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In May of 2014, two young girls lured their friend out to the woods during a game of hide-and-seek, and stabbed her 19 times, after claiming a fictional creature from the internet ordered them to do so. But once a cyclist came across the victim, clinging to life, the other girls\u2019 plan veered off course. This is the story of Payton Leutner, also known, as the Slender Man stabbing.\n\nBONUS EPISODES\nApple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398\nPatreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast\n\nCASE SOURCES\n\ufeff1. Creepypasta:\xa0https://www.creepypasta.com/slenderman/\n2. ABC:\xa0https://abcnews.go.com/US/mothers-teens-pleaded-guilty-slender-man-stabbing-case/story?id=52739807\n3. Oprah:\xa0https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a29591703/slender-man-stabbing-true-story/\n4. Good Morning America:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFiJvVGzdpo\n5. SourceFedNerd:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKG81xQjPzc\n6. The Game of Nerds:\xa0https://thegameofnerds.com/2017/11/24/the-slender-man-movie-from-photoshop-contest-entry-to-horror-film/\n7. Beware the\xa0Slenderman:\xa0https://www.hulu.com/watch/2faf31a7-bee6-4357-aa18-8026fca1e2bb\n8. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:\xa0https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/news/waukesha/2021/04/15/slender-man-stabbing-anissa-weier-should-released-attorneys-say/7236515002/\n9. Oxygen:\xa0https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/anissa-weier-to-be-released-from-mental-health-facility\n10. The Cinemaholic:\xa0https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-the-survivor-payton-leutner-now/\n11. KLTV:\xa0https://www.kltv.com/2021/09/14/slender-man-stabbing-victims-family-nervous-about-release/\n12. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:\xa0https://www.jsonline.com/story/archives/2020/09/02/slender-man-stabbing-timeline-geyser-weier-cases-wisconsin/3803170002/\n13. NBC:\xa0https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/slender-man-stabbing/slender-man-creator-speaks-stabbing-i-am-deeply-saddened-n122781\n14. New York Times:\xa0https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/movies/slender-man-timeline.html\n15. All That's Interesting:\xa0https://allthatsinteresting.com/payton-leutner#:~:text=Born%20in%202002%2C%20Payton%20Leutner,was%20often%20sitting%20by%20herself.\n16. Criminal Minds:\xa0https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Anissa_Weier_and_Morgan_Geyser#:~:text=Geyser%20was%20born%20on%20May,grew%20up%20in%20Waukesha%2C%20Wisconsin.\n17. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:\xa0https://archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/critical-hearing-in-slender-man-case-to-begin-today-b99520903z1-307851871.html\n18. TMJ4:\xa0https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/waukesha-slender-man-stabbing-case-morgan-geyser-withdraws-petition-to-be-released\n19. New York Magazine:\xa0https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/08/slender-man-stabbing.html\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices