Impact X Nightline Menu About Episodes Photos Releases Surviving Slender Man - Releases February 26, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Surviving Slender Man (2/27) THURSDAY, FEB. 27 IMPACT x Nightline: “Surviving Slender Man” (320) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: An astonishing attack and 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. Extended Logline: 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 bot Media: Photos Press Release - ABC News Studios
February 26, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Surviving Slender Man (2/27) THURSDAY, FEB. 27 IMPACT x Nightline: “Surviving Slender Man” (320) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: An astonishing attack and 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. Extended Logline: 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 bot Media: Photos Press Release - ABC News Studios
