The Devil's Tree - Somerset County, New Jersey

The Devil’s Tree is a solitary oak tree located in an undeveloped field on Mountain Road in the Martinsville section of Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. This tree is surrounded by numerous eerie legends and is believed to be cursed. Here are some of the most notable stories:

Cursed Tree: Local legend suggests that anyone who damages or disrespects the tree will soon come to harm, often in the form of a car accident or major breakdown as they leave the area.

Historical Lynchings: It is claimed that the tree was used for lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan and that it has been a site of numerous hangings since Colonial times.

Haunted by a Farmer: Another story tells of a farmer who hanged himself from the tree after killing his family, and it is said that anyone who tries to cut down the tree will meet an untimely end.

Supernatural Phenomena:

Visitors have reported being chased by a black Ford pick-up truck that disappears at a certain point, and some claim that touching the tree can cause their hands to turn black.  Additionally, the ground beneath the tree is said to remain free from snow, regardless of how much has fallen.

The tree is now protected by a chain-link fence due to vandalism and the township’s decision to preserve it

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Veterans haven - Ancora,New Jersey

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.

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Long Rd. / Devil's Tree - Bernardsville,New Jersey

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.

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Mount Misery - Browns Mills,New Jersey

Freezing cold spots. Mist. It's all
woods with dirt winding roads that never end. There's a cross in the
middle of nowhere. Witnesses report that there were cars behind them
then they disappeared out of nowhere like they weren't even there, sick
feelings & apparitions of a woman. The cross is not in the middle
of nowhere. It is part of the Green Cathedral. People get married and
children are christened there. It is a place of worship for the staff
& campers during the summer - as well as other guests throughout
the year. There is an arch on the ball field with a cross on it. If you
go down the steps there are benches to sit on an altar.

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Gallows Hill Road - Cranford,New Jersey

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.

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Elizabeth General Medical Center in Elizabeth - Elizabeth,New Jersey

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.

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Gravity Hill - Route 208 Exit - Franklin Lak,New Jersey

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.

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Camden County Vo-Tech High School - Gloucter Township,New Jersey

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.

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Conant Park - Hillside,New Jersey

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.

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Union Cemetery - Hackettstown,New Jersey

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.

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Barry's Chapel - Hopewell,New Jersey

Off Route 77 and down a long dirt
road, there are the remains of an old church. It was built by a man
with the last name of Barry many years ago. His wife had mysteriously
died. In a separate incident, his church burned down around the same
time as his wife's death. He later became guilt stricken and went to
the site of the burnt down church only to hang himself from a tree in
the churchyard. If you go there at night, you will see the church as if
it was never burnt. If you kick the foundation, the church bell will
ring.

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Naval Air Station Hangar 1 and (former) surrounding tarmac - Lakehurst,New Jersey

Natably during daylight hours outside of Hangar 1,
sound of men shouting "Away the lines, Christ be blessed, away the
lines!" as well as "She's afire!" Inside Hangar 1 during morning hours,
the sound of engines whirring when no like equipment is in operation.
Possible ghosts of Graf Zeppelin Hindenburg crew, as well as US Navy
dirigible personnel, variously sited about Hangar 1 and forward
locations.

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Lambertville high school - Lambertville,New Jersey

The school was built in 1854. A fire destroyed much
of it in 1926, but was remodeled in 1927. According to rumor, there was
another fire in 1992 which destroyed the school for good. An "official"
closing date has not yet been found. Several have claimed that in one
of the classrooms on the second floor, the black boards were covered
with drawings of children crying and burning. Another local legend is
that of "Buckeye". There are actually two versions of this story, but
with the same basic back-story. There was a championship football game
between Lambertville and New Hope (PA). An intense game was going on.
During a normal play, one of the New Hope Buckeyes was tackled to the
ground. When all the players got up, this boy was left lying still on
the grass. Because of this tragedy, the parents of the New Hope
students had football removed form the schools extra-curricular
activities. Urban legend #1- You are to stand on the
landing between the first and second floors, just inside the front
doors, and say out loud "I challenge Billy (or Buckeye, depending on
who you ask) to a football game!" Then, out of nowhere, a football is
supposed to fly straight at your head, breaking your neck. Urban
Legend #2- While on the football field, located somewhere further
up the hill, one is supposed to say out loud "Buckeye, I challenge you
to a race!" A wind blows in, then either a mist arises or a pair of
glowing, red eyes appear at one end of the field. A voice is heard
saying, "Run to the other end of the field or die!" It was rebuilt then
abandoned in the 1950's due to zoning issues. Kids are known to commit
suicide from the third story gym windows. Reports of free floating
apparitions, cold spots, and sounds heard by the EVPs. Also documented
in pictures taken were ectoplasm like clouds and apparitions in 3rd
floor window. Also strange noises when quiet. Plans to tear this
building down in the very near future.WARNING: if you go there
do not park on Washington street, you can get arrested for trespassing.

