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Marc Fennell’s latest podcast is called This is Not a Game. Credit: Milad Khatib/Audible Original article: https://thenightly.com.au/culture/pop-culture/this-is-not-a-game-the-internets-first-conspiracy-theory-ongs-hat-was-a-warning-we-didnt-hear-c-14589691 Marc Fennell was standing in the middle of the New Jersey Pine Barrens and he was cold and creeped out. “It definitely feels haunted as f**k”, he recalled. The Pine Barrens is a stretch of land notorious as a dumping… Continue reading This is Not a Game: The internet’s first conspiracy theory, Ong’s Hat, was a warning we didn’t hear

Ong’s Hat by Mr. Matté (CC BY) Ong’s Hat Pine Barrens, New Jersey Ong’s Hat is a tiny ghost town that only ever held a single building called Ong’s Hut. Reportedly, the town was lively in the 1860s, but it plays a role in one of the earliest internet-based conspiracy theories. The conspiracy alleges that Princeton professors supposedly… Continue reading Route 666: These Road Trip Destinations Are Rife With Conspiracy Theories- Ong’s Hat

Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ARG/OngsHat Ong’s Hat is an Alternate Reality Game created by Joseph Matheny. The plot of the game revolves around an eccentric New Jersey town called Ong’s Hat. According to certain rumors, the town is actually home to a group of counterculture scientists conducting experiments to reach alternate universes. Matheny first created the project around… Continue reading TV Tropes: ARG / Ong’s Hat