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Slenderman : online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls

Hale, Kathleen, 1986-2022
Books, Manuscripts
In 2014, two girls obsessed with the internet urban myth Slenderman lured their friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times with a kitchen knife. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were just 12 years old when they left Payton Leutner for dead. Why were two young girls compelled to commit such a cold-blooded crime? With exclusive access to family members and law enforcement, Kathleen Hale reveals for the first time the impact the cult of Slenderman on two fragile young girls and the harrowing police investigation that shocked a community to its core.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2022.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529102550 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1555364.15
LC class:
HV6625
Local class:
364.155
Language:
English
BRN:
3143385
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