Haunted New Jersey: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Garden State - Softcover

Martinelli, Patricia A.; Stansfield Jr., Charles A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811731561 ISBN 13: 9780811731560

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2004

Synopsis

A fun look at unexplained phenomena in New Jersey, featuring information on ghost tours in the state.

Featuring stories about:

The Jersey Devil

UFOs in New Jersey?

The Confederate Ghosts of Finn's Point

The Woman in White

Water-Dwelling Monsters

Pirates and their Treasures

Dozens of other tales of ghosts, hauntings, curses, and monsters

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia A. Martinelli lives in southern New Jersey and is the administrator of the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society. Charles A. Stansfield Jr. lives in Pitman, New Jersey, and was professor of geography at Rowan University for 41 years. He is the author of 11 books on the paranormal.

From Publishers Weekly:

As Martinelli and Stansfield reveal, New Jersey is home to dozens of unexplained phenomena, from the legendary Jersey Devil to the lesser-known White Stag of Shamong. The authors (Martinelli is a freelance writer; Stansfield is a geography professor at Rowan University in New Jersey) take a serious look at the state’s occult history, traversing it from northwest mountains to the southern beaches as they document reported sightings of ghosts, witches and other creatures. Befitting their credentials and generally sober tone, the authors don’t actually reveal whether or not they believe in certain legends. Rather, they rely on eyewitness accounts to verify their tellings. For example, "several people have seen" a dead baron strolling the grounds of a Ringwood reservoir, and "local residents have reported seeing the ghost" of a Revolutionary War casualty in Elizabeth. Not as playful as last year’s Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets but certainly more authoritative, this compendium of legends should appeal to residents of the Garden State interested in local lore as well as American historians.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0811731561
• ISBN 13: 9780811731560
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128