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Sep 18, 2023 · Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier attempted to kill their friend Peyton Leutner in 2014 to appease a horror figure known as Slender Man. Get updates on the case.
Beware the Slenderman (stylized as _beware the slenderman) is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky about the Slender Man stabbing. It premiered at South by Southwest in March 2016 and was broadcast on HBO on January 23, 2017.
On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a wooded area of a local park and stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional character Slender Man. [2] Weier and Geyser were both found not guilty by mental disease or defect and committed to m...
May 31, 2024 · May 31, 2024, marks 10 years since two 12-year-old girls — Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier — attacked and tried to kill their friend after growing obsessed with Slender Man, an online supernatural...
- Geyser’s mother said at a young age her child lacked compassion. Home videos of Geyser showed her happily tickling the keys of a kids’ miniature piano and interacting with a cat that lead viewers to believe she was a typical young girl.
- Weier reportedly penned disturbing and foretelling internet posts. According to the documentary, Weier commented on several videos, which might raise an eyebrow when one considers her age and the content of the message.
- The girls possessed an unwavering belief in Slenderman. It seemed Geyser and Weier sincerely believed in the figure created by Eric Knudsen. “I was really scared knowing that Slenderman could easily kill my whole family in three seconds,” Weier shared during an interrogation.
- Geyser and Weier’s family were both aware of Slenderman and neither thought anything of it. “While I wasn’t thrilled about her interest, I didn’t really see the harm in it either,” Angie said in an interview.
Jan 19, 2017 · How do two 12-year-olds discover an Internet bogeyman and end up stabbing a friend? Inside the chilling true-crime doc 'Beware the Slenderman.'.
- Elisabeth Garber-Paul
Oct 24, 2019 · The attempted murder of Payton and the investigation around it became the subject of the HBO documentary Beware the Slenderman. A subsequent feature film about the case was made, starring Joey...
