The Slenderman stabbing of May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, shocked the local community and the world. What was frightening was that they had done so under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called "Slenderman." Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved were suffering from undiagnosed mental illness, was often overlooked in coverage of the case. This is the first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the Internet.
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