The Family and Home of The Jersey Devil | NJ’s Most Infamous Cryptid
The Jersey Devil exists in that narrow space where history and story overlap, and it has remained there for more than two centuries. The legend is consistently tied to Leeds Point, a small settlement at the edge of the Pine Barrens, where isolation and landscape make the story feel plausible enough to
The Spy House (Seabrook–Wilson House), Port Monmouth, New Jersey
If you stand outside the Spy House and face the bay, the setting explains why the place attracts attention. Sandy Hook is directly across the water. New York Harbor sits just beyond it. During the American Revolution, this stretch of coastline was active, exposed, and watched. That part is documented. The building itself
The Alpine Figure: Asbury Park’s Legend
The Alpine p—a horned, fur-clad companion to Saint Nicholas in European folklore—has become an unmistakable presence on Asbury Park streets each holiday season, where dark tradition meets coastal creativity. This article explains why the Asbury Park Festival resonates locally, tracing its origins, mapping how the city's artistic culture embraces holiday horror, and
The Golem of Prague
Nothing has inspired me to explore the world the way that reading has. Books and stories have pointed me in the directions I travel. It isn't necessarily the places that I seek initially, but the feelings of the characters that people them. It's tricky because there is some fluid interaction between the
Evil in the Blood
Romania is a beautiful country. Far more picturesque and bucolic than I would have thought. Then again, I'm not sure I gave it any thought, ever. My interest in Romania was purely Dracula related to perhaps a little Vlad & Elsibet thrown in. The idea that there was more to the country
