Episode 227 - The Slenderman Stabbing

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On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their best friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. <br>They claimed it was in an attempt to become proxies of the fictional character Slender Man. <br>It was a case that gained the attention of the press internationally, bringing children's internet usage and "creepypastas" to the forefront of public attention. But what really happened in the woods that day? <br>Text sources: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/21/slender-man-case-anissa-weier-sentenced">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/21/slender-man-case-anissa-weier-sentenced</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42913133">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42913133</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27776894#:~:text=The%20Slender%20Man%20meme%20began,with%20which%20to%20terrify%20people.">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27776894#:~:text=The%20Slender%20Man%20meme%20began,with%20which%20to%20terrify%20people.</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man</a><a href="https://hazlitt.net/longreads/living-slenderman">https://hazlitt.net/longreads/living-slenderman</a><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541211/#:~:text=Shared%20psychotic%20disorder%20(Folie%20a%20deux)%20is%20an%20unusual%20mental,secondary)%20with%20a%20specific%20belief.">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541211/#:~:text=Shared%20psychotic%20disorder%20(Folie%20a%20deux)%20is%20an%20unusual%20mental,secondary)%20with%20a%20specific%20belief.</a><a href="https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2017/10/out-came-girls">https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2017/10/out-came-girls</a> Video Sources: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dgwJxVQpLs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dgwJxVQpLs</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsB5lLgeH8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsB5lLgeH8</a> Beware The Slender Man - Amazon Prime <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJzKcxhJII">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJzKcxhJII</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjbfq1dUA4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjbfq1dUA4</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8arxEC_6Is">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8arxEC_6Is</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9p3jLeDblg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9p3jLeDblg</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbP1wUx8mYw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbP1wUx8mYw</a>