Ghoulish stabbing raises question: Who is Slenderman?

Two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin are facing attempted murder charges following a brutal attack on one of their classmates. An attack they say was inspired by their devotion to internet horror myth Slender Man. The accused, Morgan Geyser 

Shortly afterward, two 12-year-old classmates were arrested and told police they were inspired by a creepy, fictional character known as Slenderman on the website Creepypasta Wiki, authorities said. Related story: Wisconsin girls, both 12, charged as

Two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin are facing attempted murder charges following a brutal attack on one of their classmates. An attack they say was inspired by their devotion to internet horror myth Slender Man.

Prosecutors believe that the girls stabbed their friend 19 times in a Waukesha, Wisconsin, park in order to prove their devotion to an imaginary creature called Slender Man, which they had read about online. Both girls were charged with first-degree

No one saw this coming. Two girls, both 12, plotted to murder their friend by bringing her into the woods and stabbing her 19 times. The girls claim they did it to join Slender Man, a paranormal figure they read about online.