'Slender Man' stabbing survivor describes horrific ordeal | Nightline

Payton Leutner was 12 years old when she was stabbed 19 times after two friends of the same age attacked her. The girls later told police they tried killing her to appease the fictional "Slender Man."
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[@astralvcid]

"this is going to get me arrested, isn't it?" Nah sis, you stabbed your friend multiple times and she almost died, but you are free to go

[@leoleyva4719]

LMAO MEEEEE

[@pompey333]

Shit thats what they do for the car theives in neighboring madison sooo thats not to far off

[@bradgt5130]

At that age she probably thought the get out of jail free card was a thing.

[@gosulanre6669]

FBI OPEN UP

[@sophiajohnson5400]

Her friend and the other should be in the sike

[@georgina9009]

“Relaxed” no girl dances around in a police station after repeatedly stabbing someone unless there’s something wrong in their head.

[@PrincezzofDarknezz]

Exactly, we have Jodi Arias and Amanda Knox as an example.

[@maliablossom7340]

Chuck Norris I don’t think their looks have anything to do with their actions...

[@llordmakisigsantiago7098]

Facts

[@taesguccistore9914]

Oh huh yes backugo

[@blastofo]

Entitled suburban white girl, cant comprehend being put in prison, because the world had never treated her bad in the past.

[@fables4564]

If my child attempted to end someone’s life, I would not advocate for them being released. Period.

[@Girafen]

Do you have a child?

[@Consciouskayy]

I have a child 4 of them to be exact and no I could not advocate for them in a situation like this. This is awful

[@Honeygarlicrib]

@@Girafennah but I’d abandon it

[@HighPandaa]

@@Girafenare you saying a psychopath should be released?

[@Girafen]

@@HighPandaa No absolutely not. I just think that it's easy to say "if my child did that i would disown them", but if you actually were in that situation i dont think it would be that simple and easy

[@eveo958]

To think she was the width of a hair away from death is terrifying. She was so close to dying, it’s really a miracle she is alive today.

[@SirHorned19]

I have a strong suspicion that was just media dramatization. She was undoubtedly near death, but a hairs width is literally nothing in soft tissue.

[@juub5171]

@@SirHorned19 True. Perhaps a few centimeters, but a hairs width is way too far fetched.

[@corybuerlen2889]

“well she was taken to the hospital” Morgan: “what?” Like dang, she seemed surprised she wasn’t dead 💀

[@martinchristensen6786]

Cory Buerlen yeah she was hoping to hear that she was dead..

[@ejRecording]

probably hoping she could begin her lies with no surviving witness

[@LittleFishy219]

The girl is fucking insane and is still probably convinced slender man is gonna kill her or whatever if she doesn’t kill her.

[@Itsjusjen]

Morgan was the mastermind behind the whole thing. Her plan was to kill her to begin with

[@angelflorez2870]

lol😂😂😂😂

[@4everXswiftie]

she danced alone in the investigation room after stabbing her friend 19 times im getting joker vibes

[@thebrokenandhurtingtroll6272]

Nah that bitch isn’t like the joker she’s a god damn fool who couldn’t even save herself lol

[@kaitie648]

Other people are saying that she has schizophrenia. Acting erratically, such as dancing like she did, is common.

[@SpaceClord]

Lmao

[@blubliss5336]

Don’t associate the joker with these fools

[@angelaluna7532]

Mini Jodi arias

[@Stormchazer246]

The fact that Anissa’s mother acted like having her there during the interrogation would make a difference is just disgusting. Edit: Holy crap, 1.8k likes? When did that happen?

[@pheilimobrien6634]

Her mother probably had something to do with it.

[@weirdo-gs7lv]

Ikr, it made me so mad when she said that

[@JuliaJacksons]

Right?! Like *read the room*

[@ImSoFunnyAhhhhhhhhh]

Wtf is wrong with yall

[@twraoylnledyou8511]

Ot would make a difference tho..

