177. Backrooms Horror: The Creepiest Levels and Darkest Lore

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

History, Fiction, True Crime, Drama

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In 2019, an anonymous photo of a yellow hallway turned into one of the biggest creepypastas of a generation. Millions of people have since built out the Backrooms. Hundreds of levels, from an infinite black ocean hiding a planet-sized creature to a children's birthday party run by entities that wear your skin. With a new A24 film bringing the Backrooms to the big screen, we're going no-clipping into the most terrifying levels, the strange mythology of almond water and Greasy Marshmallows, and the chilling stories of people who tried to escape. Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow on⁠ Tik Tok⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠ for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.7	Welcome back to another episode of Heart Starts Pounding.
0:27.7	As always, I'm your host, Kailen Moore.
0:29.9	I hope you're all as excited for the backrooms movie as I am.
0:33.5	And to celebrate, I wanted to do a spooky deep dive today into the creepy pasta that started it all.
0:38.9	The floors, the lore, the entities galore.
0:42.3	And I had a fun idea, if you'll all just humor me for a sec.
0:45.7	I thought it was really fun when we did the Where I Listen tag on Instagram.
0:49.7	So for this episode, I was thinking you guys should tag me in any liminal space or backrooms-esque
0:55.0	photos that you might have. And I know for a fact, you guys have some of these. I've heard from
1:00.3	listeners who work in haunted hotels who work in scary hospitals. I've heard from listeners
1:05.2	who clean elementary schools in the middle of the night. I know you guys have some very spooky
1:10.2	liminal space photos and I want to see them.
1:12.9	I have some fun ones from when I get lost in a back hallway of a mall one time. I'm going to share
1:17.1	those and I'll share some of my other favorites from you guys on our Instagram. That's at
1:21.5	hearts arts pounding. Maybe I'll even send over some free swag to a few listeners. All right, post those
1:27.2	photos so I can see them,
1:29.0	and let's get into it. The backrooms began in May of 2019, with an anonymous photo posted to
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