For the rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Wales, and Leigh, see Mark Moran

Mark Moran (rugby league)

Mark Moran is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Salford, and Leigh.-International honours:Mark Moran won caps for Wales while at Leigh 1992 2-caps ....

Mark Moran, a lifetime New Jersey resident, who grew up in Livingston, New Jersey

Livingston, New Jersey

Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 29,366.Livingston was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Caldwell Township and Springfield...

 and graduated from Parsons School of Design

Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...

, is co-creator of the Weird N.J.

Weird NJ

Weird NJ is the title of a semi-annual magazine and two paranormal travel guides that chronicle local legends, hauntings, ghost stories, folklore and anything considered "weird" in the U.S. state of New Jersey....

magazine and website. His Internet success led him to co-create and co-star in the History Channel show Weird U.S.

Weird U.S.

Weird U.S. is a reality television series, and book of the same name, on the History Channel starring Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman as they hunt the United States looking for weird history, hauntings, and legends because, as they say, "history is full of weirdos." It is produced by KPI TV...

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Moran, along with co-creator Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman is a graphic artist and co-creator and publisher with Mark Moran of Weird N.J magazine and a state-by-state series of books.With Moran he co-hosted the spin-off television series Weird US on the History Channel....

, started Weird N.J. as a homemade newsletter, passed out to family and friends. It was produced as an annual issue. The "zine" as they called it, contains articles, facts, and legends about weird places to visit in New Jersey.

In 2003, Moran and Sceurman published their first book, Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. The book was well-received, and soon the travel writers began to receive submissions from other states.

Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets was the result of such fandom. It was published in 2004 by Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...

Press. In 2005-2006, the writers of Weird U.S. released a calendar based on the book.