America’s ‘most haunted road’ continues to spook travelers with a ‘ghost’ lurking on Dead Man’s Curve and an infamous devil hiding in the shadows… while details of its satanic past can now be revealed

Clinton Road in New Jersey has a long-standing reputation for paranormal sightings, including phantom headlights, a ghostly boy and the Jersey Devil. The stories draw visitors to the isolated, 10-mile route, though a local supernatural historian says expectations shaped by its reputation may explain some reported experiences.

The road’s Dead Man’s Curve once turned sharply towards Clinton Reservoir, but it was realigned in 2016; local legend links the nearby bridge to a boy who drowned. The area also has a documented criminal history: Richard Kuklinski’s victim Daniel Deppner was found there in 1983, and Kuklinski was convicted of his murder in 1988. Ruins of an early 20th-century estate, where satanic symbols were reportedly found, connect the road to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and 90s.