An Empty World, A Time Traveler, Another Dimension | Liminal Spaces: The Reality In-between

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  • čas přidán 10. 08. 2022
  • In the past year or so, three internet mysteries popped up that really got my attention. They may seem very different, but trust me, they're connected.
    The first one is about a girl who found a door in the basement of her AirBnB. She opened it and inside was an abandoned shopping mall.
    The second story is about Javier aka Unico Sobreviviente, who woke up in a hospital in the year 2027, in an alternate universe. In his version of the future -- everyone on earth has vanished. He's the only one left, and he has video to prove it.
    The third mystery is known as the Backdoors. A reality adjacent to ours that, if the conditions are just right, you can accidentally slip into. Then you find yourself lost in an endless maze of dingy carpet, fluorescent light, and yellow wallpaper.
    And around every corner--

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  • @biggianthead17
    @biggianthead17 Před rokem +8593

    I don't know who you are or what you did for a living before this, but you have become one of my favorite channels. You are absolutely amazing and I have learned so much in the few weeks I've been listening to you. I'm hooked on your stories and the way you narrate them. It's an amazing show... so entertaining. If our high schools and colleges taught their material the way you present your materials, we'd have a nation of eager learners and well- educated people. Learning while being entertained...what a concept! Thank you and keep up the great work/show.

    • @hermanpieterse791
      @hermanpieterse791 Před rokem +164

      I agree, that is true for me too.

    • @bernierose1114
      @bernierose1114 Před rokem +126

      Very well said and I totally agree. This is an incredible find, so informative and entertaining not to mention such a cute co host the fish lol.

    • @korbendallas71
      @korbendallas71 Před rokem +102

      100%. Awesome channel. The crème of CZcams content

    • @caveresch
      @caveresch Před rokem +96

      Big facts. This dude has mad skill.

    • @yourt00bz
      @yourt00bz Před rokem +124

      He just woke up one day in a generic office job. His only memory was living in the backrooms and owning a goldfish bowl.
      Some say his distinctive makeup n bold lip
      Good choices harks back to a past as a New Romantic 80s band singer, but he would not know as he remembers only the backrooms n the fish.

  • @mistygoodson4025
    @mistygoodson4025 Před rokem +635

    I’m a night shift nurse. I only take the long route to labs because I feel like the empty part of the hospital at night is how horror movies begin. 😂

    • @midnightrunner684
      @midnightrunner684 Před rokem +80

      I used to be a Mortuary transport driver ..its a strange feeling when you are pushing a body through an empty hallway at like 2:00 am ..

    • @-..-_
      @-..-_ Před rokem +17

      We're all secretly weird and serial killers inside 😂

    • @dashizzle1985
      @dashizzle1985 Před rokem +18

      omg I use to work in the hospital and I can tell you i felt like it was a horror movie as well. it was a mile long walk down the hallway to the lab.

    • @susanengel-ix8bl
      @susanengel-ix8bl Před rokem +2

      Yeah right, ? Halloween movies

    • @user69987
      @user69987 Před rokem +2

      Maybe 1 or 2 horror movies. If you've consider viral outbreak films as, horror movies, they start in the busier, more populated parts of hospitals.

  • @jenniferlindsey2015
    @jenniferlindsey2015 Před 5 měsíci +49

    I have never seen a channel cover such a wide variety of non-mainstream topics that wasn’t a skeptic or debunking video. I love that you leave us guessing and questioning our own reality and existential existence.

  • @samanthahendry2705
    @samanthahendry2705 Před 7 měsíci +259

    This guy does not get enough credit! Not only is he absolutely fascinating to listen to, he teaches in a way all ages can understand, he's got likeability, charismatic, intelligent, articulate, he's got the comedy to a T, creative af. Absolute perfection. Thanks for all you do and all the work you clearly put in to each and every video. Be proud you're absolutely doing something very worthwhile. Reaching countless lives. Outstanding 🎉❤

    • @tristanphillips7275
      @tristanphillips7275 Před 6 měsíci +10

      Not enough credit? Literally every video he posts has thousands of the same comment practically worshipping his work.. I myself love his channel.
      He gets plenty of credit.

    • @vorkosiganhs
      @vorkosiganhs Před 6 měsíci +5

      I don’t forget, there is a group of people working with him to bring us those amazing videos

    • @C.O.G.
      @C.O.G. Před 5 měsíci +2

      @samanthahendry2705, "this guy" has a name; A.J.

    • @aliennemesis0663
      @aliennemesis0663 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Not enough credit? 🤔 Bro has over 3 million subscribers lol

    • @aliennemesis0663
      @aliennemesis0663 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@C.O.G.technically his name is Andrew 😅

  • @karenmassey8354
    @karenmassey8354 Před rokem +661

    Your talking about the malls makes me realize how much our world has changed since the 80’s and 90’s. Going to the mall during Christmas time used to be the event of the year. Now they’re mostly completely gone. It’s like we live in an entirely different world now.

    • @kellyslife7802
      @kellyslife7802 Před rokem +43

      I agree! When I was in my teens, my friends and I would go into town and spend the entire day there, so much to do! Now, it is a really sad reminder that this once bustling town has turned into abandoned shops. There is no longer a sense of community, and old traditions have all but disappeared.
      I do love the idea of being able to go into a shopping centre ( how we say it in the U.K ) and fighting in a zombie apocalypse! I would like to get back out again though 😁😁

    • @John--
      @John-- Před rokem +14

      Yeah same here. My parents would take me every weekend to buy toys or watch a movie or play at the arcade. Now that malls a corpse of what it once was.

    • @smartman123
      @smartman123 Před rokem +45

      80 s kid here every thing normal and beautiful just gone

    • @MarcillaSmith
      @MarcillaSmith Před rokem +6

      Christmastime is what I thought of, too. I remember every year, First UMC of Orlando would take a Youth trip to Altamonte Mall and spend the day - well, as he said - shopping and eating. Even as a young adult, my ex was from Baldwin County, Alabama. When visiting family there, we'd sometimes take a day trip to Pensacola. The girls would go around to the shops, while Johnny and Harry would mostly sit near the fountain in the middle and "people-watch."

    • @davidmarvy6788
      @davidmarvy6788 Před rokem +30

      Malls and movie theaters are something kids will never truly understand.

  • @AllenUry
    @AllenUry Před rokem +390

    Back in my "younger days," I had to pull "all-nighters" to complete time sensitive projects. There's nothing quite like being alone in a big office building at 3:00 in the morning. Spooky as hell.

    • @juliusfucik4011
      @juliusfucik4011 Před rokem +45

      I guess I am weird (I am autistic), but I have always loved the dark, the lonely and the quiet. I regularly take the very first train to work and go half an hour early just to enjoy the dark, cold, empty train station.

    • @danijel124
      @danijel124 Před rokem

      @@juliusfucik4011 I dont know how you know youre autistic or not (I dont care loolz), but allen is right. Being alone in a big office building is spooky af. If im at work and im alone I feel also sometimes spooked. Sometimes its good to be alone but most of the time it can be a scary feeling...

    • @thesmalllebowski6528
      @thesmalllebowski6528 Před rokem +20

      I used to work in a large factory as a mechanic on the night shift. We were shutdown on weekends. I used to have to come in 2-3 hours before everyone else on Sunday night to start all the air compressors and boilers. When I came in it was just the emergency lighting, so like one fixture out of every 10 was on. I had to walk the whole grounds and turn all the lights on. It was very bizarre. After watching this video I understand the feeling better

    • @myfirstnamemylastname2994
      @myfirstnamemylastname2994 Před rokem +4

      But kind.of peaceful too.

    • @douglaschitwood1342
      @douglaschitwood1342 Před rokem

      Yeeesss

  • @matthuckabey007
    @matthuckabey007 Před 4 měsíci +59

    You deserve some kind of award or recognition for your high caliber yet hilarious and moving content.

    • @MoonLight-sugarplum
      @MoonLight-sugarplum Před 3 měsíci

      Yes, I totally agree 💯%
      He should get an award even a 🏆
      Lol.

    • @jbaris
      @jbaris Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@MoonLight-sugarplum What are you talking about? He literally has millions of subscribers and millions of views on his videos and is rich because of it. That is his trophy.

  • @Camisbam
    @Camisbam Před měsícem +3

    Every comment is praising your channel and overwhelmingly showing how much they enjoy this content.... Crazy. haven't seen support like this in a while. Very happy to find your page a month ago.

  • @adamc3636
    @adamc3636 Před 10 měsíci +583

    This is the most addictive Chanel on CZcams, I discovered about a week ago and cannot stop watching! AJ and Hecklefish have a great way of telling the stories in ways even an idiot like me can follow along!
    I’m hooked! Great work guys!

    • @machiavellussedaili1714
      @machiavellussedaili1714 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Love this show too but I think Santini is more addictive.

    • @justincamp6121
      @justincamp6121 Před 7 měsíci +3

      What who is santini?

    • @machiavellussedaili1714
      @machiavellussedaili1714 Před 7 měsíci

      @@justincamp6121 only the most addictive Chanel on the planet.

    • @c.w.8289
      @c.w.8289 Před 7 měsíci +4

      He‘s a superb story teller and I love listening to him.
      I just hope people realize these are still only stories and did not really happen.

    • @juliusseizure5705
      @juliusseizure5705 Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@c.w.8289 like, what's his channel bro. You're the only one on a first name basis with the guy.

  • @southernguru1455
    @southernguru1455 Před rokem +279

    This channel gives me a certain kind of peace that's hard to describe, almost a relief from all the crazy things going on.

    • @michaelgiza9544
      @michaelgiza9544 Před rokem +15

      I second your comment sir. The first time I watched I thought the whole fish thing was extremely wacky and would last the whole video but it did not and yes it also gives me a sense of Peace that's hard to describe keep it up man who talks to fish!!!

    • @Kisha_Zuri
      @Kisha_Zuri Před rokem +3

      I was gonna say, I felt like he was holding my hand while taking me through the backrooms...like, "here comes a jump scare, but you'll be ok...trust me. I got ya..." he makes discussing unnerving topics less stressful! 😊🥰

    • @poihp25
      @poihp25 Před rokem

      It's probably the talking goldfish sidechick 🤣 kinda comforting huh!?

    • @jonahb0i957
      @jonahb0i957 Před rokem +2

      I like this channel alot because he brings these theories to life andalso brings the other side to keep it from pulling you in and causing chaos

    • @susanengel-ix8bl
      @susanengel-ix8bl Před rokem

      I sometimes walk into a place and right away my anxiety shoots right through the roof, there's just something off

  • @PinkInTheDiamonds
    @PinkInTheDiamonds Před 5 měsíci +2

    I recently discovered this channel and haven’t stopped watching. It’s the exact type of subject that peaks my curiosity. All the questions about life and mysteries.

  • @willorwig1824
    @willorwig1824 Před 7 měsíci +3

    You are an amazing person for putting this channel together. Very enjoyable

  • @Squidbush8563
    @Squidbush8563 Před rokem +416

    After working as a night janitor for a school district for nearly 10 years, I've become VERY familiar with liminality. It starts out as eerie and unsettling, but it eventually became one of my favorite places to spend time.

    • @immortalapple.
      @immortalapple. Před rokem +18

      I'm a nighttime janitor at 2 different banks. I found the liminal feeling slightly eerie at first too but now I feel anxious on my off days when I dont go to the banks.

    • @bushhippie7372
      @bushhippie7372 Před rokem +9

      My dad was a principal and I would do work at the school on weekends and nights on occasion. It’s a very strange feeling. Especially considering I went to that school.

    • @cmhughes8057
      @cmhughes8057 Před rokem +9

      Yes, these videos of the backrooms for me are not scary at all. In fact they are comforting, maybe because like you I have spent lots of time in places like these working, going places. They remind me of the wood between the worlds, nothing really happens but that is okay as nothing is going to harm you really either.

    • @Oriol-oo7jl
      @Oriol-oo7jl Před rokem +5

      @@cmhughes8057 yes, i guess that's why they add the lurking creatures.
      Becuse per se, the place is not very menacing

    • @brycebailey7215
      @brycebailey7215 Před rokem +6

      @@cmhughes8057 I disagree. The thought of being trapped in a liminal space, without social interaction, is terrifying.

  • @tykemorris
    @tykemorris Před rokem +297

    Sometimes a hoax is impressive even when you know it isn't real. Javier did an excellent job with seemingly endless content, even driving down roadways. He used CGI, photo shop, every trick in the book, as well as just asking people to clear out spaces for a movie shot. Some people debunked some slips, such as a brief reflection of a man on glass doors, but sometimes fake is fun.

    • @Ali-lm7uw
      @Ali-lm7uw Před rokem +11

      Watch the full video, he says he shot all that as a part of some documentary

    • @miggs80
      @miggs80 Před rokem +1

      @@rswow 😂

    • @Shanghaimartin
      @Shanghaimartin Před rokem +1

      @@rswow You need 'proof' that someone didn't time travel to 2027 and somehow manage to be posting Tiktoks backwards in time?
      Well my friend, do you want to buy some magic beans? Just sent me your bank details !!

    • @Wutangclanaintnothin2fuckwith
      @Wutangclanaintnothin2fuckwith Před rokem

      @@rswow are you joking? Never ceases to amaze me how dumb people are. How would they post to tik tok in our universe while being in an alternate universe. It’s called logic you artard

    • @kedryncaitin9157
      @kedryncaitin9157 Před rokem

      If nothing else, had everyone disappeared 6 years prior, no place would have electricity unless maybe on solar and nothing had damaged or coated/covered the cells enough to block out light. But the vast majority of the world would be power dead and a lot of incidents at nuclear plants.

  • @Steve-wz5pz
    @Steve-wz5pz Před 4 měsíci +3

    All the people are GONE -- but they left the power plant RUNNING and all the lights and escalators ON!!! So thoughtful!

  • @MyLloyd100
    @MyLloyd100 Před 4 měsíci +2

    You are such a phenomenal presenter. Thank you for all your hard work!!

  • @creechavo
    @creechavo Před rokem +378

    Believe it or not hes gonna have over a million subs by early next year. His story telling is off the charts, he could be telling me a bunch of lies and I'll still listen. It's his presentation that gets me hook. He a very good researcher and writer.

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +48

      Very kind of you to say, Creechavo. I'm glad you're out there.

    • @creechavo
      @creechavo Před rokem +9

      @@TheWhyFiles im always on the the move so it's good to listen than having to read.

    • @HauntedAbysss
      @HauntedAbysss Před rokem +14

      Almost already there by the time most people read this it'll be way past a million

    • @EchoLostAvakin
      @EchoLostAvakin Před rokem +5

      I agree 👍

    • @angela_somanythings5670
      @angela_somanythings5670 Před rokem +5

      I'm so glad I found his channel, AND right before he reaches 1Mil! Sweeeet!!

  • @timgroen1995
    @timgroen1995 Před 8 měsíci +97

    I love the format of telling the story as it is reported first and then bringing up the holes in it after. It allows the listener to be invested and emerse themselves into the subject and then also be informed to the reality of it. At the end of the video it makes it so people have to make up their own mind as to what is worth consideration.
    Really the best of both worlds.

  • @Gothiclovesick
    @Gothiclovesick Před 6 měsíci

    Your videos are so well researched, written and narrated. Thank you.

  • @siccmade_3604
    @siccmade_3604 Před 6 měsíci +1

    You truly have a great channel here. You really know how to keep someone's attention and entertain. Thank you

  • @_chakan_
    @_chakan_ Před rokem +243

    You’re an absolute beast of a storyteller my friend, and have quickly become my favorite channel. Thank you for all the hard work and time you put into your videos, as always I look forward to the next one!

  • @user-fb8bh1fc6l
    @user-fb8bh1fc6l Před rokem +102

    You’ve given hope back to CZcams, from my perspective. Thank you, please keep it up! We can feel the effort and hours of research and curiosity put into these videos.

  • @nikkobellic5701
    @nikkobellic5701 Před 10 dny

    Just keeps getting better, more and more please. I'm absolutely in love with this channel.

  • @marthafernandez9220
    @marthafernandez9220 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you A.J. I enjoy your perspectives. Peace

  • @mathewaitken938
    @mathewaitken938 Před rokem +104

    A tv network needs to hire you, give you airtime, a blank cheque and let you do your thing with no interference. Love your work AJ.

    • @Gin132456
      @Gin132456 Před rokem +10

      his channel says "I'm AJ, Head Nerd In Charge. You might know me from Discovery, Sirius-XM, A&E, MTV and Joe Rogan. "

    • @YG1989Natty
      @YG1989Natty Před rokem +1

      Exaaactly!!

    • @Ethan2Tone
      @Ethan2Tone Před rokem +1

      A TV network? You mean the industry that got us where we are today because they always do the opposite of what you suggest and now their doing that with social media just dwindling with the times and suckling anything they can ruin.

    • @PeterKnagge
      @PeterKnagge Před rokem +2

      @@Gin132456 Andrew Gentile - I just read his imdb
      You know that shockingly well balanced life you and your parents wished you lived? He lived it!
      There's no liminal spaces in this guy's life

    • @johnwayne2834
      @johnwayne2834 Před rokem +2

      He is backed by what is much more than, and beyond all than that... Occulted, occluded and, as it seems in subtlety, all-over apparent.

  • @noname75013
    @noname75013 Před rokem +371

    "Every leminal space has the same point, to find you way out" that hit hard. I recall, as a newly divorced dad, the profound feeling of being like a ghost in my house. It was like life stopped when my kids weren't there. It felt sad and the whole point was to figure out how to move out of that space.

    • @Benjaminleo815
      @Benjaminleo815 Před rokem +7

      What happened? Did you find your way?

    • @Spielername
      @Spielername Před rokem +22

      That's what one would describe as a depressive period. It's not chronicle (at least I hope so) and a completely understandable reaction to the situation you're in. I can very well relate to the feelings you have and I think it's almost the same feeling you'd have when you lose a loved one and you have to live alone in the same home you lived together...
      I hope that you find a way to deal with it and wish you good luck!
      Also, when I was a young teen we had a house in our backyard. It was something like an apartment building and the inhabitants moved out the year before I think. We broke in to this empty building as you do if you live in a big city and have nothing else to explore. The whole scenery made me somehow sad. There were all those things left behind by people who made this house a home for their families and nothing had any personal value to it anymore.
      Someone were buying all of those things and arranged it an a special manner. There was a children's room where the parents brought their children's to bed and read them bed time story's and a living room the whole family was "living" in. It remembered me of my own home and how we lived our life and it showed me that a "home" ain't the house or apartment we live in but the atmosphere that exists when you with your family (or the atmosphere you produce for yourself), where ever you are.

    • @cheeseraid
      @cheeseraid Před rokem +8

      Lasted almost a year for me

    • @riflebear1711
      @riflebear1711 Před rokem +15

      I'm sorry you had to go through that bro. If I ever find myself there, I could never stay in the house. I'd sell it, store any wealth that I made and become a farm hand

    • @HonorarySaiyan
      @HonorarySaiyan Před rokem +8

      That went deep way too quick. Probably why she divorced you.
      Don't take it seriously. Just tryin' to make ya laugh.

  • @lynnesmelser385
    @lynnesmelser385 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is a fabulous episode..... Beautifully written!!!

  • @jeremylewellen
    @jeremylewellen Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you for the top-tier videos you give us. You’re awesome, bro.

  • @JoeSmith-zu6lb
    @JoeSmith-zu6lb Před rokem +180

    Not too long ago I read an article about all these abandoned malls across the country. The article was suggesting using these malls as housing units for retired seniors. Seeing that housing for seniors is somewhat limited and expensive, this makes a lot of sense. The malls would also provide ample parking for them and any visitors. Stores could be reopened as well. Sounded like a win-win situation to me.

    • @nachgeben
      @nachgeben Před rokem +10

      The idea of them for seniors is a little frightening. Seniors need to be close to help. Other proposals was for using them to provide housing to the homeless, which I think is mildly better, but would still require modifications to how open they are. Either way, they need to be used for SOMETHING. They're unused space. In other parts of the world, these buildings would transition with needs because of a lack of space to build new things continuously. We should absolutely be doing the same thing with these malls.

    • @michaelteems5813
      @michaelteems5813 Před 11 měsíci +10

      @@nachgeben Not necessary. Seniors does not mean helpless, those that need help are in nursing homes where everything can be provided including medical help if needed. These could be retasked to accommodate active seniors who do not need support, only a reasonable cost accommodation. Most seniors I know are quite active with their friends and neighbors. The same would be there. New friendships would be created, and a thriving community would be created, and shops could be reopened to serve those needs in that community.

    • @psmith2714
      @psmith2714 Před 11 měsíci

      They'll be used for fema camps

    • @Seeker_of_sense
      @Seeker_of_sense Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@michaelteems5813 This is indeed a fantastic idea!

    • @johnbash-on-ger
      @johnbash-on-ger Před 11 měsíci +4

      They could make something beautiful by revitalizing those malls. Retirement malls.

  • @The.ARCHIT3CT
    @The.ARCHIT3CT Před rokem +294

    This reminds me of an old art bell episode where someone called claiming to have information about inter-dimensional beings. As he was telling his story, the entire radio station mysteriously shut down. But what stood out about his story is, he said "aliens" aren't what we think they are. He claimed that what we describe as aliens and UFO's were actually beings that come from an alternate dimension.

    • @User___005
      @User___005 Před rokem

      That story looks very much fake.Some people are so narrow minded that they think there can't be life in other planets/stars/universes and only Earth has got life so they make these stories.According to them either aliens are time traveling humans from future or aliens are inter dimensional beings of Earth but they won't accept the fact that there's a high possibility of life being in other planets/stars/universes too.In the famous case of Betty and Barney Hill the greys told them they're from Zeta Reticuli universe.What was that then?

    • @boejudden9011
      @boejudden9011 Před rokem +25

      that's not what happened. he said he had worked area 51 and was going to leak information, then he pretended people were after him and he hung up. The radio station didn't shut down, Art Bell kept talking like every other episode

    • @ilyasanzo
      @ilyasanzo Před rokem +12

      Yes... They co-exist with our timeline just in another, out of our rationale, space.. there's no such things as a parallel universe.

    • @LostJewelzEnt
      @LostJewelzEnt Před rokem +2

      @@boejudden9011 you couldn’t be more wrong. Listen to the clip at 3:45. Art states he had to get on a backup system because the ENTIRE system went down and knocked them OFF THE AIR. He says this with his own mouth: czcams.com/video/jK6xkOizAbU/video.html

    • @The.ARCHIT3CT
      @The.ARCHIT3CT Před rokem +55

      @@boejudden9011 might want to re-watch/listen to the episode. Either that, or were talking about two diff ones. The whole station went down and Art confirmed this on the show.

  • @simonwolstencroft6128
    @simonwolstencroft6128 Před 7 měsíci

    All great content that you post, but I found this particularly interesting. Thanks again for providing the best channel on CZcams

  • @elscorcho7033
    @elscorcho7033 Před 10 dny

    Keep coming back to this episode, so creepy and fascinating! Love this channel!

  • @sharkbait3332
    @sharkbait3332 Před rokem +163

    Hecklefish was on point this episode! Had me laughing out loud. I've found myself in liminal spaces before and instead of feeling odd, I felt at ease. The Coov destroyed my ability to grocery shop at 3 am, damn it. I think the word you're looking for is anti-social, which is true. I'm friendly but absolutely avoid strangers and crowds. Social distancing was a breeze for me. LOL

    • @avicennitegh1377
      @avicennitegh1377 Před 11 měsíci +5

      hahaha - typical itrovert

    • @McCarthyJohn100
      @McCarthyJohn100 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I feel ya, I loved social distance and a logical reason to not have to make small talk and go places that weren't necessary

    • @GooniesGirl
      @GooniesGirl Před 9 měsíci +5

      Me too! 😃

    • @jillianleda6732
      @jillianleda6732 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Lol same

    • @juliusseizure5705
      @juliusseizure5705 Před 7 měsíci

      Hecklefish is such a shitty gimmick and brings this channel down to B list level of awful humor. I hate when people make up scenarios just to argue nonstop like they didn't script it that way. Other than that, it's cool.

  • @thebackyardfamilyoutfitter7284

    How do you NOT have million's of subscribers. I have binge watched every one of your videos in the last 5 days and then there's many CZcams channels with way more hype and way more BS and I got to say your channel is the best one I came across in a long time for fun conspiracies, thank you.

    • @loremastermack656
      @loremastermack656 Před rokem +5

      I literally did the same thing when I found this channel a month ago. Such quality content it's hard not to!

    • @DistantTower
      @DistantTower Před rokem +6

      It's coming - I was recommended this channel in person so its spreading by word of mouth even

    • @HoldemHustle
      @HoldemHustle Před rokem +1

      Loving this channel too since I found it last week

    • @thewatcher5248
      @thewatcher5248 Před rokem +1

      I see your comment. I thought exact same thing. Funny thing is been on CZcams for many years and this channel only popped up for me couple weeks ago. Dam algorithm. I find I scroll through and find same channels I’ve watched and rarely nothing on new channels it’s crazy.

    • @neilstewart2036
      @neilstewart2036 Před rokem +2

      Look again in a year with his quality of production and research if he hasn’t gained millions of subscribers I would look into the algorithms as something will be off good channel

  • @dedsun81
    @dedsun81 Před 8 dny

    Thank you so much for explaining this. I have always wondered what that feeling was.

  • @DiveWatcher
    @DiveWatcher Před 3 měsíci +2

    Fantastic! Truly! Made me think about a couple of things in my life that have kept me in my past.