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Elm Street Middle School - Millington,New Jersey

One day these kids
were said to be walking past the school and decided to look around the
school when all of a sudden one of the kids saw something in the window
supposedly a man's face.they ran away and went to the lake near by went
under water and every single one of those kids saw a little boys
face,dark hair,very pail,with blue eyes.They went to their local libary
and looked up Elm Street School and found a picture of some of the
classes that were at Elm Street and you wouldn't belive who they
saw:THEY SAW THAT SAME LITTLE BOY IN THE PICTURE!

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Pine Brook / Hilltop Care Center - Montville,New Jersey

It is an
old abandoned nursing home that had to be evacuated immediately for
some reason unknown. All of the patient's files, clothes, pictures,
card, and all of their belongings are still left in their old rooms.
When you walk in and out of these rooms, your flashlights will flicker
on and off. There is only one door in the whole place that cannot be
opened. There is a room that is known to be haunted and when to door
was opened, it stopped and then' started to vibrate rapidly. Now there
is a NO TRESPASSING

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Mendham / Combs Hollow Road - Morris County,New Jersey

It is said at exactly 12 o'clock, if one drives over
the bridge on Combs Hollow Road, an image will appear at the end of the
bridge and put its hand up to tell you to stop. It is reported that
fifteen years ago, a young woman was jogging at night along this road
and was struck by a pickup truck, killing her instantly. The man
driving the truck ran from the scene of the accident and later on in
the night, committed suicide from the grief of killing the young lady.
His spirit patrols the bridge late at night, and it is said that if you
don't stop for him, he will run you off the road. The road is very
windy and very dangerous, and one must be careful while traveling
through.

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Murphy's Crocodile Inn - Neshanic Station,New Jersey

Built
in the 1880's, the Crocodile Inn has been subject to many ghostly
activities. Lights turn on and off regularly and a dark shadowy figure
is often seen in the basement. The inn is located at 102 Woodfern Rd.,
Neshanic Station by the post office and colorful train station

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Dead End / Hermit House - Oak Valley,New Jersey

At the "Dead End"
woods where Stanford and Hamilton meet, there once stood a cabin in the
woods inhabited by an old white-bearded hermit. The cabin was along a
wooded pathway near a small bridge backing the houses along Montclair.
In a fire of unknown origin, sometime in the middle of the last
century, the Hermit burned to death and the ruins of the cabin remained
for decades afterwards. An entity, believed to be the Hermit,
reportedly appears nearby, usually after midnight.

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Littleton Elementary school woods - Parsippany,New Jersey

High school
kids used to have bonfire parties in the middle of the woods next to
the elementary school. one kid accidentally dropped the lighter fluid
into the fire while everyone was gathered around and the can exploded,
burning at least 15 kids. it is said that late at night around 11:00
you can hear screaming and laughing from the kids, and the next morning
you will find empty beer cans all over the place, and some burnt logs
in the fire pit.

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Old Farmhouse on Main Street - Pennington,New Jersey

Just pulling
into the stone-covered parking lot on the side of the house one begins
to feel a sense of foreboding. Once in the house, a sense of negative
energy can be felt. Spend time in the house and you will see and sense
things. Dogs and cats will run from or refuse to enter certain rooms at
different times. Heavily lined drapes will blow on a windless day with
the windows shut like they were fine linen on a windy day. Heavy
person-less footsteps on the wooden stairs can be heard. Door-knobs
will turn violently. Faint voices and moving objects and opening and
closing doors on their own. Knocks on bedroom doors late at night when
no one is there if you open the door. A sense of relief can be felt
when pulling away from the house.

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