Here are 13 haunted places to visit in New Jersey.

By Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

New Jersey's long history includes plenty of murder and mayhem - giving the state its fair share of spooky and haunted locations. There are creepy lakes and cemeteries, forests and abandoned places.

In Oxford, Warren County, there's a mansion where doors have been seen opening and closing on their own and a woman's torso floating about.  In Monmouth County, there is a historic house where a long-dead mother is said to wander, looking for her crying baby.

For the local ghost hunter, here is a list of 13 locations in the state where you may be able to catch a glimpse of the paranormal.

The Spy House, also known as the Seabrook-Wilson House, is one of the  oldest surviving homes in the Bayshore. Built in mid 1663 in Port Monmouth, the house has a history of ghostly apparitions and paranormal presences.

Owner and innkeeper, Thomas Seabrook, was a patriot in the New Jersey  militia who spied on British troops during the Revolutionary War. Over the years people have claimed to see a female spirit walking from room to room looking for her crying baby, the ghost of a small boy looking out of windows and an elderly bearded sea captain roaming the grounds and halls.

The legend goes that Captain Morgan, an infamous pirate, was known to conduct torture in the basement of the house.

A re-enactor guides people during a Lantern Tour at the living museum's Allaire Village in Farmingdale.

The historic village was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650 and later established as was a bog iron-based production facility. Philanthropist James Allaire purchased the facility in 1822 eventually turning it into a self-contained community for the workers and their families.

Allaire eventually moved his own family into a large farmhouse on the property in 1832.  Allaire was devastated when his wife Frances died of cholera in 1836.

Considering the village's long history, it's no surprise that some people believe  ghosts haunt the property. There have been accounts of people hearing sobbing from inside the founder's former home and a tall figure was seen dressed in funeral attire and top hat. Another ghost that has been reportedly sighted is said to be the playful spirit Hal Allaire, the son of James and his second wife Calicia. The spirit of Hal has been known to hide household objects and interact with candles.

Matilda Smith, better known as Tillie, was found murdered in April of 1886. Her assaulted body was left in an open field on the grounds of Centenary College in Hackettstown, where she lived and worked as a kitchen maid.

James Titus, a maintenance employee at the college was arrested and  charged with her murder. Titus went to trial and was convicted of the crime even though the evidence against him was circumstantial. He was sentenced to hang but escaped death by signing a confession of guilt. Titus was released from prison in 1904 after serving served 19 years for the murder.

A large headstone stands in honor of her memory in Hackettstown's Union Cemetery.

According to local legend, there are frequent Tillie sightings along the grounds and school's campus.

Shippen Manor located in Oxford Township is a historic Georgian mansion built in the 1760s for the wealthy Shippen brothers. It is the site of some strange happenings such as items appearing on shelves that weren't there before, doors opening and closing on their own and ghosts appearing.

People have reported seeing a young boy in period clothing, a woman's torso rushing around and a revolutionary war soldier roaming.

The tree, located on Mountain Road in Bernards, is a solitary oak located in a field on Mountain Road in Bernards Township. Local legend suggests the tree is cursed. The story goes that a local farmer killed his wife and children, then hanged himself from the tree.

The legend continues that anyone who cuts down the tree will come to an untimely end.

Known as Cape May's original haunted house, the Emlen Physick Estate was built in 1879 by Dr. Emlen Physick. After Emlen, his mother, and sister had all passed on, no other families lasted very long in the house - the noises and unexplained occurrences would eventually scare them away.

During ghost tours, visitors have reported being touched, and some have seen a woman in vintage clothing wandering through the historic home.

In this audio recording, provided by the museum's management, a recording made in one of the 18 rooms in the mansion captured the disembodied voice of a child.

Some say the ghost of Jenny lurks at Jenny Jump State Forest in Warren County. According to legend, the 9-year-old girl jumped to her death off of mountain while being chased by a Native American.

Ghost Lake is part of Jenny Jump State Forest, just off Shades of Death Road. Located in Allamuchy Township, the lake was created in the early 1900s by local men damming a creek. They named it for the vapor formations rising off it on cooler mornings.

Shades Of Death Road is a 7-mile two-lane rural road that winds along Jenny Jump Forest and Ghost Lake. This stretch of road is the subject of many local legends. One legend states that the ghostly victims of highwayman robberies or the criminals themselves were hanged from the trees that line the road.

Snake Hill, located in Secaucus, was once home to a psychiatric hospital, almshouse, penitentiary and a potter's field. Workers, while clearing land for a road, apparently uncovered the dead. There could have been as many as 10,000 undiscovered graves there, mostly the mentally ill and the poor. In later years, there was a mass exhumation. But did they find all of the bodies?

The Devil's Tower, located at the end of Esplanade Road in Alpine, was built in 1910 by Manuel Rionda for his wife so that she could see the  view of New York City. Legend states, Manuel's wife was enjoying her view in the tower one evening when she spotted her husband with another woman. Overcome with anger and rage, she leaped to her death.

The Cranbury Inn was established in 1780 after the colonies declared their independence from the the British. The taverns were originally built in the mid 1700s as a place for colonial travelers to eat, drink, refresh their horses and spend the night as they passed through the area.

The current owners are Tom and Gay Ingegneri. In the 25 years, the Ingegneri's have owned the inn, they have had dozens of ghost hunters visit in hopes of communicating with spirits.

The history of the inn lends itself to having many spirit entities. According to the inn's website, it was a rumored stop on the underground railroad.

According to Gay Ingegneri, strange things have happened over the years. A pregnant employee had doors mysteriously swing open for her. Some staff members insist they've gotten telepathic messages, warning them to turn off electrical fixtures.

"All the psychics that have come through tell us that all of the ghosts in here are friendly and there's not a bad one in the bunch." Ingegneri said. "They love being in the here, and that's why they're attached to the inn," she added.

This beautiful and mysterious place can also be supremely spooky.

That's because there's a lot of nowhere there: deep, dark woods; overwhelming silence; and trails that lead to certain doom, all of which give rise to legends of ghosts, goblins, and yes, a devil or two.