  • @ananthakrishnan8484
    @ananthakrishnan8484 Před rokem +46

    There is one incident that happened in my childhood that I will never forget, in my apartment complex there is a long passage which connects one apartment complex to another (from block E to block F), it's like a concrete square tunnel with lighting but no windows or doors, I travel through this passage to reach my friends house in adjacent apartment complex to play on his PC everyday. One time I was up late like 10pm playing Pitfall on his PC (this was pretty late for me considering I studied in primary school then, I used to go to sleep by 9pm everyday) and I hurried back since my mom would be furious. I ran through that passage then I stopped immediately and backed up, there was a door in the passage which I have used hundreds of times before but have never seen that door till now, I was surprised then curious so I looked closely at that door, it made me feel weird (not scary but like familiar, like I have already seen the door before). The door looked exactly like other doors of the apartments but it's pearly white in colour. I stood there for few secs before remembering that my mom might be waiting for me with a ruler to beat me up, I panicked and ran back to my appartment, offcourse I received a scolding but luckily no beating. The next day I arrived at that same passage, that door was gone. I stood there several minutes wondering about last night, about what really happened and I got goosebumps. I am still wondering to this day? What if I had opened that door? And checked it when I had the chance and now I will probably wonder about this incident till the day I die.

    • @bgee461
      @bgee461 Před rokem +2

      Wild stuff. Wish you could have taken a 👀

    • @kyststudio-epicartadventure
      @kyststudio-epicartadventure Před rokem +4

      That’s the kind of thing I was talking about. It makes me wonder where our primary consciousness resides, if there are parallel dimensions. And if you had opened that door, what would have happened to your family? Was it opportunity knocking? An exit? A temptation? No way to answer from a path never taken.

    • @Detroitvs.Everybody
      @Detroitvs.Everybody Před rokem +1

      That's a very interesting story... It's alittle unnerving really.. gave me alittle anxiety lol... I have never had an experience like that before. Thanks for sharing

    • @ananthakrishnan8484
      @ananthakrishnan8484 Před rokem

      @@stefenchapman6143 did you experience something similar??

  • @jawjagrrl
    @jawjagrrl Před rokem +23

    Another winner, AJ! I too am a veteran of the mall/movie/arcade days, but the crowds always bothered me (and I was no good at talking to boys either).
    I think I slipped into my own liminal space in 2010, when I left a significant job, my home state, and all my friends for an absolute unknown and a new life with my fiancee.
    One of my parents (in yet another state) was tragically killed just 2 hours after I arrived with the last load of stuff, having driving all night. I woke up an hour after falling asleep at dawn, sobbing for no reason. Because of the chaos of the move, unloading trucks, the other parent unreachable by the police for hours, word didn't reach me until that night. All the while I was in the strange, empty house with my moving van out front in a high state of anxiety. Now I was ripping open boxes, looking for clothes suitable for a funeral in a blur before having to get back in the car to drive to where my parents lived. Driving has been a problem for me ever since.
    Life has been forever different, always a sense of disconnect from the "real" world. There are people and things in my 2022 liminal space, but it might as well be empty. The only comfort I've found is in a quiet life on a farm with no one around except spouse and animals - leaving the property by car for any reason triggers panic attacks. It truly does feel like I slipped into some other plane of existence that day in 2010.

    • @JohnnyArtPavlou
      @JohnnyArtPavlou Před rokem +4

      Wishing you peace. 🌞

    • @ra639
      @ra639 Před rokem

      Maybe you just shouldn't have gotten married? is one person worth the obvious impact on your mental health?

  • @WilliamInman-ok6gp
    @WilliamInman-ok6gp Před 4 měsíci

    I love your work. I rewatch it often. Great entertainment. Thank you

  • @user-ee1et2pm1z
    @user-ee1et2pm1z Před 6 měsíci

    This was sooo informative!!!! I LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!💯💯💯

  • @JP-pt9iz
    @JP-pt9iz Před rokem +68

    Hey AJ and Hecklefish, I love you guys and this channel so much! I'm absolutely fascinated with all the content you put out and can't thank you enough for all the hard work and clever humor you put into every episode! I was born a natural critical thinker and observer and I can't help but to notice and question everything. Especially, especially, especially when stories or even fine details don't add up. I don't always know when I'm being lied to, but I definitely always know when I'm not being told the truth. I truly believe that we as individuals and especially as a collective whole are absolutely fundamental to the reality we live in and as such we are capable of accomplishing extraordinary things if we can manage to let go of physical attachment (the ego) and simply trust the process, trust our intuition, and inevitably, trust each other. Please don't ever stop creating on this channel.. You're awesome! We all are!! 😊
    Much love to all!! ❤✌️😁

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +13

      Warms my little heart when I get comments like this, JP. I'm grateful for you.

  • @pelman5483
    @pelman5483 Před rokem +53

    There are other channels that cover this kind of content but you manage to give it meaning. Those empty malls of our youth aren't just buildings, they are stark reminders of how quickly modern life changes. Very moving really, thanks!

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +6

      You're so welcome, Pelman! Thanks for watching.

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +2

      @Nathaniel Del Angel I *love* this idea, Nathaniel! Do me a favor and send this through the tips line and including any links that you think could be helpful: thewhyfiles.com/tips Nice work!

    • @TheDestroyer73
      @TheDestroyer73 Před rokem

      @Nathaniel Del Angel i heard a recent theory recently not sure if new or old theory but it goes something like: once you die here you dont exactly get reborn here in the same world you are born again BUT in another parallel world and so on. It involves the multiverse theory which in a way could make sense as to why people say they see a white light as they are dying but are brought back....they were being born somewhere else lol xD who knows

    • @JoeZyzyx
      @JoeZyzyx Před rokem

      Ever see the movie "Big Fish"? It has elements of this in it. The son believes all the crazy stories his dad told were just fabrications, until his father dies and he discovers they aren't.

  • @SmirkingRevenge
    @SmirkingRevenge Před 5 měsíci

    Over the past couple of years, I've become a pretty big fan of liminal space and the Back Rooms. This video was right up my alley! Keep 'em coming!

  • @leeceyah
    @leeceyah Před 6 měsíci

    Your channel grew so fast ❤️ I remember first watching you and being so shocked that you were only getting a few thousand views . Well done 🙌

  • @johnrichardson7354
    @johnrichardson7354 Před rokem +78

    Sorry to comment so soon, but, You easily have the most interesting content on any streaming media site. Great personality. Crisp, concise storytelling. Non-condescending, professional presentation, all in an entertaining environment. I'm hooked. (Also A.J. is good too.) Keep up the good work!

    • @thecircumcisedheartofricha7344
      @thecircumcisedheartofricha7344 Před rokem +5

      Sorry to comment within an hour of your comment but excellent evaluation.

    • @ericbishoff4812
      @ericbishoff4812 Před rokem +4

      Hehe

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +10

      Amazing comment, John. I wish everyone in the comments was as great as you!

    • @johnrichardson7354
      @johnrichardson7354 Před rokem +2

      @@TheWhyFiles Some people just don't write so good no more.

    • @pungar12aa
      @pungar12aa Před rokem +1

      That was brilliantly done. I had a good laugh, and yes , he is terrific. . Heckle fish taught him well. 😂

  • @bamabythegraceog391
    @bamabythegraceog391 Před rokem +85

    I like that he solves the riddle by the end of the show. He obviously puts a lot of time in doing research . And I absolutely love Heckle Fish. He’s a little bit of a smart ass which I think is entertaining. He also advances the story with his tongue in cheek attitude. Kool show.

    • @TooBlownIndustries
      @TooBlownIndustries Před rokem +1

      Idk i think the fish could use a voice change lol or disappear entirely and it wouldnt make too much of a difference..

  • @sassyshantel007
    @sassyshantel007 Před 6 měsíci +1

    this had to be one of my favorite videos of yours so cool and fascinating !!!!!!!! love you guys amazing work once again

  • @jurantechetty4766
    @jurantechetty4766 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm really glad this channel exists!

  • @LittlefootOnthetrail16
    @LittlefootOnthetrail16 Před rokem +72

    This story really got me. I went to visit the mall but for a lack of a better word... I grew up in. The mall was dead. There was no one and only a few stores open. looked around for a while just feeling out of place. As I was leaving I saw Auntie Anne's Pretzels. For old-time's sake, I stopped and got a pizza pretzel ad a cup of cinnamon bites. I sat down in the mostly empty mall looking around and eating my snack. The food was obviously old. Something back in the day you would never get from that place. Everything was quiet. I just felt like I was invading a space I was no longer welcome in. I tossed what was left of my stale snack and went home. That was about a week ago. I still feel bad. Something about being in that mall just got to me and I have not gotten over it yet.

    • @remar-6
      @remar-6 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Aw reminds me of the Oviedo mall. Was so lively at one point.
      The last time I went a couple of years ago it was the food court and movie theater not much else.

    • @Saint876_
      @Saint876_ Před 10 měsíci

      Okay

    • @PumpkinPails
      @PumpkinPails Před 10 měsíci +5

      I actually love going to half dead malls. I sit down on a bench with a drink and draw. I enjoy listening to the sounds of Muzak echoing from some store around the corner, the clicking of high heels on the second floor, the laughter and mumbled conversations of the scattered people walking around me, the smells of popcorn and Chinese food from the food court. It is sad that most malls are shells of what they used to be, but I find the unsettling silence very relaxing.

