Urban legends come to life in eerie fashion as their creepy origins are told in disturbing detail. Duck the Jersey Devil on a chilling ghost tour with Jersey City Ghosts.
Venture with Jersey City Ghosts to unveil a dark past that saw innocence driven from the land, discover its terrifying tunnel system, and learn what events led to whispers of an evil presence lurking amongst the shadows.
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Childbirth should be a time of joy and delight, but The Beacon has seen the tragedies of an otherwise uplifting life experience during its other life. Once the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital, the apartment complex wears the stains of the former hospital, with residents complaining of phantom smells and an infant’s cry when no baby is near. Few things are more traumatic than the loss of a child, and the spectral energy such a negative event produces will infect the building for an eternity.
Often, lovers from lives past are separated by death. The opposite seems to be the case for John and Jane, a pair of lovesick spirits so invested in one another that they don’t seem to notice the presence of the living. Could their expressions of love have imprinted a residual haunting on Bergen Square? Or have the two reunited after John’s allegedly untimely death during the American Revolution?
Sleepy Hollow may be home to the legend of the Headless Horseman, but it’s likely that the Old Bergen Church Cemetery is its real birthplace. A frequent haunt for Washington Irving, it’s believed he wrote the short story while sitting atop tombstones of Jersey City’s founding families. A mysterious dinner invitation extended to Irving is just one of several haunting tales to come from the old cemetery.
The cries of an infant echo from the beyond, and shadows dance in the corner of your eyes. As Jersey City’s past bleeds into its present, the haunts of yesteryear arise to tell their chilling tales.
An ornate structure set in the middle of the city, St. Aedan’s Church, casts a looming shadow over the surrounding neighborhoods. A place of worship, the bricked facade has been touched by local lore, tainted by a creature said to slink about the Pine Barrens in search of its next prey. Let Jersey City Ghosts take you beyond the city borders into the depths of the ominous forest, where a 250-year-old legend haunts and terrorizes.
The Jersey Devil is known worldwide – a famous cryptid that’s headlined movies and video games alike. Though reserved as a horror story of the Pine Barrens, St. Aedan’s has not been free of the Devil’s essence. Listen closely to a local’s horrific encounter, recounted by Jersey City Ghosts as a reminder that Jersey’s infamous horror knows no bounds.
Feel a chill as you’re taken through centuries worth of terror as the legend of the Jersey Devil infests Jersey City’s history, its heinous roots snaking beyond the Pine Barrens into neighboring cities like Philadelphia.
Fret not, though, for run-ins with the Jersey Devil are infrequent within the confines of the city. At least, so long as the moon isn’t full and high.
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An unmistakable part of the Jersey City skyline, The Beacon is far from the noble facility it once was in the mid-20th century. Today, an apartment complex housing the specters of its tragic past, The Beacon once served as a maternity ward posed with a difficult task for its time.
Enjoy a haunted history lesson from Jersey City Ghosts as you’re taken back nearly a century to the opening of the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital, where miracles saved multiple children. But even the best doctors can’t avoid tragedy, and the heavy energy from those who perished still courses through The Beacon today.
Hear the stories of former residents and learn of the residual haunts and infant apparitions still trapped within the building. Listen closely, as you may hear the distant cries from the other side on a heart-pounding ghost tour with Jersey City Ghosts.
Love can transcend time. Apparently, it can also transcend the astral plane and break free to rekindle an old flame in the physical realm. Looking at Bergen Square today, there appears to be nothing special about it. Its perceived normality changes drastically when you listen to Jersey City Ghosts and the tale of two spectral lovers torn apart by war.
Long before Bergen Square was a driveable intersection, it was a hub for a budding contemporary civilization. During the 1700s, two names became forever associated with the intersection: John and Jane Van Reypen.
Listen as Jersey City Ghosts presents John and Jane’s eternal love and takes a step back to the American Revolution when fate tried to separate the two. It may not look it, but Bergen Square is a fascinating piece of Jersey City history with much to hear, from the truth behind John and Jane’s relation to casual encounters with the ghostly pair.
