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Overview and Evidence[]
The New Jersey Ghost Sniper was an unseen assailant that terrorized the town of Camden, New Jersey for a brief period in late 1927. Seemingly a crazed gunman, the ghost sniper, so named due to never being seen and for leaving little to no ammunition casings behind, seemed to choose targets indiscriminately.
While the sniper itself was never actually seen, the evidence of its attacks was clear. Cars seemed to be a favorite target, particularly their windshields. Numerous cars over the duration of the attacks had their windshields riddled with holes, but no bullets could ever be found. According to witnesses, no sounds of gunshots were ever heard and many shootings took place in locations featuring no good vantage points from which to make the shot.[1]
While there were no severe injuries from those inside the cars, a police officer named John Rodgers was reportedly shot twice in the back with what appeared to be small blue marbles, seemingly fired at a velocity that would be nearly impossible to reach. Despite this, car windshield bullet holes appeared to made with actual .22 caliber bullets though no casings were ever found. The fact that other nearby towns were also suffering from similar attacks implied that the culprit was either a group or that local delinquents had taken to being copycats.
The idea that the culprit was actually a group is supported by one eyewitness account from two local women named Redempta and Jean Napier. They reported seeing a man flee after their window was shattered; the man apparently fled around a corner and could be heard saying "It’s all right now, Louie."[2] This is the only known incident in which an assailant was actually sighted, but whether or not it is linked to the other attacks is unknown. Some hypothesized that the attacker, whoever he or she was, was utilized advanced weaponry or attachments such as air cannons or high-tech silencers, but others have proposed the idea that the entity was indeed a spirit. Both ideas are technically unfalsifiable and as of now, no culprit has ever been arrested or charged.
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