The Why Files: Operation PodcastThe Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet ExistedBirth of Ong's Hat Myth
2:00:40–2:01:11 · 32s
Matheny outlines how the eerie Pine Barrens locale, Jersey Devil legends and Princeton scientists fused into Ong’s Hat—the internet’s first sprawling alternate-reality narrative.