Online forums have spawned a new wave of urban legends ranging from Slender Man to the ever-evolving lore of the SCP Foundation. But among these terrifying tales, one entity keeps coming up ...

A Wisconsin judge has agreed to release “Slender Man” stabber Morgan Geyser from a psychiatric hospital despite desperate last-minute efforts by health officials to keep her committed.

In January, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ordered Morgan Geyser’s release from Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The 22-year-old was sentenced to 40 years in a mental institution ...

A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to please a horror character called Slender Man more than a ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who nearly killed her classmate years ago to please horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital as planned, a judge decided ...

Geyser, now 22, admitted in 2017 to stabbing Peyton Leutner after luring her into the woods during a sleepover in 2014, in order to appease the mythical internet figure "Slenderman." Geyser’s co ...

MORE: Slender Man stabbing assailant to be released from mental health facility In 2014, Anissa Weier and Geyser lured their friend Payton Leutner, also 12, to the woods in Waukesha, Wisconsin ...

AND WE’VE GOT BREAKING NEWS OFF THE TOP HERE AT SIX. THE SLENDER MAN ATTACKER, ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE RELEASED. MORGAN GEISER WAS SET TO LEAVE THE WINNEBAGO MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AFTER ...

FILE - Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom, Jan. 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who nearly killed her classmate years ago to please horror ...