Northeast — Anecdotal filings

Anecdotal reports in New Jersey

New Jersey keeps 6 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

6 dossiers1 county covered83% open to visitorsEmlen Physick Estate — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other New Jersey shelves:local folklore8 documented legends6 disputed files3

Historic House

High confidence

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May, New Jersey

Victorian house museum with history and staff-led paranormal interpretation.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Prison

Medium

Burlington County Prison Museum

Mount Holly, New Jersey

Former county prison with museum interpretation and organized paranormal sessions.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Road

Medium

Shades of Death Road

Allamuchy, New Jersey

Warren County road whose grim name fuels decades of ghost stories.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lighthouse

Medium

Barnegat Lighthouse

Barnegat Light, New Jersey

"Old Barney"—the 1859 tower that failed to stop the wrecks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hospital

Medium

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Morris Plains, New Jersey

The 1876 Kirkbride where Woody Guthrie was a patient—demolished 2015.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Site

Medium

Morro Castle

Asbury Park, New Jersey

September 8, 1934—the burning liner on the Jersey beach.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Full New Jersey record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive