Now you can have all of your favorite weird nj icons on all kinds of cool new weird wear, like tee shirts, girls tees, sweatshirts, long sleeve tees, hoodies, unisex tanks, kids tees, tie dyes or onesies. Heres some information on what its about from amazon. His real name is domin dominguez, 64 years old plumber by profession. In 2003 a weird nj book, made up of content from earlier issues, was published. Your travel guide to new yorks local legends and best kept secrets. Top 25 quotes by ralph washington sockman az quotes. The sculpture depicts a man seated on a bollard, naked except for the eponymous sock on his left foot.
I liked the fiction mysteries, but after reading weird texas i realized the true mysteries were even more interesting. Throughout the years, politicians have established some pretty strange policies, many of which may have you scratching your head. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with usercontributed information and web sites for the sockman surname. Moran have created a journal of new jerseys unwritten. Weird nj or wnj is a semiannual magazine that chronicles local legends, hauntings, ghost. But the marks, as they are called, always knew that there were more, bizarre stories lurking in their own home state.
As i continued to read i got more drawn in, because the author left little cliff hangers until the end when he summed it all up. In the absence of one day to retire, domin comes home from. It was on this day, august 6, in weird nj history that a large mysterious blob appeared in a little egg harbor tributary in 2003. Free shipping and more for millionaires club members. Home state hauntings is a 106 pages, fully illustrated, soft bound special issue of weird nj, beautifully photographed and designed by paul michael kane with spinetingling illustrations by ryan doan. Before i read weird texas i wasnt a fan of nonfiction. First picture is a storyboard for the entire book, still some coloring and inking to do. Through his books and his work in many areas he was a. We here at weird nj are proud to announce a joint project between ourselves and photographer rusty tagliareni.
Ours was your typical suburban new jersey neighborhoodlate 60s splitlevel houses only. J your travel guide to new jerseys local legends and best kept secrets volume 9 by mark moran and mark sceurman may 5, 2009. Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, childrens books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books. J your travel guide to new jerseys local legends and best kept. The sock is symbolic of loughboroughs hosiery industry, and. Im standing in front of my parents pool, holding out a fish i had caught earlier that day.
They are the chroniclers of the creepy, bards of the bizarre. If you even just like reading about that kind of stuff than this would be a good book to read. It seems to me there was more new stuff in this one than the first. Then we must be broad enough not to be narrowed by our specialties. Abandoned places, eerie experiences, unique people, and strange landmarks were and still are common subjects for the magazine. We have to concent on a thing in order to master it. Sockman is a singlescreen platformer inspired by the classics like rick dangerous, jet set willy, manic miner, jumpman, prince of persia a hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow. Mike sockman, mike w sockman, michael wayne sockman and michael w sockman are some of the alias or nicknames that michael has used. Weird nj lookin at books episode 7 cinemassacre plays.
While i like this book, this was pretty much the end of weird new jersey for me. Youve been covering strange and unusual new jersey stories for nearly 20 years for weird. Its a full color volume of 276 pages of weirdness that we know you are all going to love. The next year saw the followup weird us, covering sites and. Over the first ten years that weve been publishing weird nj magazine, mark and i have received several offers from various publishing companies interested in having us write a weird nj book. One of the bestselling books ever to hit new jersey was mark sceurman and mark morans weird n. This is the second volume of the weird new jersey book. Soothe your little one to sleep with this beautifully illustrated singalong board book. The jersey state polices marine unit was called in the department of environmental protection poked. Weird nj began in 1989 as a personal newsletter sent to friends by mark moran and mark sceurman. The strange murder that shocked suburban new jersey. A 142 page full color, digital edition of our book forsaken.
Not to mention the devils tree and shades of death road. A cult murder emerges from the darkness in truecrime book death on the devils teeth. Ralph washington sockman october 1, 1889 august 29, 1970 was the senior pastor of christ church united methodist in new york city, united states. The book was such a phenomenon that it began a whole series of weird state books, each one a bestseller. Sockman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Weird nj is a travel guide and magazine to places you wont find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets. Michael sockman currently lives in washington court house, oh. Sign up for a free 30 day trial to instantly access highquality online books for kids, ebooks, audio books, quizzes, videos, and more.
Every state has some questionable laws on the books and new jersey is no different. Michael sockman wayne, 46 washington court house, oh. Mark sceurman is a graphic artist and cocreator and publisher with mark moran of weird nj magazine and a statebystate series of books. J your travel guide to new jerseys local legends and best kept secrets volume 9 moran, mark, sceurman, mark on. Sockman, who was 80 years old, had preached a sermon as a visiting pastor. Oh sure, texas is bigger and california is cooler, but for sheer, outan.
J your travel guide to new jersey s local legends and best kept secrets volume 9 by mark moran and mark sceurman may 5, 2009. Recently, my sister forwarded me a picture taken of me in the summer of 1986. Moran, along with cocreator mark sceurman, started weird n. All are available in all sizes and continue reading. Gradually it evolved from a fanzine into a public magazine published twice a year in may and october. Not many people realize that these 12 things are actually illegal in new jersey.
We here at weird nj were very proud of our first book. Weird nj books are interesting if you like going to scarey, haunted, creepy, abandoned or just weird places this is a book that you should read. The zine as they called it, contains articles, facts, and legends about weird places to visit in new jersey. Your travel guide to new yorks local legends and best kept secrets gethard, chris, moran, mark, sceurman, mark on. Abraham clark new jersey signer of the declaration of independence 32. The sockman commissioned as the sock is a bronze statue in loughborough town centre. Abandoned in and around new jersey, devoted to forgotten sites throughout the. Michael sockman is 46 years old and was born on 06301973. J your travel guide to new jerseys local legends and best kept secrets volume 9. Index of local heroes and villains in weird nj weird nj. The leading digital library for kids offering unlimited access to 40,000 of the best childrens books of all time. This book is the followup to weird hauntings by joanne m.
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