Episode 21 - The Slender Man Attack

In this week's episode, Courtney discusses the 2014 attack of Payton Leutner, also known as the Slender Man attack. Spoiler alert - this one is a survivor story! And Payton's story is truly remarkable. Please note that this episode discusses mental illness and violence against children.

We also wanted to add that this week's episode doesn't contain a current true crime event (weekly f***ery). We had discussed one when we recorded the episode, but after we finished recording, family members of the victim we discussed expressed their desire for privacy and for the case to stop being covered while they process (understandably so). With that in mind, we decided to cut the segment from the episode. We understand that by covering current events, things like this can come up, but we never want to go against the wishes of those impacted the most.

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Source material for this episode:

• https://theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/Slender_Man
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/payton-leutner
• https://www.buggedspace.com/slender-man-stabbing-payton-leutner/
• https://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/22/girls-who-tried-kill-slender-man-264218.html
• https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/2022/08/10/slender-man-defendant-morgan-geyser-withdraws-petition-release/10290741002/