Is the malevolent spirit that once haunted the Saint Boniface Church free from its ethereal shackles to cause havoc across Jersey City? It’s a question that may come up as Jersey City Ghosts uses a stop at the Old Bergen Church to set the stage for a place of worship that has since closed down.
Saint Boniface Church had roots in Jersey City for over a century before its official closure in 2006. Though gone for over 15 years, the stories that unfolded within its hallowed walls still frighten today. For reasons still unknown, Saint Boniface Church had become home to a dreadful presence.
A terror to priests, the ill-tempered imp caused its share of chaos, levitating objects and tossing bibles about. What was behind the malevolence that threatened the sanctity of the church? It remains a question today, though Jersey City Ghosts may have an inkling of when it may have first appeared.
Have you ever stayed late after school and wandered the empty halls? With just the emergency lights on, there’s something uncomfortable and menacing about the long stretch of closed doors. As you pass those thin windows that peer into each classroom, you can feel eyes following you. It’s the same experience you’d have walking the haunted halls of Dickinson High School.
Constructed in the early 20th century, Dickinson High School, formerly Jersey City High School, is the oldest in the city. Go way back with Jersey City Ghosts and discover the ties between Dickinson High School, George Washington, and the Revolutionary War.
The events that unfolded in the past left an imprint on the present, turning the school into one of Jersey City’s most haunted spots. From mysterious, haunted tunnels running beneath the school to a professor who can’t quite let go of his life’s work, many spirits are active within the walls of Dickinson.
Leave it to a theater to be haunted, especially by a dark, dramatic presence known for spreading misery and unease. The Margaret Williams Theatre is a relic of Jersey City, first opened in 1931 as an auditorium/gym combo for New Jersey City University.
A renovation in 1968 converted the space into a theater, opening it up to the apparitions that stalk its halls today. From ghostly sounds to disembodied voices, the specters of Margaret Williams Theatre are all but quiet, leaving students uncomfortable.
What’s the Lady in White legend in your part of the world? Every area seems to have one, an unfortunate bride-to-be or broken-hearted lover perpetually searching for their beloved. At the Museum of Jersey City History, the local Lady in White takes center stage.
A presence at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, the ghostly lady isn’t shy and is known to move among a crowd. Is it a residual that will remain part of the underground system forever, or a spirit with a purpose, hoping to complete her unfinished business and return to the astral plane?
The ghost stories recited by Jersey City Ghosts are well known within the local community, and the questions they leave spur curious minds to revisit locations like Bergen Square. Link up with locals to hear their theories and possible encounters with the Jersey Devil and enjoy being part of a tight-knit community of believers and curious skeptics, if even for just one night.
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* This is a walking tour and we do not enter privately-owned buildings or private property *
There’s much to do in Manhattan after nightfall, but what about when you get tired of that Big Apple vibe? Tone it down a bit with a trip to Jersey City and a tour of spine-tingling haunts. Jersey City Ghosts welcomes all for a thrilling expedition along the line that separates the realms of the living and the dead.
A little-known fact is that Jersey City was once one of Washington Irving’s stomping grounds and possibly where he came up with the concept for or wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Satisfy your Irving fanaticism with a retelling of a chance encounter few have ever heard about.
The Underground Railroad stretched across states, and its philanthropy was witnessed right here in Jersey City. Learn how remnants of the Underground Railroad are still present today as the emotionally charged system of tunnels left its residuals on the city.
Ghost stories don’t always have to be spooky. Some can warm the heart, like the tale of two lovers who come together at Bergen Square. Like a modern day Romeo and Juliet, the couple was once separated by conflict, but their bond overcame even the finality of death. Hear of their bond and maybe get lucky enough to see them embrace.
Jersey City is not short on ways you can fill your days, especially if you cross over to New York. Even the chillest of travelers may need to see a different side of the curiously named “Chilltown.” Add a city stroll with Jersey City Ghosts to step away from the ordinary and get a memorable taste of something strange and unusual to add to your Chilltown scrapbook.
