New Jersey has plenty of creepy and haunted places and many are open to the public for exploration! Find haunted hiking trails, prison museums with paranormal activity, and more in the Garden State. Of course, you don’t always need to visit a place in person to get the chills. Read on and discover some of the creepiest and most eerie photos ever taken in New Jersey.

1. Just your average sanitarium playground.
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Soupy Island in West Deptford isn't actually an island, it's a park. It once served as a hospital with a special playground for children with tuberculosis.
5. The abandoned Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.
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Not part of a standard Ellis Island tour, you can explore the hospital, mortuary, and more on special hard hat tours.
3. Your local neighborhood department store.
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Lord's in Jersey City has affordable prices and a sizable selection of merchandise but they've also had some pretty creepy window displays. This screaming child with missing fingers and a chipped ear was spotted in 2010.
4. Ziggy The Clown
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Ziggy is a prize-dispensing clown that was a boardwalk staple in Cape May for years. Is he still there? Share with us in the comments.
5. Trees without leaves look a lot like veins.
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This tree was snapped outside the now-closed Bayley Ellard Catholic Regional High School in Madison.
6. Grounds For Sculpture
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A bucket-list worthy sculpture garden in Hamilton, Grounds For Sculpture has a wide variety of sculptures...including the 3 Witches.

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7. This is not Halloween.
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It's the annual Asbury Park Zombie Walk. The massive zombie gathering is going virtual this year.
8. Toll Booth Graveyard
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EZ-Pass killed the toll booths! Where do they go when they die? Tinton Falls, it turns out.
9. This diner hasn't served customers in years.
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Abandoned places are always creepy but few scream Jersey like abandoned diners do. This was once the Giordano Diner in Lawrence. Preservation New Jersey listed it on its Endangered List in 2010.
10. The Evil Clown of Middletown.
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You may recognize this creepy fella from local director Kevin Smith's movie, Clerks II.
11. Where's the ocean?
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Fog engulfs the beach at Asbury Park.
12. I'm not saying that this pirate is murderous...
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Because I don't judge books by their covers. However, he does seem pretty creepy. This photo was taken in Jersey City.
13. The abandoned Proctor's Palace Theatre in Newark.
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Once a vaudeville theater, it was built in 1914.

Which of these photos were you most fascinated by? Let us know, and share your creepy photos with us. If you’re a photo fan, you’ll love the beautiful photos on the Only In New Jersey Instagram. They’re not creepy at all, except maybe around Halloween.

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