Today we talk about liminal spaces and the Backrooms, the eerie internet phenomenon born from the unsettling feeling of places left empty.

A liminal space is a transitional threshold - like an abandoned shopping mall at midnight, a school hallway during summer break, or a completely empty airport terminal. They are places meant for passing through, and when they are stripped of human life, our brains sense that something is profoundly wrong. In this episode, we explore how this collective architectural unease evolved into the mythos of the Backrooms: a sprawling, endless maze of moist yellow carpet, monochrome wallpaper, and the relentless, deafening hum of fluorescent lights.

We're diving into the origins of this digital folklore, from a single viral 4chan post to an internet-wide worldbuilding project teeming with "levels," hidden e ...