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Ong’s Hat: How did the First ARG Spiral out of Control?

For a long time, Ong’s Hat, an abandoned ghost town in New Jersey, has been the subject of many urban legends and local folk tales, but it was also the … Continue reading Ong’s Hat: How did the First ARG Spiral out of Control?

Ong’s Hat on TVTropes

A wonderfully comprehensive entry on Ong’s Hat at TVTropes. Whoever did this entry was very inclusive.  LINK: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...

Ong’s Hat episode of Historicon (not in English)- Η πρώτη θεωρία συνωμοσίας (Guest Storyteller Elena Strouthou)

Η πρώτη θεωρία συνωμοσίας (Guest Storyteller Elena Strouthou) H φίλη και host του “Breaking the 20%” έρχεται στο στούντιο για να μας μιλήσει για την πρώτη θεωρία συνομωσίας του ιντερνετ! … Continue reading Ong’s Hat episode of Historicon (not in English)- Η πρώτη θεωρία συνωμοσίας (Guest Storyteller Elena Strouthou)

Ong’s Hat: The Internet Myth That Became a Reality

The strange saga of Ong’s Hat is one of the earliest and most enduring legends of the internet — an elaborate blend of fact, fiction, and possibility. Born in the … Continue reading Ong’s Hat: The Internet Myth That Became a Reality

EarMobPodcast Ep. 27 I Read It On The Internet So It Must Be True w. Joseph Matheny

p. 27 I Read It On The Internet So It Must Be True w. Joseph Matheny. Joseph joins us to discuss Ong’s Hat, and how the Internet caused his social … Continue reading EarMobPodcast Ep. 27 I Read It On The Internet So It Must Be True w. Joseph Matheny

Ongs Hat Compleat – Official Soundtrack

LINK: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/album/... The soundtrack to the audiobook version of Ong’s Hat: Compleat Back in the early 1990s, a conspiracy theory/urban legend was doing the rounds on internet messageboards, about a … Continue reading Ongs Hat Compleat – Official Soundtrack

Ong’s Hat: Compleat

Where to get it PDF only on Google Reviews Joseph Matheny’s Ong’s Hat Compleat, a combined text and audio book was excellent, and I loved how he mixed the two … Continue reading Ong’s Hat: Compleat

Interview mit Joseph Matheny – Ongs Hat, Nekronomikon, Randonautica, UAPs, KI, Dimensionen, Künstler

Heute die Vollversion vom Interview mit Joseph Matheny. Wir reden über Ongs Hat, Lovecraft und das Nekronomikon, Wandern und andere spirituelle oder psychedelische Reisen, das Künstlerdasein, die App Randonautica und … Continue reading Interview mit Joseph Matheny – Ongs Hat, Nekronomikon, Randonautica, UAPs, KI, Dimensionen, Künstler

Keeping up to date

If you subscribe to this site via email or something like WP Reader, I wanted to let you know that I only update it with major announcements. Those would be … Continue reading Keeping up to date

This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell (Ong’s Hat History)

This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat. LINK: https://www.audible.com/pd/This-Is-No... This Is Not a Game is the … Continue reading This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell (Ong’s Hat History)