    • @yanyanz3011
      @yanyanz3011 Před 10 měsíci +3

      It's the proof that we are living in a simulation.

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio Před rokem +49

    My whole life has felt like a liminal space; people being a friend, co-worker, boss then not, knowing of people being born, marrying, having kids, then dying, places I worked, lived, or frequented being changed or destroyed, seeing my face get wrinkles, hair turn grey, witnessing profound changes in music, movies, TV, fashion, noticing changes (mostly expansion) in personal preferences in architecture, interior design, music, food, changes in knowledge of right or wrong...
    The most liminal thing is what quietly witnesses all these... _me_ in pure observation.

    • @me-thebusta610
      @me-thebusta610 Před rokem +2

      Ha

    • @danielhearse7709
      @danielhearse7709 Před rokem +15

      Man I couldn't agree with this more. I experience a constant feeling of disconnect from my own life too. It isn't concerning but I do notice that everyone else around me is quite solidified in their personality and behaviours, living consistently, whereas it takes effort for me to remember to show my personality and engage with the world.
      Do you feel like nothing flows freely from you in terms of expressing yourself? Every interaction I have feels hyper-intentional, I'm always operating from a sense of duality between my formless ruminating inner world and the slightly foreign physical outer world

    • @RodCornholio
      @RodCornholio Před rokem +5

      @@danielhearse7709For me, being an introvert i.e. INTP/INTJ ( _Myers Briggs_ ) and an HSP ( _Elaine Aron_ ) with a near constant mindfulness practice has resulted in a high degree of ego/self awareness.
      Regarding self expression, I don't have any problems other than carefully choosing when to be polite, tactful, or politically correct and when to be blunt, honest, and truthful.

    • @danielhearse7709
      @danielhearse7709 Před rokem +8

      @@RodCornholio Man that's some really interesting clarification! I'm an INFJ and HSP so it's no wonder your original comment resonated with me. I wasn't expecting you to say that and I'm quite surprised! Perhaps the thinking/feeling difference in our cognitive stacks may highlight why I'm less inclined to express freely around people. I put a lot of emphasis on maintaining harmony between all people, to the point where I don't see why I should speak at all about myself because I don't want to steal the spotlight from anyone else...
      But maybe I've put too much emphasis on other people and not enough on myself, which could be causing the dissonance I experience around others.
      On your note regarding mindfulness, I have had times whilst practising it more purposefully, where my concern for harmony counter-intuitively diminished because I stopped trying to predict how my actions would affect others, and instead used the information they gave me to form my next sentence. This naturally resulted in smoother self expression. My misstep was getting so excited about my new connection to reality that I took a deep dive in to altered states of conciousness (thinking I'd tapped into a cosmic energy) and lost touch with myself, people and reality again, except for a completely different reason.
      I'll find balance one day. You've given me a lot to dwell on Mr Cornholio, thank you!!

    • @jeremylindemann5117
      @jeremylindemann5117 Před rokem

      You're very closely describing a dissociative disorder.
      Have you ever talked to anyone about what you said?

  • @sarabethwhite
    @sarabethwhite Před 6 měsíci

    Loved this! I have become hooked on your videos. Good job!

  • @synthcity97
    @synthcity97 Před 6 měsíci

    I could watch your videos all day long i love this channel so much !!!

  • @dr.medieval1131
    @dr.medieval1131 Před rokem +104

    I went to see a lawyer once in an office building here in LA. We got off the elevator and went down a carpeted hallway, then turned down another, then another. Every hallway and door looked exactly the same. Eggshell white and very clean. Many of the doors had no names or numbers on them. No windows, no people. just the soft hum of the AC. When the "backrooms" became a thing a few years ago, the first thing I thought of was that building.

    • @jnmwtkns
      @jnmwtkns Před rokem +5

      I worked in one of those building types when I worked for a local now big hospital. Went in rooms on clean side all looked the same. Into real world for long enough to do experiments needed then out the dirty side to exactly the same set up one dirty foot operated hamper with nothing in them ever !walk down the hall to clean and sanitizing chamber the rinse and repeat most times for 10 plus hours!
      It was really maddening. I had to make notes on my hands to remind me where I needed to go to next before washing and sanitizing and off to next repeating hallway and rooms .

    • @TheDestroyer73
      @TheDestroyer73 Před rokem +3

      thats kinda why i hate hospitals then...all look the same and you feel like you are trapped or could get lost

    • @ericchristian6710
      @ericchristian6710 Před rokem

      covid

    • @Frankie5Angels150
      @Frankie5Angels150 Před rokem +5

      @@jnmwtkns
      And it stole your ability to make comprehensible sentences!

    • @jnmwtkns
      @jnmwtkns Před rokem

      @@Frankie5Angels150 yea strike one dummy! You obviously understood every word! Is yo feewers huurt? Lmfao!

  • @my8887
    @my8887 Před rokem +11

    Dude. I miss the mall days of my youth. I have soooooo many awesome memories from the mall. Back then we would literally go almost everyday. Yes, you could shop and go to cool stores like Spencer's..but also hang with your friends, meet new friends, eat a variety of foods, drinks, ice cream.. You could skate (some malls had ice skating, some rollerskating, also skateboarding the parking lot😉). You could go to the movies, get makeovers in the department stores, have fashion shows at Contempo Casuals or Express, sit on the floor and look at magic art (a picture that looks like nothing just chaos but if you look at it just right it becomes a cool 3D picture!), you could watch free shows and concerts right in the middle of the mall, you could get a cool new haircut in a salon, make wishes in the fountians, play video games in the arcades, play with the kittens and puppies at the pet store, go the wrong way on the escalators. lol!.. sit in comfortable chairs in the reading area and read books and magazines in Walden books or Borders, listen to new music at Sam Goodys or Music land, and a variety of endless fun!! All out of the elements, so if it was freezing cold or 100 degrees outside, didn't matter! ..and alot was free so if you don't have alot of money, no problem, lots to do.
    GOOD TIMES!!😎

    • @nutbastard
      @nutbastard Před rokem

      Yeah but here's the thing... even if malls were still popping like they were 20 years ago... you and I are now 20 years older, and we wouldn't want to kick it at the mall anyway. Hanging out at the mall was what we did because there was nothing else to do.
      Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of fooling around with girls in the photobooth and all sorts of other mall shenanigans, but maybe we should be sad that they're over, we just just be glad that they happened.

    • @my8887
      @my8887 Před rokem +2

      Well for me it was 30 years ago..lol! I love those memories, but my point was the mall was our social space as the youth. It would be great if the current generation of youth had that as well, and not just through their technology..Active, social time having experiences that don't require alot of money or particular weather conditions. Love and peace to all, and Gen-X rulez!!😉..lol later skater😎

  • @vpr2528
    @vpr2528 Před 5 měsíci

    Great channel. And now I found that these are also in Spotify, so I can listen them while driving. Keep up the great work.

  • @user-BossMan
    @user-BossMan Před 5 měsíci +1

    You wrapped up everything I've wanted to say to him, but couldn't find the words!! He needs to know how important he has become to the regular person wanting knowledge without being bored! ❤❤❤

  • @brendangalvin6935
    @brendangalvin6935 Před rokem +246

    Surprised you didn't mention Stephen King's book "The Langoliers" (also a movie). A commercial plane flies through a tear in reality, and sends half a dozen people to the liminal space of the immediate past, just a second or two behind "real" time. This was the first thing that jumped to my mind. Second thing was an old episode of the What the Hell Show with Sean Kennedy where they talked about these in-between spaces. Very interesting.

    • @Nautilus1972
      @Nautilus1972 Před rokem +4

      Stephen is awesome.

    • @n-da-bunka2650
      @n-da-bunka2650 Před rokem +9

      Great movie! My favorite quote is at the end "Look at the NEW people Maw!" to which an annoyed busy mother trying to hustle through the now populated airport to catch a flight pulls the kid ignoring his observation!

    • @jaylestingi5418
      @jaylestingi5418 Před rokem +17

      LOVE THE LANGOLIERS! Remember the stale food? The cigs that wouldn't light? Loved it!

    • @towardthewithin4018
      @towardthewithin4018 Před rokem +3

      Wasn’t there 2 versions of Langoliers?

    • @TinaLouise73
      @TinaLouise73 Před rokem +7

      I love that movie! Scary but good suspense build up movie!

  • @Its_Whistler
    @Its_Whistler Před rokem +25

    Ok, I just gotta say; your delivery and vocal tone are good, your language isn't overly complex or overly simplified, your explanations are on point and easy to understand, but for me, the thing that makes your channel is Hecklefish. A brilliant idea, and funny as. Subscribed.

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +2

      You're amazing, Whistler. So glad you're out there.

    • @victoriay6246
      @victoriay6246 Před rokem +3

      Hecklefish got me too ♥️🐠♥️

  • @SuperPou1
    @SuperPou1 Před měsícem

    This is probably one of the best videos I have watched as it provides a lot of detail. I am new to this channel and am trying to catch up with all the previous ones.

