October 27, 2025 • 81 mins
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.
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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)
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