What Does Lizzie Borden Have to Do With Asbury Park?
The answer is simple: nothing. Lizzie Borden lived in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her story has no meaningful connection to Asbury Park, New Jersey. Using her name—and the brutal double murder associated with it—as a marketing gimmick for an unrelated ghost tour is not clever. It is exploitative, tasteless and frankly gross. Yet a national
Why “Scariest” Does Not Always Mean “Best” When It Comes to Ghost Tours
When people search for a ghost tour, they often look for the “scariest” one. But a tour being described as terrifying does not necessarily mean it is well researched, accurate or even especially interesting. Anyone can invent a gruesome murder, add a demon to a story or claim that every building on the
The Most Haunted Places in Asbury Park—and the Woman Who Preserved Their Stories
Asbury Park’s best-known haunted places include the Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall, the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, the Stephen Crane House, the Casino building and the boardwalk itself. Their legends include unexplained footsteps, voices, apparitions and encounters reported by generations of employees, residents and visitors. What makes these locations compelling, however, is not
Are Ghost Tours Scary? What To Expect
One of the most common questions we hear is a very simple one: "Are ghost tours actually scary?" The answer depends on what kind of experience you're expecting. If you're expecting people to jump out of the shadows or actors chasing you through dark streets, that's not what most ghost tours are about. A well-crafted
Is Asbury Park Haunted
So, You Say This Things is Haunted….. People often ask what makes an object haunted, as if there is one clear answer. The truth is, haunted objects are rarely that simple. Sometimes there is activity around them. Sometimes there is a long history attached to them. Sometimes there is a personal story that
Is Asbury Park Haunted
Asbury Park is haunted, but not because someone decided it would make a good story. It is haunted because the town has lived a lot of lives. It has been glamorous, forgotten, celebrated, dismissed, rebuilt, argued over, loved hard, and misunderstood. Its history is not tucked away in one old building or one