Snooper's Coop, Forked River
from a photo that appeared in the New Jersey Courier Apr 4 1965
The Biegenwald murders
About 25 years ago, a string of New Jersey girls were brutally murdered. This page tells the story of the monster responsible. Richard Biegenwald's childhood was as volatile one. His father was an alcoholic and, by the time Biegenwald was 5 years old, his mother could no longer control him. When police were digging up the yard of her Staten Island home, Sally Biegenwald described her son as a hyperactive child. He was prone to lighting fires in his bedroom. Once, he ignited his bed and threw himself in the fire. At the age of 5, he was institutionalized and received shock treatment. He spent most of his childhood in New York state youth detention centers. One medical report said young Biegenwald had a death fantasy and suffered from night terror. He was released when he was 15 and began high school the next year. But about six months later, he dropped out of school and drifted through the South. Over the next three years, Biegenwald had several brushes with the law. In Nashville
I remember stopping here is a kid in the eraly to mid 60's. And we always looked for it as kids because of its unique name that made us laugh. It was painted red then. Never forget that place. My grandparents had a little bungalow in Waretown, no heat, no water at first. Little by little, first heat, than a hand pump for water, then an artisian well. Had a house built in Manahawking 1967 and sold it, Good times in that little place.
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