[@silverwolfzs7601]

The cyclist came in clutch, I’m glad to see that the girl who was stabbed 19 times is now fully recovered and doing well

[@justalex2x266]

Everything happens for a reason, She was meant to survive

[@Milkko3]

The luck was insane she really used all her strength to crawl and stay alive and the cyclist just happens to be there

[@twraoylnledyou8511]

Yup. That's her new name. And how everyone knows her. "The girl who was stabbed 19 times". Yup. That's the right words.

[@twraoylnledyou8511]

​@justalex2x266 well I hope the reason for my dad dying a very MISERABLE death had a purpose. Oh! And the jews. And the black slaves (alot of which died horrible deaths). Should I keep going?

[@zukostryder]

Literally they had a feeling... they weren't even supposed to go that way it was extremely luckyyyyy

[@youette7002]

"this is gonna get me arrested, isn't it?" nah girl he's just doing a quick vibe check

[@lime2333]

pay your fucking taxes you fat moron 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angelbonita]

shes not a vibe

[@calleeschumann]

i teleported to the comments as soon as she said that

[@panagiotispanagiotidis7515]

Dumb police,they don't know that they were doing her a vibe check and she failed....

[@harls3337]

KDJSJSBXJSJSNS

[@Neevkl_7]

Man, It feels like this happened yesterday, not five years ago.

[@s.c1]

Neevkl _7 Nah, this is old already

[@BudderB0y2222]

I was in 5th grade when this shit happened. Somehow the news story of a girl getting stabbed 28 times and barely surviving evokes this weird nostalgia in me

[@hugosanchez4593]

Nah this happened forever ago

[@Porter5habazz]

Neevkl _7 ikr!

[@aliced602]

I wanted to be your 999th like but someone else did it one second before me so I am ur 1000th like

[@sakurafalls2468]

I noticed how mature Anissa speaks. While Morgan _seems_ more apathic, I'm getting psychopathic vibes from Anissa. Her speech for a 12 year old is very well developed. She's clearly very smart, which makes me think she's very good at manipulating everyone around her.

[@TasmanianTigerGrrr]

Yeah she seems like a sociopath that manipulated Morgan into doing the stabbing

[@jackfavvv0280]

Not really. She speaks like just any normal girl her age.

[@kroakie4]

Anissa definitely used Morgan to do her dirty work. She figured Morgan would be the one found guilty because she has schizophrenia. That certainly is manipulation, and if she would manipulate somebody who was supposedly her best friend into doing something so heinous, I have no problem at all believing that she manipulated numerous other people too. I’m not liberating either girl from blame because they both schemed to commit a crime and took part in it. And now both girls are up to their ears in a heap of trouble.

[@suzannen.6403]

@@kroakie4 no, the other way around.

[@SDS-ee9js]

I don’t know, I was that articulate when I was her age. However, she shows no empathy for the heinous crime she committed so she’s definitely a sociopath.

[@Name-ot3xw]

Morgan had been having audio/visual hallucinations since age 3, tragic that she ended up stabbing someone and in an interrogation room before anyone thought to treat her.

[@TasmanianTigerGrrr]

And clearly manipulated and influenced by Anissa to believe she needed to stab someone to death for reasons

[@toynbeetile]

even more so when you consider her father was schizophrenic. her parents knew the signs, and more than likely chose not to do anything about her showing them. it's heartbreaking

[@riverarlene5191]

Possibly for the simple fact of: "In most people with schizophrenia, symptoms generally start in the mid- to late 20s, though it can start later, up to the mid-30s. Schizophrenia is considered early onset when it starts before the age of 18. Onset of schizophrenia in children younger than age 13 is extremely rare."

[@riverarlene5191]

they probably didnt want to believe their 12 year old has a life long, hard-to-treat, expensive mental illness just quite yet.

[@spiderdan2149]

Slender man must've been like *"This is why I don't kidnap kids anymore,they're way crazier than me"*

[@liarose9650]

He's like: "uuups ✌😗" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Joltscene]

OMG IM LAUGHING RN

[@xlinkiit9645]

xD

[@emy908]

Lmao yes 🤣

[@alexisneierss2496]

“He said✌️”

[@ellaandori]

The mom was like “it’s so horrible that I can’t be in the room with my daughters during and interrogation” but her daughter stabbed someone 19 fricking timeeessss

[@molly6400]

Truth Seeker that’s not funny please don’t.

