Slender Man stabbing
- Date of account
- 2014
- Location
- Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
In 2014, two Wisconsin twelve-year-olds attacked a classmate, later telling investigators they believed the assault would protect them from Slender Man, an internet-born fictional figure. The case is important for studying how participatory online fiction, imitation, and adolescent belief can become entangled with real-world violence. Courts, journalists, and folklorists distinguish the documented crime from claims that Slender Man has supernatural reality. Details of motivation, mental health, and media influence require careful use of trial records rather than retrospective legend summaries.
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