NJ Urban Legends

We discuss the most notorious urban legends from the Garden State. In three categories, Dare to Drive, Dine with Death, and Bedeviled, they share research and anecdotal evidence, about Clinton Road, Shades of Death Road, The Cranbury Inn, The Old Canal Inn, and conclude with the epitome of all local and urban legends: The Jersey Devil.

CW/TW: This episode contains descriptions of urban legends; horror and graphic imagery are discussed. Listener discretion is advised.

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Sources

Article: “Martian Landing Site Monument” (Roadside America)

Website: West Milford Chamber of Commerce

Article: “Famous North Jersey Road Named the Most Haunted Spot in the State” by Manahil Ahmad (NorthJersey.com)

Article: “Clinton Road: A Dark Ride” by Mark Scuerman and Mark Moran (WeirdNJ.com)

Article: “Weird NJ: A Dark Ride on N.J.’s Scariest Road” by Weird NJ (AsburyParkPress)

YouTube Channel: New York Daily News | A Haunted Ride Along Clinton Road 

Legal Document: Tawil v Shivam Travel, et al., Township of West Milford | NJCourts.gov

Article: “Weird NJ: Haunting Tales of Shades of Death Road” published by AsburyParkPress.com

Article: “Shades of Death Road” by Mark Scuerman and Mark Moran (WeirdNJ.com)

Article: “Shades of Death Road: The Ominously Named New Jersey Street Seems to be Attracting Over-theTop Legends of its Own Making” published by AtlasObscura

Website: TheCranburyInn.com

Article: “These Haunted Restaurants in New Jersey Serve Chills with Dinner” by Gabriela L. Laracca and Jenna Intersimone (AsburyParkPress.com)

Article: “This New Jersey Restaurant Is Among The Most Haunted Places In The Nation” by Kristen (OnlyInYourState.com)

Article: “Talking Ghosts at the Cranbury Inn” by Maria Prato-Gaines (republished by CentralJersey.com archive)

Website: New Jersey Ghost Hunters Society

Website: The Old Canal Inn

Article: “This Death-Themed Tavern In New Jersey Is Perfectly Macabre In All The Right Ways” by Raymond Goldfield (OnlyInYourState.com)

YouTube Channel: Two Faces Podcast | Death Seat at Old Canal Inn, Haunted Jersey Bar, Paranormal Investigation

Article: “New Jersey Devil” published on The Official Website of the State of New Jersey

Article: “The Jersey Devil and Folklore” published on Pinelands Preservation Alliance

Article on Exhibit: “Running With the Jersey Devil” published on Rutgers (Camden) Robson Library

Article: “Legend on the New Jersey Devil” published by The New Jersey Historical Society

Article: “The Jersey Devil: A Legend of the Pine Barrens” by Mary Sparago (TheDigestOnline.com)

Article: “More Than Jersey Devil at Leeds Point” published in Asbury Park Press (February 9, 1969)

Article: “Social and Family Life in the Late 17th & Early 18th Centuries” published by U of Delaware

Article (with video): “Man Claims to Have Photographed Mythical ‘New Jersey Devil’ From Legend Dating Back Centuries” by ABC News

Genealogy: “Deborah (Smith) Leeds (1685-1748)” published on WikiTree

Historic Record: “Town of Leeds Point, County Road 618 at County Road 561 Alternate, Leeds Point, Atlantic City, NJ” published by Library of Congress

Digital Archive (Book): The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects (Archive.org)

Documentary: The Jersey Devil: Monster in the Pines (Discovery+)

Documentary: Bloodlines: The Jersey Devil Curse (Tubi)

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