“SLENDERMAN: BLURRING THE LINES OF REALITY” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: We look at the intriguing start to the Slenderman legend, and how it evolved into not juste one real-life murder, but suicides as well. We debate whether it’s possible for an imaginary figure like Slenderman to become a reality. And we look at a possible connection between Slenderman and a real-life mystery in the 1830s.
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“Slenderman: Blurring The Lines Of Reality” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9e9srj
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| 0:00.0 | Step into the extraordinary with auditory anthology, a podcast series where science fiction short stories come alive. |
| 0:08.0 | Narrated by me, your voice of weird darkness, and curated by Keith Conrad, each episode is a journey into imagination |
| 0:15.2 | explore cosmic wonders and futuristic tales and dive into a universe of stories |
| 0:20.3 | where the impossible is Possible, auditory anthology. |
| 0:24.3 | Available at auditory anthology.com and on Apple, Spotify, or your podcast player of choice. |
| 0:30.7 | Stories and content in weird dark. of Joyce. |
| 0:37.8 | Stories and content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:39.6 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. What is perhaps most interesting about the slender man legends is that it is very much a case of urban folklore with definite and documented origins, one that we have seen grow before |
| 1:06.1 | our collective eyes. And in doing so, it is offered those who research or simply have an interest |
| 1:11.6 | in such things as legends, myths, and folklore, the opportunity |
| 1:16.0 | to see such a legend grow and develop right in front of them, and so perhaps offering how such legends and myths of ancient times, grew and maintained |
| 1:26.6 | their presence in the human psyche thousands of years later. |
| 1:31.0 | And also why, despite in this case the solid concrete documented origins, some people still |
| 1:37.6 | insist that they've had a genuine encounter with this mysterious figure. The legend very much crossed over into reality with the Wokasha incident |
| 1:47.0 | also referred to as the slender man stabbing in 2014 |
| 1:51.0 | with the attempted murder of a young girl by two of her friends in order to appease the slender man. |
| 1:57.0 | This should make us contemplate just what it takes for a myth to become reality, |
| 2:02.0 | and how much perception really does matter to that process. |
| 2:07.0 | What is nothing but a fictional creation for most can become a cold reality to others, and, consequently, while indirectly to the rest of us. |
| 2:17.0 | Indeed, the slender man legend is as unique as it is unsettling, and one that will undoubtedly continue to grow |
| 2:26.6 | as the years and the decades go by. |
| 2:30.0 | Just where the slender man and its position in the subconscious of humanity might be in hundreds of years |
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