#36 Beyond the Meme: Kathleen Hale and the Slenderman Stabbing

"They came to believe Slenderman was sending his army after them"

Kathleen Hale, originally from Wisconsin, writes about crime and social media. Her fourth book, SLENDERMAN, was nominated for an Edgar Prize and won the 2023 Midland Writers Award for Non Fiction. It tells the story behind the Slenderman stabbings in Wisconsin, USA, which 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'.

Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence, which may not be suitable for all listeners, especially younger weirdos.

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