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This might be viewed as a weird post, but I could care less. We were talking about weird stuff the other day at work, and Weird NJ was mentioned. It wasn't long until the story of Mary Ellis was brought up. Check out the Weird NJ Cemetery Safari for the story. If you remember the 70's pop hit "Brandy, you're a fine girl" you might find this of interest. Many other bizarre local grave sites there as well.

I started to surf other sites of this type to see what I could find and stumbled across some interesting finds. I didn't realize that both James Coco and Scott "Scotso" Muni are buried close by, and if I want to travel a bit farther, I could visit the grave of Elsie The Cow, Leo The MGM Lion , and Lad, A Dog as well. A great site where you can search using a variety of parameters is Find A Grave; check it out!

Another site with a ton of local weirdness is Roadside America where I found one of the most unconventional headstones ever, located nearby in Linden, a 36-ton tombstone in the shape of a Mercedes Benz.

Continuing to beat a dead horse (sorry), you could also check out Beyond The Palace which in addition to having some nice Springsteen and Asbury Park info., has a nice section "The Graveyard Shift" which has tons of fascinating pictures of grave sites.