The real story behind the Backrooms
Kendra Gaylord
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Hi! I talk about architecture in pop culture and how it connects to the places we live. I have a podcast called Someone Lived Here where I go to historic house museums and tell their stories. I also talk about stamps on TikTok. Header image by delicate.type
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I have been screaming to Backrooms videos for a couple years now, but is the true horror the windows that were covered up along the way? In 2019, the famous photo was posted on a forum. The lore of the Backrooms started there and began the hunt for the real location of the Backrooms. The real building was found and by tracing the history of the building we learn about the architecture trends of the 70s, losses on main street, and the explosion of big box stores. Check out Bob's gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1 I'll be giving 15% of however much this video makes in the 2025. 0:00 The Backrooms 3:08 Wisconsin 5:03 2000s Renovation 6:48 1970s Renovation 8:04 Big Box Stores 10:01 A Pattern Language 11:50 Full Photo Set 12:59 Liminal Space 14:50 Community 16:06 Fixing a Roof Sources: Archive of Backrooms Photos: https://archive.org/details/backrooms-photos/807OREGON/DSC00788.jpg The History of 807 Oregon St, Oshkosh by Ella Jameson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-dVqG7i2ZeNVnO7IueO_JHx2rRhNpaUojGtO3RlEb3A/edit?tab=t.0 Archive of original blog post: https://nimaid.github.io/backrooms/ The Backrooms (Found Footage) - YouTube video by Kane Parsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo&ab_channel=KanePixels The Complex: Found Footage - videogame: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942120/The_Complex_Found_Footage/ A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, 1977 Madison WI Retail Center Trends - 1986: https://dpla.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1021/2017/06/1986-20.pdf Into the Backrooms: how an Oshkosh renovation project spawned an internet horror sensation by Rob Sussman, Rachel Charniak from WTAQ: https://wtaq.com/2024/06/19/into-the-backrooms/ Letter from GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1
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