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title: "The Strange Story of Ong’s Hat"
url: "https://josephmatheny.com/2020/06/05/the-strange-story-of-ongs-hat/"
language: "en-US"
updated: "2020-08-05T18:59:33+00:00"
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# The Strange Story of Ong’s Hat

An audio story told by Mark Moran with sound collage by Clay Pigeon. One of a series of Waking Weird episodes which can be heard broadcast live every Monday at 8:39 am (EST) at WFMU FM and WFMU.org. Hear the program archives at [www.wfmu.org/playlists/WA](https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wfmu.org%2Fplaylists%2FWA&token=d92407-1-1596642976139).

The New Jersey Pine Barrens have a plethora of deserted villages, most of them simply abandoned decades, even centuries ago. One of the most infamous of these is Ongs Hat, which some believe to be a mysterious portal to another dimension. Continue reading → [weirdnj.com/stories/ongs-hat/](https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweirdnj.com%2Fstories%2Fongs-hat%2F&token=8660c5-1-1596642976139)

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