The real story behind the Backrooms

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.

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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...

The History of 807 Oregon St, Oshkosh by Ella Jameson:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-...

Archive of original blog post:
https://nimaid.github.io/backrooms/

The Backrooms (Found Footage) - YouTube video by Kane Parsons:
   • The Backrooms (Found Footage)  

The Complex: Found Footage - videogame:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/19...

A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, 1977

Madison WI Retail Center Trends - 1986:
https://dpla.wisc.edu/wp-content/uplo...

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-...

Letter from GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofu...