12 Year Old's SLENDER MAN SACRIFICE

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how she survived is beyond comprehension. Thank god she’s alive

God I can't imagine how the guy who created Slenderman feels when he found out that his story drove someone to kill a child. It's not his fault, like parents should be watching what their children are doing on the internet not just for things like this but for the fact that there are predators online and children are very impressionable and easier to groom for those predators. But if I created Slenderman and this happened I'd be devastated.

I can’t even begin think how traumatised Peyton must still be today…

The fact that I fr wanted slenderman to take me as a kid is even more insane now that I listened to this

When you know the case thoroughly but want to hear Eleanor tell it ☺️

It was a miracle Payton survived with such grave injuries. Hope she's doing well in the world!

I remember being an edgy 12 year old who wanted to be a proxy to slenderman. I remember hearing this story and it shocking the whole creepy pasta community and so many people my age were pissed because a lot of parents cracked down on this and didn't want their kids to turn out like this. They were all talking about how mad they were about how these girls couldn't separate fiction from reality and they suffered the consequences for a crime they didn't commit. Honestly though, looking back at my infatuation with these scary stories, I cringe a lot cause admittedly a lot of kids my age thought this type of edgy behavior was cool. Who's to say that if their parents didn't ban them from it that they wouldn't have followed in their footsteps.

I’m surprised you didn’t mention that after the stabbing, the creepypasta site held a go fund me for Payton and her family.

I always found it so creepy how calm and chilled out morgan was in the interview room

I'm genuinely so happy the girl survived; it's rare in these types of stories.

As someone who experiences hallucinations and delusions and had them about things like slenderman in the past I'm glad you mentioned how mental illness played a role in what happened. I think you did a great job covering this case and I hope you're doing well /g

It makes me sad to hear that mental illness can be so overlooked, when it already has been in the family did no one suspected that the kid would suffer the same, until she was so frightened that she was willing to kill her best friend ?

As a childhood schizophrenic, I can understand how Morgan feels (though of course I've never hurt anyone). I was about 7-10 when the big creepypasta era was going on, and I 1000% believed that they were real, because I would see and hear them. I know it's hard to understand. I'm just so sad that she never got help for her illness. I also understand how easy it is to have other children be roped into your delusions. This truly is a heart-breaking case.

I remember being in the creepypasta fandom back in middle school when this story came out. It absolutely shocked me that people thought he was real and took it to that level to become a proxy, im glad you coved this case though and you did it well!

Young kids are so bizarrely good at convincing each other of things. My little sister got fully convinced that Slender Man was real by her friend when she was like nine, and told me her friend had met him and everything, she was so sure about it I almost believed it too even though I knew it was just a Creepypasta (I was twelve)

I have full belief that Morgan was suffering from very early signs of schizophrenia (which her dad had) and was taken advantage of. Due to her mom not getting her the help she needed, Morgan was steadily getting worse and worse. I honestly feel bad for her and hope she can get the treatment to help her.

Usually stabbing someone 19 times is out of anger/resent, but it seems like the girls were really just inexperienced (like they didn’t know what they were doing but wanted to make sure they killed Peyton) and frantic. Thank god Peyton survived

I am from Wisconsin, and no one truly understands how IMPACTFUL this stabbing was for the entire state. It truly haunts a lot of our minds. It is devastating. So thankful you covered this case. So many have forgotten about it. And forget how much the internet influences kid's minds.

Poor Payton, I wish her love and light. Paranoia and anxiety are not nice to live with, for sure she'll be on some meds for the rest of her life. She didn't deserve this, she deserved to live a happy normal life.