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The Resource Slenderman : online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls, Kathleen Hale

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

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"The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet. On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called "Slenderman." Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls tells that full story for the first time in deeply researched detail, using court transcripts, police reports, individual reporting, and exclusive interviews. Morgan and Anissa were bound together by their shared love of geeky television shows and animals, and their discovery of the user-uploaded scary stories on the Creepypasta website could have been nothing more than a brief phase. But Morgan was suffering from early-onset childhood schizophrenia. She believed that she had been seeing Slenderman for many years, and the only way to stop him from killing her family was to bring him a sacrifice: Morgan's best friend Payton "Bella" Leutner, whom Morgan and Anissa planned to stab to death on the night of Morgan's twelfth birthday. Bella survived the attack, but was deeply traumatized, while Morgan and Anissa were immediately remanded into jail, and the severity of their crime meant that they would be prosecuted as adults. There, as Morgan continued to suffer from worsening mental illness after being denied antipsychotics, her life became more and more surreal. Slenderman is both a page-turning true crime story and a search for justice"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
x, 348 pages
Isbn
9780802159809
Instance
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Slenderman : online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls
Title
Slenderman
Title remainder
online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls
Statement of responsibility
Kathleen Hale
Title variation
Slender man
Creator
Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet. On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called "Slenderman." Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls tells that full story for the first time in deeply researched detail, using court transcripts, police reports, individual reporting, and exclusive interviews. Morgan and Anissa were bound together by their shared love of geeky television shows and animals, and their discovery of the user-uploaded scary stories on the Creepypasta website could have been nothing more than a brief phase. But Morgan was suffering from early-onset childhood schizophrenia. She believed that she had been seeing Slenderman for many years, and the only way to stop him from killing her family was to bring him a sacrifice: Morgan's best friend Payton "Bella" Leutner, whom Morgan and Anissa planned to stab to death on the night of Morgan's twelfth birthday. Bella survived the attack, but was deeply traumatized, while Morgan and Anissa were immediately remanded into jail, and the severity of their crime meant that they would be prosecuted as adults. There, as Morgan continued to suffer from worsening mental illness after being denied antipsychotics, her life became more and more surreal. Slenderman is both a page-turning true crime story and a search for justice"--
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1986-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hale, Kathleen
Dewey number
364.152083509775
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV9067.H6
LC item number
H35 2022
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slender Man
  • Slender Man
  • Attempted murder
  • Juvenile homicide
  • Internet
  • Attempted murder
  • Internet
  • Juvenile homicide
  • Wisconsin
Label
Slenderman : online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls, Kathleen Hale
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-348)
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
x, 348 pages
Isbn
9780802159809
Lccn
2022022692
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1287993868
  • 2053135
  • (OCoLC)on1287993868
Label
Slenderman : online obsession, mental illness, and the violent crime of two Midwestern girls, Kathleen Hale
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-348)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
x, 348 pages
Isbn
9780802159809
Lccn
2022022692
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1287993868
  • 2053135
  • (OCoLC)on1287993868

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