Category: Alternate Reality Game

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

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

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