[@lizzymc1300]

Exactly what I was thinking... like, honey, you should be more worried that your daughter is a psycho.

[@LadyAluucard]

I feel for the mom, yes her child might be a psycho, but Its not necessarily the moms fault. Imagine being a mom to who you believe to be a perfectly normal child and then finding yourself in that situation. Your child is accused of attempted murder and you're not even allowed to talk to them or to hear what they have to say for themselves. I feel sorry for her.

[@lizzymc1300]

Lady Aluucard I agree with you, it’s quite sad. But the reality is, she openly admitted multiple times that she tried to flat out kill, MURDER, another person. A best friend. And that she had been planning it for months. At that point, so many rights go out the window, as they should, because that child becomes dangerous & a criminal. As a mother, it is hard, but to deny reason & be upset about not being in the interrogation room (where she would have interfered & created a whole mess), instead of being concerned about the child your child tried to murder & why this happened, is irresponsible. And for that to be the thing she’s bringing up to people is ridiculous, instead of so many other necessary things.

[@user-qn6xn5kp5m]

I mean Morgan and her friend are both Schizophrenic

[@Carlie_flower]

Payton you're definitely one of the strongest people I've ever seen in my life. I remember when we were kids and I heard about you on the news... I was so scared for you... I remember crying so hard worrying about what would happen to you. Going out with friends and being betrayed like this... It could have happened to any one of us... You're so so strong. I'm so beyond happy to know you're okay and youre healing... Im crying all over again thinking about what happened to you. Youre amazing and I hope you are happy and safe and that you get to live a long full life full of joy because you deserve all the happiness.

[@Carlie_flower]

@jxksnsxbb kslssnden go back to your bridge, troll.

[@Sanatani.Chingi]

You knew her?

[@xo_mellyy]

did you know her?

[@Eyeball651]

​@@xo_mellyyshe's lying

[@urfavjayxo]

guys she might have not known her but this is still a really sweet message

[@Absurdword]

Anissa was severely delusional and unquestionably took advantage of Morgan's delusions -- but Morgan is much more culpable and predatory than people are saying. Morgan was not completely unaware of the consequences of her actions; she knew very well she was going to murder Peyton and what that meant, and she didn't care. During the course of interrogation, she occasionally breaks her detached demeanor and says multiple, startlingly lucid, insightful, intelligent, psychopathic statements that indicate she lacks empathy, understands how to commit nuanced manipulation and deception, has the wherewithal to not implicate her family and even discards Anissa. Morgan may very well have killed someone on her own eventually, and I believe that Anissa's obsession with Slenderman and Creepypasta merely served as an excuse for Morgan to pursue violent and homicidal urges on a faster timeline.

[@Eoxcerst]

🥶

[@innocentnemesis3519]

Yeah, I know kids are too young to be formally diagnosed as such but… I saw a little baby psychopath watching Morgan throw Anissa under the bus like that

[@getachew.]

not sure Morgan may have killed someone when she was older but I think this definitely could of been avoided if her parents were aware of her schizophrenia and she was older. Anissa even said if I never told morgan about slender man this wouldn’t of happened. I definitely agree anissa took advantage of morgan’s delusions. What I think this pair came down to is, Annisa having killer tendencies while morgan wouldn’t of done this herself but with enough pressure would. which is eerie but in the movie morgan also said she didn’t want annisa to stop being friends with her too, bit of a power move splashed with her delusions of slender man.

[@twistedalicemcgee]

That's because Morgan was seriously mentally ill and she didn't even really understand the full ramifications at all

[@twistedalicemcgee]

Morgan had to be talked into it Morgan was told what to do she clearly didn't just want to do that and she didn't understand just how bad what she was doing was

[@JK-gm9sv]

“this is going to get me arrested, isn’t it?” No dear, it’s the slender-man we’re after, you’re free to go

[@TheBestCat1290]

Nah they were going to give her a lolly pop and maybe a bite to eat and then search for "slender man". Obviously they were going to arrest her as it is attempted murder

[@Fishlipsandbabyhands]

TheBest Boy1290 so are arrested they did her I understand not sentence you make quote under?

