Ausbury Park by Kayla

The Fabian Theater by Jared

The Fabian Theater opened on December 14, 1925 it was described as on of the most elegent theaters in New Jersey. The Fabian Theatre, designed by architect Fred Wesley Wentworth in the Sullivanesque style, was originally envisioned as a stand-alone theatre, and the large office building and the Alexander Hamilton Hotel which enclose it were added as afterthoughts.

Jungle Habitat by Piero

Piero Rojas

Queen Anne Theater by Rachel

Queen Anne add on bottom left

Queen Anne Theater was built in the 1930's And then in the 1950's it was operated under Brandt theaters. It was known for kiddie movies and then it started showing adult movies.The theater was not that big it had a lobby and one room for showing. Queen Anne Theater closed down in the 80s . It is now a a cleaners called Rainbow Cleaners & Tailors. The owner of the cleaners is a nice family my family talks to them and they had torn the inside out it is now a big garage to hold there lawn stuff and snow things and the car for home deliveries they own the building and there are apartments above . You can still see the old writing on the side of the building for the theater it is missed and people still wonder what goes on with it but its a memory to some people.

A pin to get in free for the new released movies

back of kiddie klub pin

         
view from 80-95

what it looks like now

this is what it looks like now

(Sources: Google, bergencountyhistory.org,)

Bergen Mall by Alicia

First opened in September 15, 1973, the Bergen Mall was filled with shops that were sure to please the public. It contained a playhouse, where people could catch plays, and a bowling alley. It also had a chapel and a movie theatre where people could see movies. Everything was outside, and it also had a little carnival. It is nice to know that this mall was once ahead of its time.

The Bergen Mall back then

 

 

 

The inside of the Bergen Mall not too long before renovation

 

 

 

The Bergen Mall today

 

Annie's Road (Riverview Drive) by Steven

Deep in rural New Jersey, there is a road that winds dangerously through the forest and eventually leads to place known as “Midgetville”. This road is said to be haunted, and has caused many disturbances and violent unrest in the formerly quiet town. There is no limit to the possible explanations and stories created by locals surrounding Annie’s Road…

As a result, nobody is really sure exactly what happened to poor Annie. Some say she was killed on her wedding night, her body being dragged along the guardrail. Others claim she had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend right before prom, and decided to drunkenly walk along the road throughout the rest of the night. She was then killed by either a speeding car full of wasted classmates, or a group of rowdy sailors. More popular tales state that Annie was completely decapitated in a car wreck while riding home, or that she was mowed over by a truck driver while waiting for her date.

No matter what actually happened, her death still resulted in a large bloodstain on the road, and a similar splatter on the guardrail. However, the guardrail is actually painted red in memory of Annie. Creepier still, her deranged father is the one who comes to repaint it every year, on the anniversary of her death. In addition, the graveyard where she is supposedly buried is said to glow during the night. Many late-night adventurers have reported seeing a flickering light moving among the graves, as well as a rather short, white-clad figure posing as a hitchhiker during the night. The chances of seeing Annie are greater if the driver plays oldies music and keeps their headlights off…but people say that anyone who agrees to give her a ride loses control of their car. And while there is no proof of this, many accidents have occurred along Annie’s road in the night, with the wreck remains suggesting that the victims had been chased.

Another peculiar, if not paranormal, thing are the dwarves and midgets supposedly inhabiting this area. All of the houses are indeed smaller than average, but this is because the town was formerly used just for vacation homes. Ever since an article about Annie’s death appeared on the internet, numbers of curious, noisy teenagers have disrupted “Midgetville” searching for a glimpse of the little people. Some claim to have seen a dwarf chopping wood, a few visitors have been shot at, and one even received a resident’s phone number. Eventually, things got out of control, and the police put up a sign forbidding any unwelcome noise or disturbances.

Unfortunately, Annie is not the only teenager ever to have been killed in this area. About nine years ago, a group of six high school boys became obsessed with the story of the murdered young woman. They drove along the road constantly, and spent their nights snooping around the graveyard. Eventually, five of the boys decided they were tired of hanging out with the sixth. They tried (and failed) multiple times to burn his car, but he wouldn’t leave. So, using some sort of crazed logic, the five boys decided the only solution was to kill him. None of their attempts worked, until they all drove back to the school parking lot. The sixth boy was then strangled to death by an electrical cord as the rest of the gang recited the Catholic “Hail Mary” over and over again.

Here is a link to a video that was taken by people driving Annie's Road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3BUScqv5ZQ

Sussex County Hospital by Nicole

Sussex County Hospital: For Your Safety or For Your Insanity?

     Sussex County Hospital is like any other hospital in Sussex County; EXCEPT the fact that it was a state lunatic Asylum. In the video above, it shows what has been left behind from this creepy place, including dental areas, bathing areas, and places that just give you the chills. The Overbook Asylum was known for having a high altitude location which was believed to have a 'peaceful setting', giving itself the name Overbrook. It was located on verona but is now located on Cedar Grove.

 

   "In the early half of the twentieth century, Overbrook was at full capacity. In the 1940s and 50s, thousands of patients were housed at the Fairview Avenue facility at any given time. The facility was so large that it had its own train stop on the Caldwell Branch of the Erie Railroad, used to transport the massive amounts of coal and fuel needed to run the hospital complex." - Weird NJ

 

     It was an important hospital in the 1920s, and it was also important to the town's local legends. The Hospital was asylum was split into two different facilities. One portion, called the Mountain Sanatorium, sat on top of the hill. This facility used at various times to treat tuberculosis patients, wayward children, and drug abusers. These two facilities, and the many abandoned buildings associated with them, became Essex County’s most legendary location, home to escaped lunatics, troubled ghosts, and roving gangs that were up to no good.
     For this specific generation of North Jersey teens, a visit to “The Asylum,” “The Bin,” or “The Hilltop”, was just a way to show your mental strength and stability to your friends. The thousands of tales that made their way back from the site via these adventurous teens have long cemented Overbrook as a vital part of the tapestry of New Jersey’s local lore.

     Soon, the Overbrook facility will join the Mountain Sanatorium in being demolished and gone forever. But the stories that abound regarding the site have ensured that it will never be forgotten.

Mountain Sanatorium

 



Overbrook Asylum

Citations:
http://weirdnj.com/stories/abandoned/overbrook_essexcountyhospital/

http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/images/c/comfb.jpg

http://abandonedplaces.livejournal.com/1988880.html