We celebrate our 100th episode by discussing the history and details of the Overlook Asylum (Essex County Hospital), the haunted Ayers-Allen House in Metuchen, and the tragic history of the Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City. 

CW | TW: This episode discusses human endangerment, murder, death/unaliveness, and the paranormal, profanity included. Listener discretion is advised.

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Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson

Logo Art: Drew Hudson

Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers

Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson

Sources

Overlook Hospital

Article: “Haunted NJ: The Overbrook Asylum” by Dan Bergstein (BestOfNJ)

Article: “A Farewell to Overbrook Asylum” (Essex County Hospital)

Article: “Overbrook Hospital: Historic NJ Asylum’s Buildings Demolished; Author Records Their Demise” by Owen Proctor (NorthJersey.com)

Documentary:  Words of Overbrook by Wheeler Atabanez

Ayers-Allen House

National Registry of Historic Places Nomination Form: Ayers-Allen House

Series: The Holzer Files: “Possessor’s Curse” (S1E9; 2019)

Haunted Open House Flyer: Ayers-Allen House (via Metuchen-Edison Historical Society)

Facebook: The Ayers-Allen House 

GenealogyBank: “Spooky Tales: The Ayers-Allen Haunted Tavern” (Facebook)

Article: “Photos: Most Haunted Places in Central Jersey” (MyCentralJersey)

Article: “History of Metuchen” (via Metuchen-Edison Historical Society)

Book: Ghosts: True Encounters with the World Beyond by Hans Holzer (2004)

Website: Metuchen, New Jersey (Revolutionary War New Jersey)

Absecon Lighthouse

Website: Absecon Lighthouse (AbseconLighthouse.org)

Article: “The Haunted History of New Jersey’s Absecon Lighthouse” by Alondra Cabrera (New Jersey Digest)

Article: “Ghost Stories of Absecon Lighthouse” (Haunted U.S.)

Historical Newsletter: “The Wreck of the Powhattan and Absecon Light” by Michael Connor (Atlantic County Historical Society)

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