On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 12-year-olds Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their friend Payton Leutner into the woods under the pretext of playing hide-and-seek. Once there, Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times with a five-inch blade. The attack was planned for months as a supposed “sacrifice” to Slender Man, a fictional horror figure from the internet. The girls believed that by killing their … Continue reading Payton Leutner