Join Kathy Kelly of The Paranormal Museum and Adam & Ben Berry (Kindred Spirits, Ghost Hunters) for a walk on the haunted side.

The weekend will feature investigations at two of Asbury Park’s most haunted historical spot, including one famous haunt that has NEVER allowed an investigation before!

The Berkley Oceanfront Hotel and The Paramount Theater have seen nearly a century of ups and downs, including one of the largest and most deadly maritime disasters in US history.  But in Asbury Park, it is not only the buildings that have activity (and virtually everyone does!) but it is the very land itself.

Starting in 1854 with the Wreck of the New Era, some say caused by the murderous actions of “Wreckers”, the very sand is haunted.  When the immigrant ship went down in a major storm, there was no town or city, only the sea, and the sand.  The ship ran aground and settled in only 4 days into the beach.  The ship is STILL there.  80 years later, another ship would come to rest on the same spot with enormous loss of life.  That ship is The Morro Castle.  By that time, both the Berkeley Ocean Front and The Paramount Theater and Convention Hall were there to bear witness.  Some say they did more than that.  Strange specters have been seen roaming both buildings…

But it is not just these two major shipwrecks, but the life of almost 100 years that haunts these buildings.  Come stand on the stage where the legends of old Hollywood once stood and where the  Rock stars of the ’60s and ’70s made history.  Go backstage with the spirits who loved this place so much they never left..or who don’t know they can. from the victims of a fire in the 1950s to a projectionist who took his life on site, the theater is filled with the restless spirits of its past.

The Berkely Oceanfront was the premier resort hotel of its day, but during WWII is did its duty as troop headquarters for US Navy Training.  Young sailors spent their last nights in the US in Asbury park, having fun and getting into trouble.  Some of them, unfortunately, never got the chance to serve their country as the died in an accident right in front of the hotel.  Those spirits are said to wander the corridors and also have been seen on the boardwalk just across the street.   But it’s the 5th and 6th floor of the hotel that garners the most attention.  What happened that makes the elevators seem to have a mind of their own?  What is it about that one room on the 6th floor that seems to push people over the edge?  We’re going to find out!

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