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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

What's Next For The 'Slender Man' Stabber?

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

More than a decade after stabbing her friend and leaving her to die, 22-year-old Morgan Geyser has been granted early release from a mental health facility. In 2014, Geyser and her friend, Anissa Weir, lured their friend, Payton Leutner into a park where they stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional horror character, 'Slender Man.' Geyser was charged with first-degree attempted homicide, but was ultimately found "not guilty by reason of mental disease." FOX News Contributor and former NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro weighs in on the controversial update within this shocking case and discusses the role of internet lore in crimes. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Emily Campaniel, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

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Thank you. True Crime Podcast. More than a decade after stabbing her friend,

0:49.8

22-year-old Morgan Geiser has been granted early release from a mental health facility by a Wisconsin judge.

0:56.0

In 2014, Geyser and her friend Anisa Weyer lured their other friend, Peyton Lightner, into a park in Waukesha.

1:05.0

It was there that Geyser and Weir stabbed Peyton 19 times in order to appease the fictional horror character,

1:13.7

Slender Man. Despite being left for dead with life-threatening injuries, Peyton was able to drag herself

1:20.1

to a road where she was discovered by a cyclist. Geyser was charged with first-degree attempted homicide,

1:26.4

but was ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental disease.

1:31.5

On Thursday, January 9th, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Boren granted Geyser's release after determining she maximized her treatment options

1:40.6

and ordered the State Department of Health Services to set up a plan for housing

1:45.3

and supervising her in a group home for his consideration at a hearing within 60 days.

1:52.5

Joining me now with more on this story is my friend, Fox News contributor, retired NYPD inspector,

1:59.5

and attorney Paul Morrell.

2:02.5

Paul, what do you make of this recent development?

2:06.4

So I think that many of us react to something like this and feel like somebody got away with

2:12.6

murder.

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