# The Backrooms Have Always Existed

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Podcast: [The 21CD Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-21cd-podcast-6619395)
Published: 2026-06-15T14:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8916575
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## Resource

This episode connects the modern Backrooms myth to ancient labyrinth traditions from Crete, Egypt, India, the Sonoran Desert, and the Solovetsky Islands. It argues that the Backrooms are not just internet horror, but a modern version of the labyrinth: endless artificial space, designed systems, lost orientation, and the fear of being absorbed by architecture. The ancient labyrinth often had a monster, ritual center, tomb, god, or hidden power at its core, while the Backrooms terrify because the center may no longer exist at all. The central idea is that modern people still live inside mythic structures, but now we call them systems, institutions, infrastructure, documentation, and classified spaces. . Buy Me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/21cdpodcast . WEBSITE: https://www.21cdstudios.com INSTAGRAM: @21stcenturydystopian SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1E7oKJKdllE5Im8aeWHENw?si=82cae2685632401b YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@21CDpodcast RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/user/21CDpodcast

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