Episode 201: The Backrooms

SKIP TO 00:13:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Welcome to Episode 201: The Backrooms! Have you ever heard of The Backrooms? The Backrooms are widely considered to be the most popular and prolific internet urban legend in existence. The Backrooms are often depicted as an endless series of empty, yellow-lit rooms with old, stained carpet, fluorescent lights, and monotonous, beige walls. These rooms are said to feel like a surreal or dreamlike version of an ordinary office or storage space, giving an unsettling and otherworldly impression. People end up in The Backrooms by accidentally “no-clipping” out of reality, a concept borrowed from video game jargon, where one passes through boundaries in a game. In the Backrooms mythos, this happens unintentionally, leaving individuals stranded in this strange, featureless space. The Backrooms concept taps into the creepiness of liminal spaces, areas that feel like they exist between worlds (like empty malls or abandoned office buildings). They feel both familiar and alien, evoking feelings of loneliness, unease, or nostalgia. As the concept grew, communities began creating “levels” of The Backrooms, each with unique characteristics and environments (such as flooding or vast warehouse spaces). TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - PERSONAL HAUNTINGS (CALL CENTERS, PITBULL ALERT) 00:11:28 - APOSTROPHE AD 00:14:15 - PART I: YELLOW 00:25:24 - IHERB AD 00:27:29 - PART II: NO CLIPPING 00:38:40- MIRACLE MADE AD 00:40:45 - PART III: LEVELS 01:01:34 - FIRSTLEAF AD 01:03:45 - PART III CONTINUES 01:14:34: PART IV: FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS 01:32:10 - PART V: SHITPOSTING 01:36:20 - PART VI: THE THEORIES 01:53:29 - CLOSING CREDITS VIDEOS MENTIONED IN EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6RXAA4NrQ —— THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: APOSTROPHE: Head over to https://www.Apostrophe.com/LETSGETHAUNTED and click “Get Started”, then use our code “LETSGETHAUNTED” at sign up and you’ll get your first visit for only $5! IHERB: Our listeners get 22% off their first order when using code “HAUNTED” at https://www.iherb.com/shop/HAUNTED. Existing customers receive 15% off. Also, check out our iHerb page featuring items we really use at: https://www.iherb.com/me/LetsGetHaunted! MIRACLE MADE: Go to https://TryMiracle.com/HAUNTED and use code “HAUNTED” to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and save 40% OFF! FIRST LEAF: Try something new this year at https://www.TryFirstLeaf.com/LGH to sign up and get your first SIX hand-curated bottles of wine for just $44.95! —— Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHMu3Upgu4 “(Free) Horror Ambiance - Ominous Background Music” by ESN Productions, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAO3x-Uhfoo “[No Copyright Music] Bossanova Music _ Today's Diary” by Chiro aka 부구미 BuGuMi on Youtube, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NwW5oPwaGo “Elevator” - Local Forecast License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music KEYWORDS: Horror, scary, storytelling, halloween, cryptid, legend, urban legend, haunted, haunting, ghost, creature, reddit, 4chan, TikTok, Tumblr, spooky, paranormal, supernatural, alien, internet, mystery, curse, cursed, crime, true crime, folklore, urban legend, mysterious, unsolved, unresolved, history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices