the backrooms: a blurry photo that changed the internet

Our weirdest episode yet? Let's GO. This week, Jamie gets to the bottom of the backrooms, one of the most famous images on the internet -- posted to a horror-themed 4chan board in 2019, one blurry picture of an empty expanse of offices inspired teenage horror fans, online sleuths, and adults sinking into existential dread alike. We're looking at all three corners of the backrooms' history, from its legacy as a monster-filled creepypasta for the teens, a 'liminal space' for doomscrolling millennials, and a place to be tracked down by the detectives entrenched in lost media. Spoiler alert: the REAL backrooms are alive, well, and started a GoFundMe in Wisconsin.

Give to the Backrooms GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1
Follow Sara Bimo's work here: https://yorku.academia.edu/sarabimo
Follow Peter Heft's work here: https://www.peterheft.com/
Watch Kendra Gaylord's video on the backrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cTIn2Z_Ck
Watch Farrell McGuire's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsdKi59VrE&t=1082s

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