Category: Podcast

Sidetracked – Ong’s Hat, Incunabula, and Online Legend Trips

This episode deviates slightly from the stories of ghosts and demons featured in most episodes to discuss one of the internet’s earliest conspiracy theories. This story contains travel to alternate Earths, encounters with paranormal phenomena, mysticism and chaos magic, shadowy government agents bent on stripping humanity of freedom, and lots of drugs and sex. It… Continue reading Sidetracked – Ong’s Hat, Incunabula, and Online Legend Trips

Unfolding Alternate Realities, Ong’s Hat, Synchronicity and more with Joseph Matheny

LINK: https://consensusunreality.podbean.com/e/unfolding-alternate-realities-ongs-hat-synchronicity-and-more-with-joseph-matheny/ A deep and roving interview with the great artist and writer Joseph Matheny. We talk: the origins of his legendary Ong’s Hat project in the very early days of the internet; mail art, collaboration,  and finding new media; the trajectory of ARGs and the internet; the power of synchronicity and art in driving a… Continue reading Unfolding Alternate Realities, Ong’s Hat, Synchronicity and more with Joseph Matheny

LEAKED Portal Experiments in New Jersey?

“Ong’s Hat” might be the most bizarre early internet story that’s ever existed. It’s a mystery named after a ghost town called Ong’s Hat in New Jersey—a mystery revolving around mad science experiments in the woods, a portal to another world, and a trail of leaked information online that some believe reveals the truth of… Continue reading LEAKED Portal Experiments in New Jersey?

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

https://youtu.be/7qiEMoc6G04 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 experiment to have a life of it’s own. A fun little interview I did with EarMobPodcast 08/11/25, just having some fun and reliving some… 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/ongs-hat-compleat-official-soundtrack Also, a great write-up of this project: https://moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-73-1-august-2025 The soundtrack to the audiobook version of Ong’s Hat: Compleat New addition: Hat Complete soundtrack! The dl now includes a PDF of the text version of the book, kindly provided by Joseph Matheny. It’s full of links to take you down that rabbithole. If you’ve already got it, just… Continue reading Ongs Hat Compleat – Official Soundtrack

ONG’S HAT, LA CIUDAD DEL EXPERIMENTO CUÁNTICO.

¿Puede una ciudad entera desaparecer sin dejar rastro? En este episodio de Escalofríos, te contamos la perturbadora historia de Ong’s Hat, un pequeño poblado de Nueva Jersey que, según múltiples teorías, fue escenario de un experimento secreto que salió terriblemente mal. Lo que comenzó como un rumor en los márgenes de internet, terminó convirtiéndose en… Continue reading ONG’S HAT, LA CIUDAD DEL EXPERIMENTO CUÁNTICO.

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

As promised last week, here is the complete, unedited interview. I hope you enjoy it. I have a few more like this coming shortly. I hope you enjoy the new direction. I will only have conversations with independent creators like today’s host. Enjoy. Joseph Matheny’s Website: https://josephmatheny.com/ Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT: http://bit.ly/45GMtWx Ong’s Hat: The Beginning https://bit.ly/4jLOXGM Weitere… Continue reading Interview mit Joseph Matheny – Ongs Hat, Nekronomikon, Randonautica, UAPs, KI, Dimensionen, Künstler