  • @DrDekelsOffice
    @DrDekelsOffice Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great video once again, thank you for the info and entertainment

  • @user-dk6bm4gu5w
    @user-dk6bm4gu5w Před rokem +21

    Recently found this channel. Absolutely love it. This video really got me. I have been fascinated with/by liminal places for as long as I can remember. The funny thing is that I had no idea there was a name for it. I remember house sitting for a friend when I was a teenager and I loved the weird feeling of being in someone else’s empty house.
    A few years ago I was working night shift and my favorite part of my shift was when I took my break around 2am and would wander around a four story office building on site that I had access too. It was dead empty and there were just the emergency lights on. I would just wander the empty quiet halls and cubicle areas. I couldn’t get enough of it. It was a bit creepy at times, but mostly just fascinating and as mentioned in the video, a bit unsettling. It reminded me of the Stephen King novel The Langoliers.

  • @Neoentrophy
    @Neoentrophy Před rokem +11

    I love how you weight these videos; the beginning gives every opportunity to explain the premise and give it a fair airing. The end is the grounding in reality and logical explanations to the original premise.
    I love it because it's deliciously devilish, the majority of watchers may watch the first part and assume that you are legitimately giving it credit and many of those may even assume it's the truth, with only a small portion even knowing that you give counterpoints. I find this chaotically delightful.

    • @DjDmt
      @DjDmt Před rokem +3

      It's a smart way to keep audience retention as well (for people that know his stuff)

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +2

      I'm glad you enjoy the format. Not everybody does! 🐠❤

  • @michaelodonnell1885
    @michaelodonnell1885 Před 11 dny

    Why Files , AJ and your research team are top in the business. I got my grandson listening. Every time he gets in my truck. Can we listen to why files grandpa? Awesome thank you everyone envolved. I hope you got the rest you deserved AJ. ❤

  • @mariosanchez6673
    @mariosanchez6673 Před 3 měsíci

    Always informative, and love that hecklefish!

  • @jiujitsukitty9319
    @jiujitsukitty9319 Před rokem +154

    Am I the only one who kinda loves the spooky feeling of this concept. My entire life I have loved the quietest and latest parts of night when the neigborhood or streets are empty. I have always LOVED these brief moments, imagining I am the only person left in the world. I have experienced this in other countries as well ( an old village neighbirhood in Sicily, looking down at street corners from an apartment in argentina, a never ending expanse of ocean from a sailboat lit by only moonlight, etc)..its almost intoxicating to pretend that everyone else has disappearedand i am alone.... Now I know that it's correlated with luminal space ❤ I can't get enough of this channel and am so very happy to have discovered it as I am sure so many others have found you sharing the same ravenous pursuit of this endless and fascinating content.

    • @Trepanation21
      @Trepanation21 Před 11 měsíci +7

      > Am I the only one who kinda loves the spooky feeling of this concept.
      after watching a video that talks about the millions of views and huge communities these concepts are built around, you thought to yourself "aM i tHe oNlY onE?"

    • @420Tecknique
      @420Tecknique Před 11 měsíci +9

      You nearly word for word repeated my comment about those quiet lonely nights. I crave them so much and the more isolated and voided they are the better

    • @rossmeldrum3346
      @rossmeldrum3346 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Ever since I first saw the Movie "Omega Man" back in the 70's, I have fantasized about waking up and being the only person left alive in my city. And how I would cope. I like the idea of not having to deal with other humans.

    • @StephiBauduhin
      @StephiBauduhin Před 10 měsíci +3

      I can relate! But more because I love the silence, I feel like I can finally focus and I get very creative. It’s exciting and inspiring ❤.

    • @yvettekosta-jv4bx
      @yvettekosta-jv4bx Před 10 měsíci +4

      Aside from being stuck in a dreary empty office building 😵‍💫....I always live in the quiet night. In downtown Oakland when I didn't have a car I would take my German Shepherd out to explore the city and discover so much I missed during the day. It was strangely quiet at the end of the millennium.
      Found amazing giant, gangly, spooky, angelic, winged, sculptures as if they were just lounging about, standing or sitting and resting with nothing to do at night when nobody was around, on a grand crescent shaped staircase in a downtown plaza.
      Really spooky, as if they only became visible at night when nobody was out, and for some reason they weren't aware of me. Like I was moving in a parallel in between time, out of synch with the ticking seconds or stuck in between them.
      Did a lot of night photography. No foot or vehicle traffic, like the city was abandoned. Great time to find stuff. A plant store threw out plants that weren't doing well, and I took them back home and turned my private alley into a lush garden. Those plants became hardy survivors after getting a second chance.
      Also loved to walk with the dog to an all nite grocery store with great deals and I'd find an old abandoned grocery cart on the street which came in handy for all the food and heavy dog food we lugged home. Nobody bothered me if they lurked along my path because they either knew me or thought I was just a crazy homeless person, with a big German Shepherd. Then again I never saw anyone else lurking or walking about.😬
      That's why luminal space feels so spooky, like you slipped out of time to the eternal in-between and you can't interact with another living thing, there wasn't any other creature around ! 😶😶‍🌫️🌃

  • @tetsucat13
    @tetsucat13 Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent experience. And finally things explained. Great job.

  • @theophilus5772
    @theophilus5772 Před rokem +74

    I got stuck in back rooms at a hotel by accident one time and it took me about half an hour to find my way out. It was full of huge empty hallways, and stairwells. The hotel itself was full of people, but I couldn't find anyone or even hear anyone. I was running up and down the hallways going from one level to the next. I finally noticed a spot in one stairwell where there were two unconnected sets of stairs and jumped over the railings. I took the new stairs to the first door and found everyone. The strangest thing about it was that it seemed like the empty hallways were in the same place as the full hallways, if that makes sense. It felt like I slipped into a different dimension or something.

    • @johnnyBrwn
      @johnnyBrwn Před rokem +1

      If this is a true story, it's feasible that the construction workers, interior designers, used uniform designs throughout the hotel. Which is why everyone seemed similar. Additionally, hotels are full of strangers so it makes perfect sense that people would keep to themselves and stay in their rooms.

    • @trentburns5714
      @trentburns5714 Před rokem

      Share your drugs please

  • @LancerMyMan
    @LancerMyMan Před rokem +14

    As someone who has spent many long and lonely nights in very large buildings fixing issues and other problems, I find this fascinating. I have walked empty streets in New York, Tokyo, Austin, DC, and many other cities. It happens sometimes. Naturally. I love it when it does. I appreciate you bringing this issue to CZcams.

  • @celinaherrero5661
    @celinaherrero5661 Před 2 měsíci

    I’m new to your channel and love everything about the way you tell stories. I’ll go on in greater detail another time about exactly what makes your whole channel great, but for now I want to say that this episode in particular was fascinating, thought-provoking, and creepy, and really staying with me, unlike so much of the fluffy, insubstantial, and utterly forgettable CZcams content. Thank you! 🙏🏼 I’m currently binging to catch up, loving all of these topics!!! 😀

  • @rosepaul9681
    @rosepaul9681 Před 6 měsíci +12

    As a child, my aunt had Charles Fort books and other such books about the supernatural and disappearances. Loved them, along with Twilight Zone, etc. I'm glad to learn the term liminal spaces. That's what was so creepy and uncomfortable. Thanks for all the great shows.

    • @LindaStoronsky-yk4df
      @LindaStoronsky-yk4df Před 4 měsíci

      Charles Fort is the father of unknown mysteries. He used to sit in the public library all day long and clip strands unsolved incidents. Wild Talents is one of his books.

  • @sifisongwane3198
    @sifisongwane3198 Před rokem +33

    This is one topic I’ve avoided because nobody’s explained it well enough, I recently found this channel and It always comes in clutch

    • @huntercarey2667
      @huntercarey2667 Před rokem

      Always

    • @bobbouwer90
      @bobbouwer90 Před rokem +2

      Video's of 'empty worlds' without humans in the 'future' started appearing after the first major lockdowns.
      Makes one wonder😜

    • @dr.decker3623
      @dr.decker3623 Před rokem

      @@bobbouwer90 they are interesting,.. but they are all fake,..

    • @daphne4983
      @daphne4983 Před rokem

      Liminality is emptiness. It's very good imo.

  • @mnjmedia1707
    @mnjmedia1707 Před rokem +64

    Oh, And one last thing. When I found your channel, you had less than 250K subs. It should not escape anyone’s notice that in the past month or so, your subs have more than doubled. That is a direct result of your incredible story telling and research/fact balancing skills that puts 99% of the ‘media’ to absolute shame! Much needed in these times.

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Před rokem +3

      99.9 %

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor Před rokem +1

      Don't forget the amount of bots and paid sub's that lurk.

