Located between Roosevelt and Millstone Township, Witches Hollow Road is a strangely-named New Jersey byway that was at one point abandoned, blocked off and renamed Oscar Drive on the Roosevelt side. The road is no longer abandoned (although the gap still remains), but that doesn’t help the street which still gives off a creepy and unsettling vibe.

The road is dark and dreary with overhung branches, plenty and shadows and the occasional flock of vultures to help welcome you. Almost makes you feel like your on Splash Mountain awaiting the terrible drop as the vultures stare at you saying, “Time to be turnin’ around.”

Of course the road didn’t get its name from the vultures, but rather a place known as Witches Hollow, a cemetery located near the end of road on the Millstone side. The cemetery used to be only reachable by following a beaten path near the end of witches hollow, but is now easily accessible by car using the road Eleanor Ln. The cemetery also has a new name and is currently known as Roosevelt Cemetery (its still in use). It’s the unspoken history behind the cemetery and woods which frightens people.

Witches Hollow Road Beginnings

Before Millstone became an official town in 1844, the area once called “witches hollow” was barren woods. Within these woods was said to exist a coven of witches who at night would perform their daily rituals. Now these witches were good, many of them practicing the art of wicca (a very peaceful, harmonious and balanced way of life which promotes oneness with the divine). Their rituals laid focus on an abundance of good weather, fertile land to grow crops and overall good health. Yet, among their group was a lady by the name of Charlotte Jacobs, a widow who lived alone in the town. After the loss of her husband John in 1803, she became a bitter woman whose soul grew dark with time. The aggrieved woman grew jealous of the other women, their families and good fortune.

She made a change to that in May of 1807. During their evening observance, Charlotte told the other women of a new spell she learned, one that would help increase their power. She handed each of the woman a hex bag filled with various items and told them to keep it in a safe place of their home. Many of the woman obliged, but a few skeptics threw the bags into the forest on the way home.

During the evening Charlotte finished the incantation, issuing a curse on each of the woman, causing them to fall severely ill, or worse, die. Seeing as some of the woman threw the hex bags away, they did not fall under the spell. Knowing the cause of the harm was Charlotte, they ran to her house, grabbed her, hanged her in the woods and buried her in an unmarked grave.

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The coven faded with time, avoiding the chance that another in the group may practice the dark arts. Rumors say that Charlotte still travels the woods, still seeking revenge on those who cursed her to damnation. She isnt afraid to curse those who travel through her lands. Due to the number of strange occurrences on the land, the towns actually segregated the streets between the two towns rather than connect what is now Oscar Drive and Witches Hollow Rd. Much of the land remains undisturbed, and most likely will.

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Witches Hollow Road : Millstone, NJ

Witches Hollow Road : Millstone, NJ

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