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Lost in the Backrooms: Exploring the Internet's Creepiest Liminal Space
Season 6
Episode 5
Welcome to The Backrooms, a digital folklore phenomenon that blurs the lines between reality and fiction, exploring the eerie and uncanny through playful, yet terrifying, community-driven digital storytelling.
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7:29
A constant in the stories of the bunyip is the role of Aboriginal storytelling & culture.

9:53
This shapeshifting female spider monster from Japan might be your worst nightmare.

11:31
Why do we have such a fascination with apocalyptic scenarios?

9:58
There are few modern monsters more notorious, or more recognized, than Slenderman.

10:25
The jinni are far more important, and frightening, than pop culture would have us believe.

12:57
Does this snow monster really exist?

9:09
What could possibly have prompted the creation of this twisted tale?

9:54
Learn about the surprising history of this shapeshifting creature.

6:40
The mythological origins of iconic dragons from Game of Thrones and The Hobbit.

6:04
Rethinking the characterization of Frankenstein's Monster as more sympathetic and soulful.

7:02
Post-Dracula Vampires: From Anne Rice to Twilight

5:51
Meet the Headless Horseman and his terrifying cousin, the Irish Dullahan.