Paranormal Books & Curiosities

The first time I noticed Paranormal Books & Curiosities was during Zombie Walk this past year. Recently, I had the opportunity to check it out.
My sister just published a children’s book called A Krampus Carol and it happens that Paranormal Books & Curiosities was doing an entire Krampus Day this past Saturday on December 5^th.
We stopped in the store a few weekends ago to find out more about it. The shop is really interesting and the people are really nice! I took some pictures of books that I want to come back for and my sister bought a Krampus ornament. Kathy was really great with coordinating everything and we we were proud to participate in the inaugural Krampus Day Kickoff. It was an amazing success and hope it continues for many, many years!
The Asbury Park community came together on a beautifully, warm day and we toured a few streets where there has been spirit activity. Kathy led the tour and passed the mic off every so often so that people in the crowd could come forth and tell their Krampus stories. My mom read my sister’s book to the crowd. It was such a special day for our family! There were a wide range of story tellers from kids to adults, stories and poems. Everyone was so creative! It was a pleasure to come together to hear them all.
Afterwards, there was an unveiling of Jersey girl, Meg Wilbur of Syfy’s Face Off’s, crazy amazing mask. Then, a short break in between allowed us to stop at Brickwall to eat some amazing pretzels with beer cheese and have a couple drinks. Finally, a Krampus Costume Competition ended the day in the park. I liked the big, fat, wobbly one with the short arms, but I was super happy for the winner who was there all day showing off his cool costume and on point accessories.
Paranormal Books & Curiosities is such an interesting place. Support your local businesses and stop by some time!

Amazing! Everyone is so friendly, the seances were great! I can’t wait to attend they’re next class

Pretty cool. Much smaller than I presumed. I expected a museum, but there wasn’t much to it except for a tiny room with some interesting artifacts. Not a special store, but definitely special for where it is located. Probably more useful for people going for readings. Neat place!

My experiences with the psychic readings by Delaney have been nothing short of wonderful. Delaney and her insight have brought peace to my heart at many occasions. I would like to consider myself a new regular now. Also, the book store and museum itself his very educational, historic, and… COOL!

I absolutely love Asbury Park and I love all things paranormal, so I knew that I had to check this place out. I went with my family and we paid for the ‘museum tour’. However, I was pretty disappointed by their ‘museum’. It’s basically a small room stuffed with strange items and information on weird things — some of which are paranormal, but the majority of it seemed like it belonged at a ripley’s believe it or not museum instead. However, their bookstore is quite a charm. I love the wide variety of books they have from ghost hunting all the way to weird creatures. The prices of the books are pretty reasonable, but their little trinkets and souvenirs are a bit more on the pricey side. My suggestion is to simply save your cash and skip out on their museum and enjoy their free and fun bookstore instead.

I went to the bookstore and museum yesterday and it was so much fun! They had a psychic there, and for $ 20 she read our tarot cards. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable.
The museum was a lot of fun. For $ 5, it’s priced just right. It takes about 15 minutes to walk through and requires a LOT of reading, but there’s a lot of cool things to see! The New Jersey Devil exhibit was pretty cool, as well as the Alice doll on display.
Also real cool — their resident ghost, a boy named Jeremy. We didn’t get to meet him, but seeing all the trinkets people leave behind for him was pretty cool. Plus the staff have some great stories about him!

Lovely shop, but even lovelier was the intuitive, Jen, who has a gift for seeing into the hearts of those around her. Come here to learn more about the world around you, and the possibilities inside you. With an open heart, mind and a thirst for adventure this shop is worth the visit.

I like this place as a bookstore and for readings, but the Downtown Ghost Tour was very disappointing (1 star for that part). I thought the tour guide would take us inside at least 1 haunted place, but all she does is walk you around and tell stories. I can read stories in a book at home.

Great store Too bad the owner ignored my family and I like we had ghosts shoved up our arses.

Fantastic time here during the Zombie Walk event. What a great place! I wish the owner and staff long life at this location.
At the height of the Zombie festivities, we chose to take the 8 p.m. Ghost Walk with Chris. I cannot recommend this enough. In fact, I’m sure the stories will be the same but we would go again the next time we’re in town — he is that good. I’m embarrassed that we «forgot» to tip him, because he was so worth it. He is a great story teller and handled all questions asked by the group with respect and sincerity. he MADE the tour. Then going back into the shop when the tour was over was great because now we knew to look for Jeremy. Take the tour and you’ll know what i mean.
Great, great place. I’m sorry I didn’t snag one of those T-​shirts that were on sale.

We did the Ghosts of Asbury Park walking tour and the Museum tour. $ 10 for a very knowledgeable tour guide who carried a lantern and walked us on a few block tour of asbury park. The tour wasn’t very long distance wise about 90 minuets though. Our tour guide not only gave great history about certain sections of the city but history about hauntings, information received from investigations, and reasons why they think a ghost might be there. It was perfectly priced at $ 10 and we had about 30+ people on the tour.
$ 3 for the museum is right on as well. The museum complements the tour with visual aides and more description.
The bookstore itself seemed very well stocked with books on paranormal NJ and they do readings in here.
Yes the museum is haunted, bookstore not so much… yet but to learn more you gotta take the tour.

So fun! On a recent trip to AP I happened to pass Paranormal Books & Curiosities and knew right away I needed to stop in. The museum room is small but packed with cool things and LOTS of info about the strange occurrences in the area. The store is small but has so much cool stuff. We spent a bunch of time just chatting with the owner, who was great.
I def. want to get back down here to go on one of the tours.

This is THE place to stop when on the market for a book on the Occult, a new tarrot deck, or even the latest issue of Weird NJ.
stuffed to the gills with Tshirts, their own brand off coffee, a box full of adorable Jersey Devels you cant help but pick up and give a squeeze, I am so glad I stopped in!
I had to pick up an ouija sticker for a close friend, and was having a good time browsing the merchandise.
When I go back this will be on the top of my list of places to stop.