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Joe The Skinner! – A Spooky New Jersey Legend

Joe The Skinner! – A Spooky New Jersey Legend I remember years ago my grandfather telling me stories about a man who use to live off in the woods in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. His name was Joe, Joe the Skinner they use to call him because he did a lot of the taxidermy work for the hunters in the area. He also did some butchering. Gramps said he was a tall man well over 6 feet may be closer to 7. Gramps had and old ...

Eerie Tom’s Inn – A Colonial Tale of Ghosts & The Jersey Devil

Looking for the New Jersey Devil - Photo by Wireguy This is a story of fiction based on many local myths and legends in my area. The time frame, towns, roads, rivers and likewise the relationship to the names and actions of the old Bergen County names used in this story are purely factitious. I am, through my mother’s side of the family, related to most of the Colonial families of Bergen Count, so indeed do them no discredit. This is a story. - Bradley Shane Rain dripped from the front peak ...