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🗓️ 25 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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0:00.0 | Because behind every smile is a potential suspect. |
0:04.3 | You're listening to Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
0:07.8 | This is one of the literally craziest cases I think I've ever seen. |
0:16.5 | Walkershaw County Circuit Court Judge has approved a conditional release plan. |
0:21.3 | Now, for Morgan Geiser, you may remember her. |
0:23.4 | She's one of the girls involved in the infamous 2014 Slender Man attempted homicide. |
0:29.6 | Geiser, who was originally accused of mastermining the stabbing of her friend, |
0:33.5 | Peyton Lautner, and a Waukesha Park in Wisconsin, |
0:36.0 | will now begin the process of transitioning |
0:39.2 | out of Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Ashkosh, Wisconsin. I know where that is. The case, |
0:45.5 | which became internationally known after Lautner was stabbed 19 times by Geyser, and co-defendant |
0:52.9 | Anissa Weir sparked widespread questions about the mental health of both girls. |
0:57.4 | The attack was allegedly motivated by their belief in the fictional Slender Man character, whom they feared would harm them. |
1:05.1 | Both girls just 12 years old at the time claimed they were trying to appease Slender Man, initially deemed incompetence |
1:13.0 | to stand trial. Geiser was later found to be suffering from schizophrenia. |
1:16.7 | Conditioned doctors linked to genetic factors, mental health experts also consider the possibility |
1:22.5 | of trauma-induced factors such as sexual abuse influencing her behavior. |
1:27.2 | Well, Geiser's mental state has been |
1:29.7 | consistently evaluated over the years. Her condition was most recently categorized as a psychotic |
1:36.6 | spectrum disorder. In 2021, Anissa Weir was granted a conditional release, and in 2023, she was freed from electronic monitoring. |
1:47.3 | Geyser's case, however, took a different path. Mental health professionals had previously |
1:51.0 | recommended Geyser, recommended against Geyser's release, citing the lack of socialization |
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