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Back to the Backrooms!

Endless Thread by WBUR

Jun 19, 202600:22:42Technology

Once upon a dimly lit hallway, Ben and Amory stumbled onto a beloved brainchild of the internet: Backrooms. It began as a "creepypasta"— a horror story or concept that originates online and often becomes a meme — based o...

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