Ep 262: Shades of Death Road

 

 
“It was haunted; but real hauntings have nothing to do with ghosts finally; they have to do with the menace of memory.”
— Anne Rice, author of "The Queen of the Damned"
 

Description:

There is a road in Warren County, New Jersey, that, according to many generations of locals, seems to be a vortex or at least a hotspot of all manner of paranormal and unsettling activity. Tales of Native American spirits seen along the roadside, ghostly victims of vigilante justice dangling from “The Hanging Tree,” spectral deer running alongside cars, murder and highway robbery, UAPs and glowing orbs, the ghost from a 1950s Prom Date car accident still in her burned dress limping home, and even disturbing Polaroids of distressed people scattered in the woods are all part of the lore of this nearly 7-mile stretch of road officially and aptly named, Shades of Death Road. But with such an ominous and foreboding name, does this country road live up to the hype, and how did it get its name? Perhaps one could dismiss Shades of Death Road as just another random community locus that births Urban Legends, except that it’s not the only haunting and notorious landmark in the area. Adjacent to the road are two other mysteriously named topographical features, Ghost Lake and Jenny Jump Mountain, each with their own disturbing stories. So is the collection of incidents from these places merely a coincidence that fuels imagination and legends, or does this particular swath of earth generate the creepy activity that happens upon it? Let’s find out as we deep drive down Shades of Death Road.

 
 

Location:

Shades of Death Road in central Warren County, New Jersey. Adjacent to Ghost Lake and Jenny Jump State Forest.

 

Location:

Coordinates to Jenny’s House landmark

 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/128740457/

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Bill Cummins’ gravesite at the pinned location near the bottom left corner of the photo.

 

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CREDITS:

Episode 262: Shades of Death Road. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2023 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Unexplainable Phenomena, Folklore & Legend, Haunted, Landmarks Objects & StructuresForrest Burgess2023, 262, Shades of Death Road, Ghost Lake, Jenny Jump State Forest, Jenny Jump mountain, Jack Osborne, New Jersey, Warren County, ghosts, Polaroids, murder, orbs, Haunted Highway, UFO, UAP, Skinwalker, Patrick McFadden2 Comments