Slenderman

A Tragic Story of Online Obsession and Mental Illness

Kathleen Hale

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Ebury Press
17 January 2023

True crime

A devastating and gripping account of an internet meme, two twelve-year-old-girls and a brutal stabbing

'A compelling yet harrowing read' Daily Mail 'One of the best true crime books of the year' CrimeReads

The 2014 Slenderman stabbings in Wisconsin, USA, shocked the local community and the world. The violence of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weiser, the two twelve-year-old girls who attempted to stab their classmate to death, was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they had done so under the influence of an internet meme, the so-called 'Slenderman'.

Slenderman tells the full story for the very first time. Morgan and Anissa's friendship could so easily not have taken the turn it did - but Morgan was suffering with early onset schizophrenia. She believed she had been seeing Slenderman for years, and that the only way to stop him killing her family was to bring him a sacrifice. Her victim miraculously survived the attack but was left deeply traumatised, while the severity of their crime meant Morgan and Anissa would be tried as adults.

Slenderman is both a page-turning true crime classic and a compelling search for justice.

By: Kathleen Hale
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781529102550
ISBN 10: 1529102553
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 17 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathleen Hale is the author of two young adult novels and an essay collection. She has written for the Guardian, Hazlitt and Vice. A graduate of Harvard, she is also a writer and producer for Outer Banks on Netflix.

Reviews for Slenderman: A Tragic Story of Online Obsession and Mental Illness

Slenderman is a fluent and stylish account of a childhood folie a deux and its tragic aftermath. Through careful first-hand research and personal interviews, Kathleen Hale exposes the destructive force behind this case - not the fictional Slenderman, but the monstrous failure of the judicial system when it comes to forensic mental health. Slenderman is a work of wise sympathy * Mikita Brottman * Reminiscent of David Foster Wallace and Jon Ronson * Jesse Eisenberg *