Paranormal: NJ Urban Legends 2

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. Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠severedpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@severed_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices