Food & Spirits: The Loving Hut (Matawan, NJ)

Restaurant: The Loving Hut Date: June 8, 2016 Location: 952 NJ-34, Matawan, NJ I’m a carnivore and happy about it. It was Will who wanted to give The Loving Hut, a vegan restaurant, a try. I obliged. I had been there about four years prior, right after they first opened. There was some online coupon deal…

Food & Spirits: Trattoria Rustica (Matawan, NJ)

Restaurant: Trattoria Rustica Date: Cumulative Visits (most recently: May 6, 2016) Location: 259 Main Street, Matawan, NJ I worked here when I was in high school and have been eating here since well before that. Trattoria Rustica is one of those rare places that provides you with both quality and quantity. Meals are enormous, and…

Paranormal File: An Investigation of Rose Hill Cemetery

As written about last week, the Ghosts on the Coast team checked out historic and haunted Rose Hill Cemetery in Matawan, New Jersey. Again, we did not experience anything incredible, although this past investigation did lead us to discovering the identity of who is buried in the “Zombie” grave. We conducted several SB-7 sessions and…

“Halloween Twenty-Fifteen”: A Zombie Buried in Matawan, New Jersey?

Be prepared, folks. Be prepared. Rose Hill Cemetery in Matawan, New Jersey is the site of much history and a location beloved by locals and paranormal enthusiasts. It is rumored to be haunted, and severely so. While I have been there at least five times, and conducted thorough investigations twice, I have not uncovered anything…

Food & Spirits: Playing the Waiting Game at La Madona (Matawan, NJ)

Restaurant: La Madona Date: September 18, 2015 Location: 334 Main Street, Matawan, NJ There’s waiting and then there’s waiting. We waited at La Madona. The evening went something like this: at 30 minutes: “It’s nice that they don’t rush you out of here.” At 60 minutes: “Wow, this is even longer than fine dining.” At…

Paranormal File: Evidence Captured at Rose Hill Cemetery?

“Did you hear about that cemetery? People are just dying to get in!”. There, I started you off with the most over-used cemetery joke in history. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s get straight to the point. My group and I have been on a bit of a cemetery kick of…

Paranormal File: Rose Hill Cemetery in Matawan and Other Local Hot-Spots

UPDATE: Evidence captured at an August 2013 visit! If there is one thing I have learned after doing paranormal investigations for a little more than three years, it is that any place can be haunted. Usually, we associate places where the act of dying physically occured, or for a residual effect, the place where one…