Episode 99 - The Slenderman Stabbing

Wicked Within

On Saturday, May 31st, 2014, Greg Steinburg was bicycling along Big Bend Road near his home in Waukesha, Wisconsin, when he stumbled upon a girl lying in the grass toward the end of the dead-end road. As he got closer, he saw that the girl was alive, but covered in blood. Steinburg dropped his bike in the road, and rushed to help the girl. With shaking hands, he took his phone from his pocket and dialed 911.
Officer Dan Klein arrived at the scene just a couple of minutes later. He called out to the girl as he approached, introducing himself and asking if she was okay. As he got closer, the blood stains on her clothes seemed to grow. Officer Klein soon learned that the girl’s name was Payton Leutner and when he asked her who had hurt her, she told him that her best friend, 12-year-old Morgan Geyer, had stabbed her with a knife.

Sources:
Slender Man Case | Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à deux) from Dr. Todd Grande
Young woman convicted in Slender Man case withdraws petition to be released from ABC 12
What Happened To Morgan Geyser, The Girl Who Tried To Murder Her Friend Because Of Slender Man? from All That's Interesting
Investigators in 'Slender Man' case discuss chilling interviews with 12-year-old attempted murderers from ABC News
20/20 Season 42 | Episode 5: The Wicked from 20/20
Timeline: How the Waukesha Slender Man stabbing case played out over the years from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Slenderman legend: Everything you need to know from CBS News
How Slender Man Became a Legend from The New York Time
Beware the Slenderman on HBO or Amazon Prime

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