Month: July 2023

Exploring Haunted Locations in the Pines: AMM 002

What’s happening guys! Come join me as o take a trip out to 3 Historic Haunted Pine Barrens locations. Carranza Memorial, Brooksbare Brick Factory and the alleged site of the Ongs Hat Laboratory. Hopefully you guys like and subscribe cause I’d love to have y’all around.

The Most Famous Places on Earth That Aren’t Actually Real

Ong’s Hat What may be left of Ong’s Hat (Hut) would be found in the forest of New Jersey. Chances are, though, that nothing left of the ruins exist. The fictional place certainly doesn’t leave behind ruins and ranks as one of the most interesting places that don’t exist by legend alone.©iStock.com/Terryfic3D Tucked into the… Continue reading The Most Famous Places on Earth That Aren’t Actually Real

The Creepy Curse of Ong’s Hat Calls: A Haunting Mystery

This is weird. I think the authors of this piece are conflating this interview I did with David Jay Brown and Rebecca Novack with the Ong’s Hat mythos. Oh well. More grist for the rumor mill, I guess. In the realm of urban legends and Internet folklore, few tales are as unnerving and enigmatic as… Continue reading The Creepy Curse of Ong’s Hat Calls: A Haunting Mystery

Taxonomizing Conspiratorial Information Practices: Examining the Ong’s Hat Legend

Abstract This paper examines an influential hoax within the sphere of amateur online science in order to understand the ways that alternative epistemic communities engage with institutionally recognized scientific literature in idiosyncratic ways while advancing epistemological viewpoints frequently denigrated as “conspiracy theories.” Rather than attempting to judge the veracity or the merit of such theories,… Continue reading Taxonomizing Conspiratorial Information Practices: Examining the Ong’s Hat Legend