The Backrooms Pt. 4: The Poolrooms

After what feels like weeks spent wandering endless yellow hallways beneath buzzing fluorescent lights, something finally changes. The corridors end. The wallpaper disappears. And Joe, Samantha, and the narrator discover a vast network of impossible pools stretching endlessly through white concrete chambers. For the first time since entering the Backrooms, the pressure begins to lift. The buzzing is gone. The water moves. The air feels different. But relief can be deceptive. Because some places don't feel frightening until you've spent enough time inside them. Part Four of a five-part Backrooms event. In this episode: The discovery of the Poolrooms The first relief from the yellow halls Water and memory The distant splashes The psychology of stillness The return of forgotten sounds The changing nature of hope Why beauty can feel dangerous No monsters. No explanations. Just an impossible place and the people slowly changing inside it. The Midnight Drive presents: The Backrooms © Hondira LLC 2026