Since the current issue of Weird NJ features a photographic essay of
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (formerly known as the Greystone
State Asylum for the Insane), we wanted to pass along the news that the
300 acre facility has just been sold by the State to Morris County. The
cost: $1. Demolition of the old abandoned buildings is scheduled to begin
soon. Below is a link to an article about the situation:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--greystoneland0703jul03,0,6922
885.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
Looking for something weird to do this weekend? Tomorrow, July 12, is
the 75th anniversary of the crash of Emilio Carranza, the "Mexican Lind-
bergh," in the Pine Barrens near the town of Tabernacle. Each year on the
anniversary of his death representatives from the Mexican Consulate in
New York come out to the Carranza Monument to honor him, and on the
weekend closest to the date members of American Legion Post 11, who
recovered the flying ace's body, hold a ceremony. Below is a letter we
received last week from the legion post inviting Weird NJ to attend the
service, which is open to the public. Below the invitation you will find a
couple of letters from our readers warning that the place is haunted, so
you might want to think twice about attending the ceremony!
Dear Editor - I understand you did an article of Carranza Memorial in
Shamong Tsp., Burlington County (Weird NJ 2003 Roadside Guide). The
service is set for Saturday July 12, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. If you would like
to know what this is really about, you would certainly be welcome to
come to the affair and share with us the food and friendship thereafter.
This is the 75th Anniversary of the death in the pines of Capt. Emilio
Carranza, "The Lindbergh of Mexico."
Lawrence A. Gladfelter
Commander The American Legion Post 11 Mount Holly.
Show a Little Respect For Emilio--Or Else!
Thanks to you guys I now know the real story of Emilio Carranza, but I
still haven't found any explanation for the strange footprints embedded
in the memorial. No one seems to know when they appeared or why they
are there. We also can't find any explanation for the pennies people leave
all over it.
