
Slenderman
Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
Kathleen Hale(Author)
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Published on 20. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-8021-6182-6 (ISBN)
Description
"The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet. On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime 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 suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case"--
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8021-6182-6 (9780802161826)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kathleen Hale a crime writer based in Los Angeles. Her reporting has been featured in Vanity Fair, among other outlets. Slenderman is her first true crime book.