Shades of Death Road

Published: July 23, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

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.\xa0 Tales of Native American spirits seen along the roadside, ghostly victims of vigilante justice dangling from \u201cThe Hanging Tree,\u201d 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.\xa0 But with such an ominous and foreboding name, does this country road live up to the hype, and how did it get its name?\xa0 Perhaps one could dismiss Shades of Death Road as just another random community locus that births Urban Legends, except that it\u2019s not the only haunting and notorious landmark in the area.\xa0 Adjacent to the road are two other mysteriously named topographical features, Ghost Lake and Jenny Jump Mountain, each with their own disturbing stories.\xa0 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?\xa0 Let\u2019s find out as we deep drive down Shades of Death Road.
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