[@crybaby-gx4xs]

The girl had a line like you know how Jeff the killer had got sleep. Morgan has don’t be afraid I’m only a little kitty cat

[@milosherino]

@@Fishlipsandbabyhands what language is that supposed to be?

[@Lisa-xr6ty]

@@TheBestCat1290 so you have no humour...

[@camilasummers]

No need for fictional horror stories, the real world is scary enough.

[@taryna6991]

Fr

[@PatrickStudios69]

This needs more likes

[@meow-yq1tg]

true

[@camilasummers]

@@PatrickStudios69 I never expected it would get this many 🤔

[@indie3042]

fr though it’s terrifying

[@LittlePoncho]

Imagine how her parents must’ve felt after hearing what had happened

[@Someone08468]

Thank god she survived. Insane kids like these deserve more then a sentence. This is why kids can’t have phones.

[@colton692]

Wow. The level of parental neglect and dillusion from the parents is astonishing, disgusting, and disturbing all at once. 19 stab wounds is somehow worthy of a defense for her daughter who did it. Makes me sick

[@pattyyl1613]

"this is gonna get me arrested isn't it?" Noooooo darling they're gonna take you for ice cream right after .

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

😂😂😂😂😂Thank you so much for that! I was frozen in fear, 😨 just stunned. This made be burst into laughter!😂💗

[@lucyennis5716]

I love u right now😂😂❤

[@jenniferrazo9669]

I'm dead 😂😂

[@Porter5habazz]

PATTYY L 😂😂😂

[@diannamendez8193]

This comment is GOLD 👌🏻

[@sambutton8494]

I physically cringed when she justified a murder with the Creepypasta Wiki

[@antdx316]

presentations can really change people

[@janis1470]

RIGHT LIKE I GAGGED

[@Jobe-13]

Sam Button ikr

[@user-ee5vg5rs6t]

So did the guys who run the Creepypasta Wiki lmao

[@AP-sh3gr]

@@user-ee5vg5rs6t yeah people might think you mean club penguin

[@angelacuthbert8603]

Poor girl my heart breaks for her 🥺 what she went through omg she is one strong little girl to keep fighting to stay alive.. I'm so glad she did bless her heart ❤️

[@silverpelt0]

Payton is the inbodiement of “I’m still standing. “ she is a great and amazing fighter.

[@AthanasiaDW]

That’s scary she literally said “it’s better to live with no regrets” with such a calm voice this girl is a maniac

[@_soups]

Textbook psychopath. Impaired empathy and a complete lack of guilt.

[@nimigeorge8089]

Honestly. That's some real demonic stuff.

[@tripple6566]

She a pure example of EVIL

[@Strawberry143x]

she's so selfish. what about her victim? no, it's just all about her. how she feels. sick and evil.

[@Acstasy]

@@tripple6566 she is morgan myers

[@akuma7166]

Girls: “Slenderman made us do it” Slenderman: “bruh I don’t even exist”

[@katerina3780]

"baby I'm not even here"

[@sunhope1365]

" im a hallucination. "

[@vintagecrayon4504]

Slendy: whatdidshesayyyyyy

[@DrLuke49]

@AKUMA *"She's beginning to feel like a stab god stab god . . . ."*

[@nightsaresosstarry]

"Chile....."

[@willow.whattoputhere]

Yes they both suffered mentally and Morgan deserved more support with her Schizophrenia. Doesn't justify this whole case(or any of it) though. Feel sorry for Payton. Glad she's still alive. Honestly I can't imagine how traumatizing it is for the poor woman.

[@Bun8907]

The fact that Anissa said creepypasta is meant to purposely scare you means she knew it wasn't real.

