New “IMPACT X Nightline” Takes Deeper Look at Unbelievable Case in New Episode on Hulu
The case dates back to 2014.
A new IMPACT X Nightline will take a deeper look at an unbelievable case in their new episode streaming on Hulu, titled Surviving Slender Man.
What’s Happening:
- A special IMPACT X Nightline is set to stream only on Hulu and takes a look at a unique case: an astonishing attack with an unbelievable motive.
- How did a sleepover end in attempted murder to please the fictional character Slender Man? IMPACT x Nightline unpacks the case after a new court ruling changes everything for one of the assailants.
- In 2014, a sleepover between 12-year-olds Morgan Geyser, Anissa Weier and Payton Leutner ended in attempted murder to please the fictional character Slender Man. Geyser and her co-assailant, Weier, stabbed Leutner 19 times.
- Leutner survived her life-threatening injuries while Geyser and Weier were charged in adult court with first-degree attempted intentional homicide. Geyser pleaded guilty to the charge, and Weier pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of attempted second-degree intentional homicide.
- After their convictions, they were sentenced to 40 and 25 years, respectively, in a psychiatric institution after they were both found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. After petitioning the court, Weier was granted conditional release in 2021.
- Last month, Geyser was also granted conditional release after petitioning the court.
- Now, IMPACT x Nightline reports on the latest in Geyser’s case ahead of her forthcoming release from Wisconsin’s Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
- The episode, with Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang, features an all-new interview with the assailant Morgan Geyser’s defense attorney, Anthony Cotton.
- This episode also features groundbreaking interviews from the 2014 and 2019 episodes of ABC News’ 20/20, including the only interview the stabbing survivor Payton Leutner has ever given, with David Muir in 2019, exclusive interviews with Leutner’s family, exclusive interviews with the mothers of both assailants, and the detectives, psychologists and prosecutors in the case.
- ABC News Studios’ IMPACT x Nightline: Surviving Slender Man begins streaming on Thursday, Feb. 27, only on Hulu.
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