When asked to describe Slender Man, Morgan and Anissa told the respective detectives: "He's um... He's this tall faceless man who preys on children. At his own will he can like explode tendrils ...

Geyser and Weier later confessed they committed the crime in order to please the fictional "Slender Man" character said to attack children with long tendrils sprouting from his back. Geyser and ...

After the two girls were arrested, Geyser disturbingly said the attack was done in a bid to appease ‘Slender Man’ - a creepy internet fictional character that was said to steal children.

The story inspired increased media attention to the Slender Man character, as well as to the control the figure had on impressionable children. The character, which first surfaced online as a ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital ...