Marisa shares her enthusiasm about the New Jersey Pine Barrens and some of its cool history and folklore.*

*EDIT: To reiterate, there are DEFINITELY not wild marmosets in New Jersey, but you will find muskrats!

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Sources:

https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/poor-peggy-clevenger-murder-or-just-an-accident.8303/

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/12/pine-barrens-new-jersey/

http://www.bassriverhistory.org/uploads/6/8/7/1/6871754/kite_report.pdf

https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/poor-peggy-clevenger-murder-or-just-an-accident.8303/

https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2015/07/south_jersey_blue_holes_are_a_beautiful_deadly_tem.html

Weird New Jersey by Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran

Pine Barrens Legends, Lore and Lies by William McMahon

The Jersey Devil by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr.

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/still-james-1812-1882/

https://freedomcenter.org/content/william-still

https://www.biography.com/explorer/william-kidd