  • @shonasutley4420
    @shonasutley4420 Před 8 dny

    THANK YOU for explaining the lonely survivor!!! 🙏🏻

  • @ElvisJrCueva
    @ElvisJrCueva Před měsícem

    Wow great way to wrap it up! Very insightful

  • @MrJeffharper47
    @MrJeffharper47 Před rokem +54

    I’d love to see you cover the Russian woman Nina Kulagina who could move small things with her mind. Russian scientists performed many experiments on her and video taped it! She’s wildly regarded as legitimate.

    • @AliceEclipse
      @AliceEclipse Před rokem +7

      She has been proven to be a hoaxer, very simple one too, (strings and see through blindfold, small mirrors), there is a video on it, with firsthand witness testimonies, it’s on CZcams too, but I think it was in Russian language, maybe there is an English version too, but yeah - her “talents” are not legit.

    • @thewatcher5248
      @thewatcher5248 Před rokem +2

      Gullible much.

    • @MrJeffharper47
      @MrJeffharper47 Před rokem +1

      @@thewatcher5248 lmfao.

    • @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325
      @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 Před rokem

      Wasn't she Number 20? I wonder if she knows Eleven?

    • @Daphattack
      @Daphattack Před rokem +1

      That sounds like a great video in the making!

  • @alancanedo4148
    @alancanedo4148 Před rokem +34

    I used to work in a grocery store. Most of my shifts would begin at 4 or 5 in the morning, so seeing a big store empty is kinda eerie. In a way, I kinda enjoyed those few hours of quietness before we opened and things started getting busy, especially during the holidays, lol. I loved the final message you shared with us. Currently I'm in the process of moving houses and I'm terrified. I've grown fond of the area my family and I have lived in these past few years, so having to start all over again in a new place is scary. I do believe things happen for a reason, they shape and mold us into who we'll become. I appreciate your videos and love all the topics you cover!

  • @AnonimitySmith
    @AnonimitySmith Před 3 měsíci +2

    This is truly a great episode

  • @Shilo-fc3xm
    @Shilo-fc3xm Před rokem +30

    Hey, AJ.
    I feel that many natural places around the world are inherently liminal as well.
    Being both well traveled and an Australian bushman I have experienced it in many remote areas around the world, Notably both the Grand Canyon and Australia's Uluru (Ayes Rock) which I think people will relate to.
    Not just ancient places of power but places of transition and this puts me in mind of Britain's Stone Henge.
    When I visited it it was very early in the morning and very misty and I was the only one there and felt a very similar sense of power and transition.
    I have not entered an Egyptian tomb but suspect it feels very much the same as might barrows and necropolises across Europe.
    I have come across very remote regions in Australia, North America and Europe that not only vibrate with ancient energy but as I watched your video and learned the term "liminal" that that sense of transition is also common to all.
    Deep foreboding too in many instances.
    This could be a fork in a river, a clearing in a forest, ancient geology or an empty valley or desert and with one step you leave what was an ordinary afternoon and step into something....well,..... entirely different.
    Sound ceases. The air becomes quiet. There are no animals or movement, colours become muted, the hairs on your arms and neck stand up and you feel like you're being watched by something ancient and ominous.
    I've experienced it perhaps six or seven times in my life.
    That sense of leaving one place and entering another inside a single step and believe many of you have as well.
    I'm not a particularly soft man and as mentioned was born and raised in an ancient, remote wilderness and on one or two occasions I have literally stopped dead in my tracks, turned and backtracked walking miles out of my way to avoid such locations but I'm attuned to the bush in a way many others are not and therefore cant help wondering how many disappearances of tourists and people less attuned to these environments can be attributed to this.
    My point is, I'm not sure its limited to man made structures and that such places of transition are as old as the earth - even the universe itself?
    Many inexperienced people may scoff at my comment but the multi generational bushmen won't.
    Either will the Aboriginals, native Americans or almost any other indigenous people across the globe.

    • @kimblack1636
      @kimblack1636 Před rokem

      (chuckle) Shilo may I ask you if you are aware that you are what's known as being an I.N.F.J ? (See Meyers Briggs personality scale) if you are not familiar, though I believe that you are.🙂
      Please, please don't ask me how or why I know. I've stopped asking these kind of questions anymore. All is well.
      I too share this distinction.😉. There are many traits that make "us" different and set apart.
      Here's a message:
      If you but stop, breath, relax and settle yourself when you stumble upon/ Are invited to, the quiet places and deeply meet The Spirit you'll realize that not all of these places/ moments are ominous, but are special moments especially for those who need to be sequestered away from the crazy , intense , psychotic nature of the current world energy.
      Brother, I like you have walked into these areas since I was a child, but I only experience solitude, peace and welcome in them . I joyfully run from room to room or area to area spinning around, laughing, or sitting quietly in a safe location that the evils can't get to and can't find me anymore.
      I choose to remind myself that wherever I am so is The Supreme one and all of His aids /angels, so "we" are literally never alone there.
      Next time, ask Him to please open your awareness so that you can experience His presence fully. Then you will know that nothing evil may come into His presence.
      End message transmission.
      You are blessed 💗 son of the heavens. Stride boldly.

  • @ChristyDPrice
    @ChristyDPrice Před rokem +33

    Hi, AJ. One of your older videos popped up in my feed and I was INSTANTLY hooked and subscribed. Informative, entertaining and Hecklefish is hilarious! Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!! Maybe, sometime, you could do a show about how weather changes can cause physical effects in some people, everything from headaches, joint/body pain and even deep sleep (like me; especially the dark, loud, high wind storms). Love your work!

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +10

      Great topic idea, Christy! Welcome to the channel. 🐠❤

  • @texasfishingwithdan
    @texasfishingwithdan Před 2 měsíci

    Love it when your videos gives me goosebumps

  • @b1i2l336
    @b1i2l336 Před 4 měsíci

    Of all your videos, THIS unsettled me the most. Sheer terror.

  • @dirtyd2316
    @dirtyd2316 Před rokem +87

    I had a back room experience back when I was about 13 with a friend of mine at a mall. We were hanging out at the mall like most teenagers did back in the 80’s and early 90’s and we thought it would be funny to go through one of the doors for staff and security that were basically hallways that went behind the stores. About 5 mins into walking these hallways that all looked alike we realized that we didn’t know where we were and decided to call it quits and get outta there but we couldn’t find our way back out again.Every hallway had a exit sign and looked exactly the same but we could never find the exit,and we tried to open every door we came across but all of them were locked. We did this for the next hour or so and were getting pretty freaked out towards the end of being back there until we finally found a door that happened to be unlocked which turned out to be a Hallmark gift shop and we went from the back of the store and walked out the front door back into the mall again. After we got outta there we played it off and laughed about it like it was funny,but we both knew without saying anything to each other that we were pretty freaked out when we were back there and couldn’t find our way out and either of us never did anything like that again.

    • @sarahsample4984
      @sarahsample4984 Před rokem +17

      I can't remember the name of the video, but Mr Ballen does one about an elderly man who got lost in the back hallways of a mall and was later found deceased sitting in a chair at the end of a corridor. Super freaky. I used to work at a small mall and would take the trash out through those back hallways and I hated every moment of it.

    • @ChrisBowmanArt
      @ChrisBowmanArt Před rokem +6

      a crazy weird experience. Sounds similar to mine. Check out my above comment if ur interested. Creepy and bizarre and inexplicable. …are we in a simulation? 🤔…I’m wont go trying to find out tht answer again 🫣 PSA: don’t open weird doors wondering hmmm I wonder where does this go?

    • @plutoplutoan4734
      @plutoplutoan4734 Před rokem

      @@sarahsample4984 that happened in Bondi Sydney a few years ago, horrible 😢

    • @paulnicholas7798
      @paulnicholas7798 Před rokem +5

      You need the Key Maker from the Matrix sequels

    • @adgepeterb
      @adgepeterb Před rokem +1

      Great chat!

  • @JiuJitsuM4
    @JiuJitsuM4 Před rokem +62

    This was such a kick ass video. I have a reference to this nostalgic feeling you may feel when looking at these places. Imagine playing an online game of Call of Duty or Halo with a packed lobby and action occurring everywhere. Now, imagine loading up that same map but you being by yourself. Walking around the map by yourself, feeling like you’re being watched. People would explore maps by themselves back in the day and claim that the maps were haunted when exploring by yourself when they clearly weren’t. Interesting psychological thesis waiting to be explored here.

    • @TheWhyFiles
      @TheWhyFiles  Před rokem +8

      Great comment, MoM! You're describing "The Lonely Gamer" theory. Very creepy.

