. It spawned a series of books called Weird US, which chronicle oddities from individual states in the United States aside from New Jersey, which in turn led to a television series that aired on the History Channel.
Weird NJ began in 1989 as a personal newsletter sent to friends by Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman. Gradually it evolved from a fanzine into a public magazine published twice a year in May and October. Abandoned places, eerie experiences, unique people, and strange landmarks were and still are common subjects for the magazine. Past issues have covered everything from the Jersey Devil and UFO sightings to abandoned Nike missile silos, the legend of the "Hookerman" Lights and the life of Zippy the Pinhead. Subjects covered include the Evil Clown of Middletown, Midgetville, "Gates of Hell", Shades of Death Road, Clinton Road,[1][2] Demon Alley, and the Devil's Tower. The painting of a grinning face named Tillie from the Palace Amusements building in Asbury Park has appeared in several Weird NJ publications and on the magazine covers.[3][4]
In 2003 a Weird NJ book, made up of content from earlier issues, was published. The next year saw the follow-up Weird US, covering sites and stories across the country. That led to a series of Weird US books for other states and areas, including Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas, California and New England, and a TV series, Weird U.S., on the History Channel.[5][6] The popularity of the magazine has inspired a community of fans of Moran and Sceurman's work.[4]