[@gr1txy488]

slenderman: leave me out of this i dont know these two clowns

[@cookiecat1811]

Bootleg slenderman:

[@ladybi1rd]

sis thought she did sum by killing her friend but slenderman don’t want no stupid clowns xd

[@gr1txy488]

LMFAO

[@alienspear8706]

Slenderman: these friends aren’t good friends they dickheads I would prob kill them

[@alexanderlanderveil2138]

EXACTLY!

[@lillyclark3821]

“It’s easier to live without regrets” YOU LITERALLY TRIED TO KILL SOMEONE WTF

[@imnotkaren6486]

Little green glam she really do be vibin tho 😳👉🏻👈🏻

[@tylerchurchwell4053]

I got a feeling she is a psychopath. No emotion, no empathy. Her and the other girl. Like mixing fire with fuel. Im just happy the victim survived.

[@serkgw]

I’m the 1k like :)

[@molfairy]

at least she didnt regret not doing it

[@iiiii2252]

It honestly sickens me watching stuff like this

[@sad.9858]

Morgan: "I thought about it, but then I decided that remorse would get me no where. It's easier to live without regrets." She actually has no shame.

[@parmjitkaur2838]

Because they were suffering from disorders could be now they could feel the guilt

[@sad.9858]

@@parmjitkaur2838 Yeah, I totally understand, but what i'm saying is that what she said seems so cruel and scary at the same time.

[@parmjitkaur2838]

@@sad.9858 yes , her speaking way is like adult

[@GregMuniz7]

Poor girl. She’s strong af. She can get through anything after this

[@Emixii]

12 years old psycho: *stabs her friend 19 times* Also 12 years old psycho: this is gonna get me arrested, isn't it?

[@Avid1976]

Emixii She needs an asylum

[@sinjin6809]

She (Morgan) had Schizophrenia. An aunt of mine had it. It can make you do very horrible acts. I believe Anissa scared Morgan into to doing this since she knew she was schizophrenic

[@Joey-um5iw]

@ Please stop.

[@wendyhuang1134]

@@sinjin6809 ah yes, so tragic. let's let her off now!

[@mackenzie8703]

Carrie White that doesn’t excuse anything she did. Mental illness is not an excuse. I repeat. Mental. Illness. Is. Not. An. Excuse.

[@carrywhite4639]

"Do you feel bad for stabbing one of your best friends?" "It's easier to live without regrets" She was only 12 wtf

[@atlanticants]

ikr

[@kristasillanpaa2597]

Yeah that son of bitch

[@seungminslover4925]

that literally made my jaw drop 🤯

[@mahsalhudaithy2723]

These two 12 year olds are so stupid

[@Estrellita6]

Smh

[@mackenzieskartveit8743]

im so glad she’s alive and well today and was able to make it through. im so glad morgan and the other girl are locked away and she can walk around knowing they are gone. i hope she continues to heal from this traumatic experience

[@rstrajt9220]

The other girl is free now.

[@asafakiva1619]

From what I read she's free but heavily monitored and keeps seeing a psychiatrist. But the important thing is while the scars are there, Payton Lautner managed to keep going with her life and now she's at college away from Wisconsin.

[@templequeenivy]

@asa Morgan is getting out next year

[@YaraBoussaadia]

My god. Those girls are sick. Lock them up and throw away the key!

[@spoonlickerwtf]

The girls who tried to murder Payton are so cruel, even Slenderman would've thought that those girls are fucked up.

[@twistedalicemcgee]

Anissa deserves to be locked away but Morgan needs medication and therapy it's really just pure ignorance for someone to think otherwise

[@twistedalicemcgee]

@@spoonlickerwtf that's an inaccurate statement

[@lennonacid]

I think they are both adorable!

[@spoonlickerwtf]

@@lennonacid I think you are ill.

[@realsuperchanchan]

The bicyclist was at the right place at the right time.

[@nelleo2507]

Ikr. The path was freaking sealed off! God does works wonders 🙏

[@BriaBarrows]

Amen

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Or maybe God lead him there?

[@AdoptedPoo]

@@MeadeSkeltonMusic Yes, and God let 2 girls leallly brutally stab a girl to death.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

@@AdoptedPoo she lived

[@courtoflobsters3478]

I don’t even think slenderman would want to take it this far.

