48 - Slenderman: A Modern Monster is Born

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

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4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, two twelve year old Wisconsin girls believed in monsters. They believed in one, Slenderman, so completely, they decided to kill their friend to prove their worth to Slenderman so they could become his "proxies" and live with him in his woodland mansion. Luckily, their friend survived, despite being stabbed 19 times. Who is Slenderman? And why do some people still believe in him? And what exactly happened the day this girl was stabbed? Find out in a spooky, how-to-create-a-monster edition of Timesuck. Check out today's sponsors: This episode of Timesuck is brought to you by the Fantasy Footballers podcast. https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/ The best fantasy football advice you can find and the most fun you'll have listening to it. Check 'em out and subscribe! Bombfell.com - the best clothes in men's on-line shopping. Your very own stylist and a fast, easy-to-understand on-line shopping experience. Get $25 off YOUR FIRST purchase when you go to www.bombfell.com/TIMESUCK Chubbies.com - top quality, stylish swim and beachwear for men and women. Go to www.chubbies.com/timesuck to get FREE two-day shipping on your order! And head to the Hollywood Improv, October 5th, 7:30PM for the FIRST EVER live recording of Timesuck! Part of the LA Podcast Festival. Tickets only $15. Click here for tickets/more details.

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0:00.0	On Saturday, May 31, 2014, 12-year-old girl, Peyton Letner, was playing hide and seek with
0:06.2	two other 12-year-old girls, Anisa Weir and Morgan Geyser in a suburban park in Wakesha,
0:10.8	Wisconsin, the morning after his sleepover.
0:13.4	That all went to escape parks and I have a four-stay-up late talking, played dress-up,
0:17.2	eating donuts and strawberries for breakfast, having a good day so far.
0:20.8	And then suddenly, Morton, following Anisa's command, stabs Peyton 19 times with a steak
0:25.5	knife, she'd snuck out of her mom's kitchen.
0:28.1	She and Anisa have been planning on killing Peyton, known as Bella, for roughly six months.
0:32.8	Why?
0:33.8	Because they believe they made a sacrifice to Slenderman, not only would this monster
0:37.4	not kill them or kill their families, he would also allow them to become his proxies
0:41.4	and live with him in the forest.
0:43.4	Leaving Bella for dead, the girls set out to find Slenderman's mansion.
0:47.3	With an hour's, Bella would be recovering and a local hospital, Morgan and Anisa would
0:51.7	be confessing in a local jail and the Slenderman stabbing story would be national news.
0:56.9	And now over three years later, Morgan and Anisa are finally set to go to trial for what
1:01.0	they did.
1:02.0	And you're set to understand who the hell Slenderman is and look at why these girls may
1:06.2	have done what they did.
1:08.4	Digital folklore, 21st century superstition, a myth, a monster, and an almost murder today
1:14.5	on time-set.
1:18.0	Happy Monday in Hail Nimrod, Time Suckers.
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