    • @nutbastard
      @nutbastard Před rokem +5

      That game exists, it's called DayZ : P

    • @moo-snuckle
      @moo-snuckle Před rokem +3

      ever hear about the guy who went back to a old game, which was long since dead and abandoned, but accessible still, and when he was revisiting it for nostalgia or a video about dead games or something, and after a while running around checking out the once ambitious and sprawling game world, which had that liminal feel all over,he noticed another singular player who was creeping around, and watching him, and seemed to loosely be following him, but keeping his distance all weird like. eventually he caught up to the guy, and spoke with him, and the guy responded entirely in character, describing how he doesnt know why there is noone in these towns, and he had been the lone occupant of these areas that were still active for quite some time,as if he were a npc living out his life carrying on after every other being dissapeared for some reason etc. and never broke character . i cant remember where i heard it, but it was unnerving because it was so devoid of life otherwise.

    • @sexgod57able
      @sexgod57able Před rokem +1

      @@moo-snuckle I'm the liminal janitor. I just eternally clean the liminal spaces. They still get dirty somehow.🤔

    • @se7ensfarm112
      @se7ensfarm112 Před rokem

      @@nutbastard 🤣🤣👏🏻 god dam cherno

  • @StuartMunien
    @StuartMunien Před měsícem

    This video will always have a special place in my heart. While going down an extensive rabbit hole of videos on The Backrooms I came across your channel last year and I'm so grateful I did. Like many Why Files viewers I instantly got hooked and ended up binge watching almost all videos on the channel within a matter of days eventually becoming a weekly viewer waiting for the latest episode.

  • @njoYYY
    @njoYYY Před 14 dny

    I'm in my mid 30s and I saw the rise of online communities and social media and I had a couple of years where everyone met at some places and you could randomly meet people outside that you know. People hung out, just for the sake of spending time... Now you need weeks of planning to grab a coffee together and worst of all: a good reason.
    I only got a fraction of that life and I hate how it is today. I think thats why I feel lonely all the time. The friends I have tell me I should spend time with my friends then... Which apparently they dont realize that they are those friends and they "dont have time" or just wanna chill home all the time.
    Just a little rant. I love being here with these videos tho.

  • @MdAsifUrRahman94
    @MdAsifUrRahman94 Před rokem +4

    Was having a very bad day. Came from office, opened youtube and Boom! New why file video 😀😀. 22 minute of relaxation, fun and enjoyment. Thank you WHY file. You bring joy to my boring dull life.

  • @redherring5532
    @redherring5532 Před rokem +3

    "Video Game Trading Post" at any mall is basically the mall waving goodbye lol

  • @jeanniefromtahini5197
    @jeanniefromtahini5197 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Christ, that "back rooms" thing really unnerved me!

  • @pesnevim1626
    @pesnevim1626 Před 6 měsíci

    Fantastic channel Thank you for your hard work.

  • @Jrb8k3n
    @Jrb8k3n Před rokem +56

    This guy goes so far beyond just giving you some info, he's very well researched, has a nac for bringing you on a journey and never fails to tell a great story while presenting the facts in an easily digestible manner. He seriously is one of the best channels on CZcams. I've told all my friends about this oasis of fun and entertainment. Thanks bud

    • @jamesleon4883
      @jamesleon4883 Před rokem +1

      He makes mistakes though. His back room segment isn’t completely correct, the videos by Kane Pixels start before the teenagers. In another video he misrepresents the observer in quantum wave collapse.

  • @PhatsMahoney88
    @PhatsMahoney88 Před rokem +21

    My mom was in a singles group at something of a Mega Church when I was a kid. While she was in her groups, my sister and I would explore the massive, empty church. Opening doors to entire secondary and tertiary sanctuaries in different wings. Long empty hallways and large meeting halls. I could never explain the feeling of relief I felt when we made the trek back to where we were supposed to be hanging out with the other kids. The dead silence paired with the dim lighting always made my neck hair stand up.

  • @Karlaphotography2023
    @Karlaphotography2023 Před 4 měsíci

    I have binged watching your videos!!! You are brilliant!!!!!!

  • @Aviationpioneer97
    @Aviationpioneer97 Před 6 měsíci

    Such interesting topics, well done. Love the channel

  • @HirXeBomb
    @HirXeBomb Před rokem +6

    Holy moly that jump scare caught me off guard. 😱

  • @jms855
    @jms855 Před rokem +17

    This hits home so hard for me... I'm getting married and so I've had to move out of my mom's house, whom I've lived with for 26 (almost 27) years of my life.
    My room has these peachy walls and a bunch of holes where I've had nails for paintings to hang. It's so empty and lifelines without anything in it anymore. Last night my mom sent me a voice note crying over how empty my room felt without me and how empty the house is now.
    The new flat that I'm living in is decorated with all of my old stuff, including most of what my mom made along with some furniture pieces from her house yet I still feel like I'm in a "laminal" place.
    I can't explain it but I do feel incredibly sad for having moved out but I also know if I couldn't continue living with my mom if I want to become financially independent and get married to my Fiancé. My step father esp wanted me out.
    So that is what it is. I don't know for how long I'll feel the way I do, but it will probably be a long time still.
    It's physically painful for me to go into my old room now. I almost start shaking and want to burst into tears.

    • @lucialuciferion6720
      @lucialuciferion6720 Před rokem

      Sadly it only gets harder as we age. But then again, once we hit old age it gets easier again (from what I've heard) , the late 20s till 70s will be bad.

  • @Lucky-sv2cs
    @Lucky-sv2cs Před 5 měsíci

    Love this channel thanks brother

  • @ASyncResearch
    @ASyncResearch Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for putting me in the thumbnail:) Great video!

  • @adnaanu
    @adnaanu Před rokem +69

    Earlier this year I went to an amusement park (Flamingo land ,in the UK). My family were in a far-off isolated part of the park and it closed. By the time we got around to the exit, the entire park was empty. Walking through the empty park just gave us a sense of dread. Felt like we were in a movie like "I am legend " or "28 days later" . Creepy because it was eerily quite.

    • @blaizegottman4139
      @blaizegottman4139 Před rokem +1

      That's very eerie

    • @rhashelprice9431
      @rhashelprice9431 Před rokem +2

      My family and I were locked inside the buffalo zoo when I was a kid. They announced the zoo was closing and we slowly made our way towards the exit and by the time we got there the gates were locked and everyone was gone. I don't recall what happened exactly like why it took us so long to get to the exit but we had to find a security guard to let us out

  • @brantisonfire
    @brantisonfire Před rokem +79

    When the pandemic first began, I was a gate agent for Delta Air Lines. Summer 2020 my shift was 3:30 a.m-10 a.m. There were shifts where there would be no one moving throughout the terminal. It was definitely eerie some times, but if you have ever worked in customer service, specifically an airport, it was a welcome change from the prior holiday season, where flights were overbooked, cancelled and delayed.

    • @muppetshow2328
      @muppetshow2328 Před rokem

      do you mean the plandemic in your first sentence?

    • @itzamia
      @itzamia Před 11 měsíci +5

      I was the only passenger on my flight from Providence to Orlando April 9th, 2020. Free drinks the entire flight

    • @AJ-kv1po
      @AJ-kv1po Před 10 měsíci +1

      I caught a flight home from a year in Hong Kong back to Australia during the first SARS outbreak in 2003. It was was evening but half the lights were off and only a few desks were staffed. A few people here and there in a massive near new terminal. We got to sleep across the empty seats home. Fun times.

    • @brantisonfire
      @brantisonfire Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@AJ-kv1po For a few months during the summer 2020 we had only six flights departing each day. We were what is considered a "focus city" so we weren't a little regional running only Embraer and CRJs.

    • @yvettekosta-jv4bx
      @yvettekosta-jv4bx Před 10 měsíci +2

      Well having a connecting flight with wait time in the middle of the night is like that. I played a nickel slot machine that paid out 15 bucks after I put in 80 cents. I started putting in a couple more nickels cause it was fun hearing all that money pour out. But I immediately stopped myself as I realized that it's just a trap. I bought a good bar drink and a snack instead, courtesy of the airport. The cashier who had to change the nickels to paper was scowling at me because she expected me to pump the money back in and lose more of my own. Those things are so rigged ! 🤣

  • @MrNick-og4qm
    @MrNick-og4qm Před 3 měsíci +5

    I drive my son to a dr appointment two hours away in the middle of Mississippi, it was a regular hospital, just like the one near our home, but there was nobody there, the whole time my son (13) said “dude this is the back rooms,” it was such a cool thing for him to reference something from stories that I like, but in the whole hospital there was a receptionist, and the dr we had to see, on the third floor, other than that it was empty

    • @thedrunkbard4772
      @thedrunkbard4772 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I completely get this! My mom was hospitalized years ago for a week so I would go home to shower and come back and one time I got there not too late and there was not one person on the first floor. No janitors, doctors, nurses, janitors, receptionists, security or patients. I didn't pass a single person and what made it creepier was the Muzak playing over the speakers. I got video because it made me very uncomfortable. I showed my two sons and they also said that it reminded them of the backrooms. I explained what liminal spaces were and now they are obsessed with them lol. It was very creepy.