Our weirdest episode yet? Let's GO. This week, Jamie gets to the bottom of the backrooms, one of the most famous images on the internet -- posted to a horror-themed 4chan board in 2019, one blurry picture of an empty expanse of offices inspired teenage horror fans, online sleuths, and adults sinking into existential dread alike. We're looking at all three corners of the backrooms' history, from its legacy as a monster-filled creepypasta for the teens, a 'liminal space' for doomscrolling millennials, and a place to be tracked down by the detectives entrenched in lost media. Spoiler alert: the REAL backrooms are alive, well, and started a GoFundMe in Wisconsin.

Give to the Backrooms GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1
Follow Sara Bimo's work here: https://yorku.academia.edu/sarabimo
Follow Peter Heft's work here: https://www.peterheft.com/
Watch Kendra Gaylord's video on the backrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cTIn2Z_Ck
Watch Farrell McGuire's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsdKi59VrE&t=1082s

Our weirdest episode yet? Let's GO. This week, Jamie gets to the bottom of the backrooms, one of the most famous images on the internet -- posted to a horror-themed 4chan board in 2019, one blurry picture of an empty expanse of offices inspired teenage horror fans, online sleuths, and adults sinking into existential dread alike. We're looking at all three corners of the backrooms' history, from its legacy as a monster-filled creepypasta for the teens, a 'liminal space' for doomscrolling millennials, and a place to be tracked down by the detectives entrenched in lost media. Spoiler alert: the REAL backrooms are alive, well, and started a GoFundMe in Wisconsin.
Give to the Backrooms GoFundMe here: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1">https://www.gofundme.com/f/https-gofund-me-405dafe1</a> Follow Sara Bimo's work here:<a href="https://yorku.academia.edu/sarabimo"> https://yorku.academia.edu/sarabimo</a> Follow Peter Heft's work here: <a href="https://www.peterheft.com/">https://www.peterheft.com/</a> Watch Kendra Gaylord's video on the backrooms: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cTIn2Z_Ck">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cTIn2Z_Ck</a> Watch Farrell McGuire's video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsdKi59VrE&amp;t=1082s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsdKi59VrE&amp;t=1082s</a>

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Sixteenth Minute (Of Fame)

the backrooms: a blurry photo that changed the internet

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