Creepypasta Informative pt 12

Slender Man

For most of you who follow Creepypasta knows that Slender Man was a story fully developed on the Creepypasta platform. However, Slender Man may have started his origins as an urban legend, but not as the creature that we know today.

The first known depiction of Slender Man was from an artist back in 2009. The artist, Eric Knudsen, entered a contest that challenged s to edit everyday photos to make them appear paranormal.

His two pictures he called 'Something Awful' was submitted as black and white photos. He wanted the "Slenderman" to be a character lurking among children areas in the background background.

(Pictures are from CBS news)

Knudsen said that his intent for the character was "something whose motivations can barely be comprehended and which cause unease and terror in general population". He also claimed to be inspired by Stephen King's story "The Mist".

His story grew to where people started giving him suggestions that maybe the Slenderman causes amnesia, that maybe he is stalking children, perhaps he has tentacles coming from his back, maybe he offers contracts to children. And the suggestions kept coming.

As the urban legend grew, the stories kept adding more and more definition to the character, but varied depending on the storyteller. And over the length of a year that story made its way to Creepypasta.

The first Creepypasta about Slender Man was published in 2010.

Click here for the Creepypasta story.

And a later published Creepypasta update.

Now over the years of 2010 and 2014, many claims, mostly by teenagers, say they had either seen Slender Man or was ed by Slender Man. Most of these stories were hearsay, urban legends, and in most cases teenagers pulling pranks.

On May 30th 2014, the internet sensation of Slender Man came into the real world. Before, Slender Man was just a story, just another Boogeyman, and just another imaginary creature.

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:warning: If you are squeamish, easily triggered about injuries, attempted homicide, psychotic breaks, ... Reader discretion is advised. The story is rated M for mature audiences.

According to several news agencies,

"A Wisconsin woman who, at age 12, itted she stabbed a classmate to appease a fictitious horror movie character." ~ from USA Today

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weir, "lured their classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park after a sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier egged her on. Leutner barely survived.

The girls later told investigators that they attacked Leutner to earn the right to be Slender Man’s servants and they feared he would harm their families if they didn’t follow through." ~ from CNN

Now according to investigators both girls pleaded guilty. However the verdict came back not guilty by reason of insanity.

Geyser was sentenced to 40 years to life in a mental institution. Weier was sentenced 25 years to life in a mental institution.

Weier was released back in 2021 after only serving 7 years. It was deemed that she was no longer a threat to society or herself.

Now in 2025, Geyser is back in courts with the possibility of being released into a group home under supervision until 2058.

Through several interviews from other news agencies both girls, now women have maintained their stories they once believed that Slender Man was real and they had no other choice. People have over the years debated back and forth if these two were truly that unstable at the age of 12.

After scouring many news articles and attempting to find doctors analysis, it is inconclusive today if they were truly mentally unstable. Yet, when they were found not guilty of reason of insanity, this would have had been proven in court for such a verdict to be rendered.

In the end Slender Man is still considered to be a fictional character. Creepypasta stands by its claim that it is merely fiction.

a brief breakdown of

Slender Man media

•2009, black and white photos published for a contest submitted by Eric Knudsen.

•2010, the first Creepypasta story of Slender Man was published.

•2012, video game 'Slender: The Arrival'

•2012, book 'The Slender Man' by Dexter Morgenstern and Anna Stockbring

•2013, book 'Slender Man Chronicles: stories of encounters with Slender: 24 terrifying real stories of people's encounters with Slender Man' by John Gordon

•2014, newspapers and news agencies report on the Slender Man stabbing.

•2018, movie 'Slender Man' directed by Sylvian White and written by David Birke

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news souces

USA Today

ABC News

People

CNN

Podcasts about Slender Man

Spotify

Spotify (urban legends)

Spotify (dark web)

Spotify (copy cat killers)

Spotify (update)