In the late 1990s, an obscure town in New Jersey became the center of one of the strangest stories on the internet. According to online documents known as The Incunabula Papers, Ong’s Hat wasn’t just a ghost town—it was the site of a secret scientific experiment. One that allegedly opened a gateway… to another universe.… Continue reading Ong’s Hat: The Internet’s First Conspiracy – Or a Hidden Truth?
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New Jersey – Strange Frequencies
Journey into the eerie heart of New Jersey, where fact and folklore collide. First, discover Ong’s Hat, a ghost town said to hide a portal to another dimension. Then, delve into the mystery of Thomas Edison’s rumored “ghost phone,” an invention meant to communicate with spirits of the departed. Are these merely legends, or does… Continue reading New Jersey – Strange Frequencies
A bibliographic archeology of game-like conspiracy narratives: examining the Ong’s Hat Incunabula catalog
James A. Hodges (School of Information, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA) Journal of Documentation ISSN: 0022-0418 Article publication date: 21 April 2025 Abstract Purpose This paper aims to reframe contemporary research on conspiracy narratives by examining a formative document in online conspiracy culture using bibliographic archeology and focusing on its use of intertextuality. LINK: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jd-07-2024-0185/full/html
Ong’s Hat——The Mysterious Portal to Other Dimensions
The City That Disappeared Overnight — What Really Happened to Ong’s Hat?
The City That Disappeared Overnight — What Really Happened to Ong’s Hat? Welcome to Behind the Veil, where mystery meets reality. In this episode, we uncover the strange, unsettling story of Ong’s Hat — a town in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that mysteriously vanished without explanation. What started as a strange local legend evolved into… Continue reading The City That Disappeared Overnight — What Really Happened to Ong’s Hat?
La leyenda de Ong’s Hat: ¿Fue el primer experimento de portales dimensionales?
Bienvenidos a Misterios A La Orden, el canal donde exploramos los enigmas más oscuros y desconcertantes de la historia. Hoy nos adentraremos en una historia que muchos consideran una leyenda urbana, otros una compleja teoría de la conspiración, y algunos, la prueba de que existen portales hacia otras dimensiones. Hablamos del misterioso caso de Ong’s… Continue reading La leyenda de Ong’s Hat: ¿Fue el primer experimento de portales dimensionales?
History of the Paranormal: The Hitchhiker in Ong’s Hat – History of the Paranormal: The Hitchhiker in Ong’s Hat
Secondo i racconti, la vicenda dell’autostoppista si sarebbe verificata negli anni ’70 o ’80, quando Ong’s Hat era già un luogo disabitato. Inoltre, parlava un inglese perfetto ma con un’inflessione inusuale, che non sembrava appartenere a nessun accento typical of the States. “What is America?” “Where are the other nations?” “What year is it?” According… Continue reading History of the Paranormal: The Hitchhiker in Ong’s Hat – History of the Paranormal: The Hitchhiker in Ong’s Hat
The Town That No One Can Leave
They say Ong’s Hat never existed. They’re wrong.
An interview with Joseph Matheny, recorded 08-07-03 from Radio Alchymy- KPFK – Los Angeles. Radio Alchymy
I have decided to dig through the old archives and periodically present some media from the past here on Substack. Today’s radio interview is from 2003 in LA. Yeah, I was thinking about AI even then. If you read COMPLEAT, you know my interest dates back to the late 1980s. Have a great weekend. An interview… Continue reading An interview with Joseph Matheny, recorded 08-07-03 from Radio Alchymy- KPFK – Los Angeles. Radio Alchymy