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Annie’s Road

Passaic County, New Jersey
By Cecilia

Deep in rural New Jersey, there is a road that winds dangerously through the forest and eventually leads to place known as “Midgetville”. This road is said to be haunted, and has caused many disturbances and violent unrest in the formerly quiet town. There is no limit to the possible explanations and stories created by locals surrounding Annie’s Road…

As a result, nobody is really sure exactly what happened to poor Annie. Some say she was killed on her wedding night, her body being dragged along the guardrail. Others claim she had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend right before prom, and decided to drunkenly walk along the road throughout the rest of the night. She was then killed by either a speeding car full of wasted classmates, or a group of rowdy sailors. More popular tales state that Annie was completely decapitated in a car wreck while riding home, or that she was mowed over by a truck driver while waiting for her date.

No matter what actually happened, her death still resulted in a large bloodstain on the road, and a similar splatter on the guardrail. However, the guardrail is actually painted red in memory of Annie. Creepier still, her deranged father is the one who comes to repaint it every year, on the anniversary of her death. In addition, the graveyard where she is supposedly buried is said to glow during the night. Many late-night adventurers have reported seeing a flickering light moving among the graves, as well as a rather short, white-clad figure posing as a hitchhiker during the night. The chances of seeing Annie are greater if the driver plays oldies music and keeps their headlights off…but people say that anyone who agrees to give her a ride loses control of their car. And while there is no proof of this, many accidents have occurred along Annie’s road in the night, with the wreck remains suggesting that the victims had been chased.

Another peculiar, if not paranormal, thing are the dwarves and midgets supposedly inhabiting this area. All of the houses are indeed smaller than average, but this is because the town was formerly used just for vacation homes. Ever since an article about Annie’s death appeared on the internet, numbers of curious, noisy teenagers have disrupted “Midgetville” searching for a glimpse of the little people. Some claim to have seen a dwarf chopping wood, a few visitors have been shot at, and one even received a resident’s phone number. Eventually, things got out of control, and the police put up a sign forbidding any unwelcome noise or disturbances.

Unfortunately, Annie is not the only teenager ever to have been killed in this area. About nine years ago, a group of six high school boys became obsessed with the story of the murdered young woman. They drove along the road constantly, and spent their nights snooping around the graveyard. Eventually, five of the boys decided they were tired of hanging out with the sixth. They tried (and failed) multiple times to burn his car, but he wouldn’t leave. So, using some sort of crazed logic, the five boys decided the only solution was to kill him. None of their attempts worked, until they all drove back to the school parking lot. The sixth boy was then strangled to death by an electrical cord as the rest of the gang recited the Catholic “Hail Mary” over and over again.

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evelyn says:

August 11, 2008, 1:14 am

I live 10 min away from annies road the story is true. She die from a drunk driver and there is a graveyard right there also, and little kids really see her to

xLondonGirlx says:

August 29, 2008, 11:16 am

interestingg….i’d like to go to ‘Annie’s Road’ just to see if its really true! is that really the name of the road though??

Bob says:

October 10, 2008, 12:27 pm

The name of the road is called: Riverview Drive. It’s off Union Blvd. Where Little Falls, West Paterson and Totowa all meet.

Bob again says:

October 10, 2008, 12:33 pm

P.S.
If your smart. You’ll stay away from that road! Totowa Police will have you ” cuffed ” in 2 minutes flat! Park your car and walk it. Nothing will happen to you, but, just bring a change of shorts in case you have an accident in your pants.

NIKY says:

October 16, 2008, 7:56 am

ANNIE*S ROAD IS IN NEW JERSEY

Joe says:

October 19, 2008, 9:37 am

The story of Annie’s road is B.S. I grew up in West Paterson across the river from Annie’s Road (Riverview Drive) I and friends have ridden our bikes down this road and in the cemetery next to it from 12am to 3:30am and have never seen anything anywhere on the road or in the cemetery. We have even walked onto the island across from the road at those hours The island used to be an 19th century picnic and swimming area. Nothing there either except the cement picnic tables and holes with cement around them that were outhouses. They are still there. But as far as scary experience’s it ain’t happening. As for Ewing road it is an optical illusion, it is really uphill when you are at the stop sign but looks as if it is uphill due to the trees and land on either side and yes you will get a ticket.

Joe says:

October 19, 2008, 10:25 am

Ewing road is an optical illusion. We have strung up plumb lines and they prove the land is downhill. It just appears to be going uphill. A survey of a topical map of new jersey will also prove the land on Ewing Road is going downhill. Check out a sight “rolling uphill” it explains it well, there are many places in the world were this illusion occurs.

Brittany says:

October 27, 2008, 8:25 pm

i lved in totowa and have actually been to annies road at midnight…. all this is true… she will do harm to you.. when you walk up to you can see her makeup running, and everything but when you get to close…. she dissapears… contact me at brittanymms@aol.com if you want to know more!!!

melissa says:

October 30, 2008, 1:35 am

The road is allegedly haunted by Annie, a young woman who lived in the area in the 60′s, not long before Route 80 was built thru the area. She was going to the prom and got into an argument with her boyfriend and left the car and began walking to her home on River View Dr. Along the way she was picked up by a bunch of sailors who raped and murdered her. The violent end to her life made her spirit uneasy, and so she began to haunt the local road, even possessing men who traveled along it. There were rumors of ghosts and apparitions long before then however, going back as far the colonial days. Is this story simply another urban legend of a haunted road?

