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The Gates of Hell in New Jersey
Monster Children

The Gates of Hell in New Jersey

Rumour has it, this entrance leads to seven layers of interconnecting tunnels (the seven layers of hell) and that somewhere within them, is a room where you come face to face with Lucifer himself.

The ‘Gates of Hell,’ is a series of water runoffs and underground tunnels located in Clifton, about an hour outside of downtown Manhattan.

“We passed several dry, smaller openings and eventually we came to a larger room with three tunnels, one of which smells a bit and is marked comedically, ‘…not the gate to hell…’”    — Kealan Shilling, Monster Children, May 25, 2016

Sighting Citation:

“The Gates of Hell in New Jersey.” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. October 18, 2019. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/monster-children-the-gates-of-hell-2016/.