The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 8
Chapter 8 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT LINK: https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-8
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SUPERSTORY: La Virgen de Guadalupe en el Inframundo – Sacred Protection in High-Risk Worlds
Synthesizing research from Kendall Haven (DARPA’s Narrative Networks project), Carl Jung’s theory of synchronicity, Jeffrey Kripal’s concept of the Super Story, and Joseph Matheny’s transmedia ARG experiment (Ong’s Hat), Jose Continue reading SUPERSTORY: La Virgen de Guadalupe en el Inframundo Sacred Protection in High-Risk Worlds
The Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed
I had fun doing this interview. As I said when I announced that I was doing this interview, after deciding at the beginning of this year I would no longer Continue reading The Basement: Joseph Matheny The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed
The Man From 2036: John Titor, the IBM 5100 and the Internet’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
They re just never gonna let this one go, are they? I guess that was kinda the point. 😜 (Hint: Some things are more fun if left a mystery) Queued up Continue reading The Man From 2036: John Titor, the IBM 5100 and the Internet s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 7
Chapter 7 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-7
Thin Liminal Lines
Reality is often less interesting than fiction. “I would not have said this 20 years ago, but I m going to say this now: make sure there is a very clear Continue reading Thin Liminal Lines
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 6
Chapter 6 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT LINK: https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-6
Renegade physicists at Ong’s Hat built a machine that opened a gateway to parallel dimensions
That a group of renegade Princeton physicists and mystics, working in secret at Ong s Hat, New Jersey, used chaos-theory and consciousness research to build a machine (the “Egg,” and later Continue reading Renegade physicists at Ong s Hat built a machine that opened a gateway to parallel dimensions
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-5
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here.You may subscribe to this Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here. You may subscribe to this series Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 3
When dark tourism goes para-terrestrial: Online legend-tripping and touring the void
Sophie James *, James Cronin A B S T R A C TUsing ˇZiˇzek s concept of ontological incompleteness, we theorise the touristic appeal of onlinelegend-tripping as derived from the fantasy Continue reading When dark tourism goes para-terrestrial: Online legend-tripping and touring the void
Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs
You know, it is gratifying when you point out a very obvious (to you) hanging thread, and someone takes the time to follow it and, most importantly, has the capacity Continue reading Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of the ongoing series, Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here. You may subscribe to this series Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 1
https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-1 This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here.
‘Mycellium Parish News 2025’
Received my Mycellium Parish News 2025 in the mail. Great zine and I highly recommend. @rawilson23.bsky.social published a review on their site, so go check that out. Ong s Hat: COMPLEAT Continue reading Mycellium Parish News 2025
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 0
A new series and some assorted news It’s been on my mind to do this for a while. So, I’m just going to do it. This is the beginning of Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 0
Ong’s Hat: The NJ Ghost Town That Invented Alternate Reality Games
Explore Ong’s Hat, the real Pine Barrens ghost town behind the legendary 1980s–90s interdimensional cult myth and Joseph Matheny’s groundbreaking Incunabula/ARG that blurred fact and fiction, inspired The Blair Witch Continue reading Ong’s Hat: The NJ Ghost Town That Invented Alternate Reality Games
14 Haunted and Creepy Places in New Jersey That Will Give You Goosebumps
14. Ong’s Hat (Pine Barrens) The Pine Barrens have a special talent for producing places that feel half real and half rumor, and Ong’s Hat might be the best example. Continue reading 14 Haunted and Creepy Places in New Jersey That Will Give You Goosebumps
7 famous places that don’t actually exist
Ong’s Hat© Patrick Tappe/Shutterstock.comTucked into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Ong’s Hat may be found on actual maps from the early days of the region. The small town finds Continue reading 7 famous places that don’t actually exist
Ong’s Hat: Burlington County’s Enigmatic Lost Settlement
Among New Jersey’s most enigmatic vanished settlements, Ong’s Hat blurs the line between documented history and enduring folklore. You’ll find this Burlington County location first documented on a 1778 Hessian Continue reading Ong’s Hat: Burlington County’s Enigmatic Lost Settlement
日常浸食型エンターテイメント：ARGの誕生と変遷【国内にARGが浸透するまで】
■Incunabula: Ong s Hat Ong s Hat is considered one of the oldest urban legends originating on the internet, and is akin to a creepypasta or SCP. Ong s Hat is a real Continue reading 日常浸食型エンターテイメント：ARGの誕生と変遷【国内にARGが浸透するまで】
My Dad took me on graveyard picnics in the Pine Barrens — and I’ve never gotten over it
Ong s Hat — Burlington County, Pine Barrens New Jersey s most mysterious ghost town — little more than a wooded clearing deep in the Pinelands today. The most popular folk legend says Continue reading My Dad took me on graveyard picnics in the Pine Barrens — and I’ve never gotten over it
THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR PROFITABILITY AND SCALABILITY
From: THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES:A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR PROFITABILITY AND SCALABILITY LINK: https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/pstorage-ryerson-5010877717/28138491/Robertson_LeeStahr_G.pdf
Ghost Towns Used As Movie Filming Locations In New Jersey: Ong’s Hat and Other Mysterious Abandoned Settlements
While most ghost towns fade quietly into history, Ong’s Hat has carved out a peculiar legacy that blends verifiable abandonment with decades of digital-age mythology. Located deep in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, this settlement vanished Continue reading Ghost Towns Used As Movie Filming Locations In New Jersey: Ong’s Hat and Other Mysterious Abandoned Settlements
Most People Have Long Forgotten About This Vacant Ghost Town In Rural New Jersey
Ong s Hat in New Jersey is a ghost town with strange legends, including disappearances and a supposed portal to another dimension. According to an urban legend (and a handful of Continue reading Most People Have Long Forgotten About This Vacant Ghost Town In Rural New Jersey
Nancy Guthrie and the gamification of crime
Joseph Matheny learned the hard way what happens when this kind of thing works too well. His Ong’s Hat project, which started in the late 1980s as a collaborative fiction Continue reading Nancy Guthrie and the gamification of crime
AWGIE
AUDIO – NON-FICTIONThis Is Not A Game: Season 1, ‘Portal to Utopia’ and ‘Joseph Matheny’ – Marc Fennell with Emma Weatherill Alex Lee and Suren Jayemanne hosted the awards, held Continue reading AWGIE
The Unseen Internet
The Unseen Internet Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by Shira Chess In 2003, I had this idea that a book should be written chronicling the influence that psychedelic drugs Continue reading The Unseen Internet
That damn Galidor and moar
Some memories of future and past (time is a flat circle) I am including an old LEGO podcast about Galidor because Galidor will be a chapter in Art is War. I want to Continue reading That damn Galidor and moar