Perhaps so, and if that’s all there was to Annie’s Rd, then the road would not have achieved the legendary status it now has. For starters, there have been numerous car accidents on this road. Realists would say that the road is dangerous. It has numerous twist and isn’t well lit. Locals claim it’s the curse of Annie. Perhaps they swerved to avoid her ghosts, or lost control after staring at her. Others think she may have possessed the driver and forced him off the road.

STEPHANIE says:

October 31, 2008, 10:52 am

ANNIES ROAD IS AWESOME I WENT THERE ND I SAW HER

YALiTZA says:

November 1, 2008, 12:27 pm

i never been so scared in mi life!
on halloween night mi friends & i thought it would b cool to past through annie’s road at night. most of us were scared but we all agreed & walked in.
at the begining isn’t dark but once u get to dah middle of dis u gunna feel very scared.once you are in the middle its pitch dark. when we were all quiet he heard screams from someone so the accelerated cause we were scared.wen u turn back everything is dark one of mi friends saw a girl following us from bhind but wen we turn around to see if anyone was dee we didn’t see anything . we passed by alot of midgets house dere houses are small little things with very short roofs. at the end of it we all mde it through it even though there was a cementery next to it. wen we finish this road we ended up on forman mills one thing i gotta say this was extremely crazy

Kaitlyn says:

February 28, 2009, 10:57 am

What about the red roof inn?? It is located in toms river, right next to the light. I have been there with my family, and there was various screams coming from the hallway of my floor. I went there when it was not the red roof inn, it was all eery looking and not very welcoming. I see why!! There have been many crimes there. Mostly murders, but there has also been reports of suicides. Many people have jumped out of the railing and drounded. There had also been many rapes in the 5th floor. There was also many reports of gun fighting in the bar area. Nearly thousands of people died in that hotel from crimes. It was built in the 1800′s and had a bad reputation since the day it was built. I think that it used to be a house of a rich family, which all got murdered. I think that because there are many screams of children and adults in just one room. I think they were rich because of all the modern detail that was there. But when i went there, it was all dirty and didnt have a bed in every room and no table. only a tv and a closet. I had to use a cardboard box as my dining table. It seemed as if there was no one watching over the building. I wonder why??

GRAVE KEEPER says:

March 18, 2009, 10:30 pm

Binki if you want to do some reaserch on annies road the your better off doing it on your computer,I dont think that telling people that annies road is fun,is completely retarded.and yes binki tell your friends that annies road is indeed very curvy,and and there are many deer that jump out in to the road,and dont forget to tell theme also that you can easily hurt,or possibly die having fun on annies road.I dont think it sounds like fun anymore .SO STAY VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANIES ROAD! GOD BLESS TOTOWA POLICE AND DONT FORGET TO STAY AWAY.

Korin says:

April 15, 2009, 9:58 am

does anyone know when Annie died? what year approximately, and is there any logged newspaper articles about what happened? i think i read just about all the different ways of how she might have dies, i’m just curious as to how long ago it was.

Korin says:

April 15, 2009, 10:00 am

i am just looking for a little more information about annie. like around when she died?

jackson stewart says:

May 9, 2009, 6:05 pm

i use 2 live in nj and this story is true one of my fam members had an experience with annie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and 2 let ery1 know its true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

annies friend says:

May 9, 2009, 6:14 pm

this story is real my g mother gloria ashton got in an accident and there was no way out of the car and annie saved her life!!! and annie is in totwa and i use 2 live in nj so i know about her i have seen her! do not be afraid she wont hurt u she is a very nice ghost!!!! she died a horrible death i feel bad 4 her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Annie says:

September 8, 2009, 1:52 pm

EVERYONE. PLEASE TAKE SOME PRESIOUS TIME TO LISTEN WHILE I EQUIVILENT ON MY STORY. I WAS 18 1/2 WHEN I DIED ON THIS VERY ROAD WHICH IS KNOWN TO BE MY ROAD…PLEASE STOP MAKING UP STORIES ABOUT THIS ROAD AND MY DEATH WHICH WAS TRAGIC. ONLY MY FRIEND MARY WEBREW KNEW OR KNOWS WHAT HAPPEND THAT NIGHT….ONLY HER. BUT CONSIDERING SHE IS DEAD NOW..NO ONE CAN REALLY SEEM TO HELP ALL OF YOU. DONT MAKE ME WRITE BACK ON THIS WALL. I WANT PEACE AND PEACE IS WHAT I NEED VERY MUCH. BY THE WAY, IF YOU COME VISIT MY ROAD, I WILL IN FACT PUSH YOUR CAR UP THE HILL SO DONT TEST ME. HAHAHAHAHA SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THAT. :) KEEP ALL THIS IN MIND BEFORE YOU MAKE A HORRRID DECISION TO COME.

Kayyy says:

September 14, 2009, 1:04 pm

haha. “dr. robertt” lmfao your the dumb f***. it was a joke dummy. geeze.

steve says:

October 12, 2009, 11:20 am

i live in little falls and annies road is like 10 minutes from my house.. itsa really long and windy road nxt to a cemetary . the story is that she wasonher way to prom and got hit y acar and it as her prom da cause he couldnt see her in the dark windy road. and nowitssaid that ifyou drive through there at night with your highbeams off shell appear in or out of your car .. some people say they see her by the railng on a sharp curve onthatroad ..what ive heard is suppose to happen is she kills young guys driving through there at night . ive driventhrough there and tried driving with my lights off but you cant seeanything its pitch black and scary *** hell.. but i cant say i saw annie ..

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