[@Justi.n]

Lmao

[@eater_bunny3304]

you're right, he is disappointed.

[@kazzumaemiya6365]

Why he need people to do it for him,mans probably got bored and played some real life chess

[@AdamDguitars]

“Woah girls, chill the fuck out” - Slenderman

[@Lilzer-eb7wr]

Slenderman is fake btw

[@neldormiveglia1312]

If I had a kid and I learned that they did this... I would genuinely struggle to find a will to live. Upbringing has a huge impact on the way children develop but, even then, sometimes a child with the best upbringing will grow up to be a monster. This is so sad and scary. I'm so glad that little girl survived. The trauma they have wired into her system though... That's another story.

[@abigailtrumbo178]

This motivated me early in my child’s life to listen to the Ted Bundy tapes and learn what could’ve caused it and what signs to look out for. Thankfully I don’t (yet) have any children displaying symptoms of psychopathy but I prepared just in case.

[@gundamgunpla4685]

Such a beautiful young Woman, I am so happy she made it through this horrific ordeal.

[@shay2467]

She’s mad about her daughter being interrogated but not about her daughter and her friend trying to kill another child... wow!!

[@MADEbySOUL]

Shay States most likely she is struggling with the idea her child is the perpetrator and not victim. Hard for a parent to grapple with that.

[@shay2467]

Sirama yes true & they they also lost their kids too because they’re going to jail

[@AliKat831]

Amber Sauls well a mother will always worry for HER child 🙄

[@Logicalfear2001]

That's how you know you need to blame the parents for not paying attention to their child.

[@douxhana]

it’s her daughter. Of course she would be worried and in denial.

[@shakaprio]

the kids who stabbed her are more scary than slender man

[@JustFun-fe7ux]

I hate evil kids.

[@ONEMANUNITX]

its just their age. trust me they ll come across different in 20 years. I bet you.

[@e_i_e_i_bro]

Pretty predictable that a small portion of the edgy kids go too far. Anything to get instant validation.

[@kayliemulvihill9376]

@@ONEMANUNITX wdym

[@cookieman8971]

Nah, slender ain't scary, we got Taco Bell the other day. Told me these people didn't even work for him.

[@zarif4000]

Mad respect to Payton for dragging herself out of the forest.

[@patb3261]

The mother complaining that her daughter was interrogated without a parent is horrifying. Not at all concerned about the horrific crime her daughter committed... Just concerned she told the truth in the interrogation room.

[@webguy943]

She is a good girl she didn’t mean it

[@Timmysch]

​@@webguy943 No she did, she was aware of it, she's not a 'good girl' , she almost killed her friend and didn't even care, she was dancing like everything was normal, she's a psychopath

[@azpectral8500]

"Did you feel bad that you stabbed one of your best friends?" -"I thought about it, then realized remorse would get me nowhere." yikesss

[@kkusheedabaddie8669]

Like whatttt omggg 😱😱😱🥺😣😣

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

@Phoebe TonQueen Go to 7:30 in the video, he asks her if she felt bad

[@ellemariea2620]

BRUH

[@bennythefrog950]

You can see the dude look up at her in shock when he went to write down what she said

[@spongekiller178]

The whole child's demeanor gives me serial killer vibes

[@miskalkaseeh9605]

“This is going to get me arrested isn’t it?” Nah they’re going to take you to a vacation to the Bahamas.

[@floofyoofy2455]

Misk Al kaseeh 🤣🤣😂

[@golden_tears_]

Detective: you won a free trip to the Bahamas! Just call-

[@defnejessicayazgan6944]

omfg🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤣

[@joly339]

hahaha

[@rizestar]

Thats destroyed tho-

[@soapboxearth2]

Thank God that poor child survived . Such a good person to feel empathy for a loner, and then to nearly be murdered by her.

[@Dre-xn3vx]

Crazy to think that Anissa is out already, makes me mad because it goes to show how stupid and corrupt the justice system in the US is

[@bxbeop8695]

she was 12 years old who was most likely mentally wrong in the head

[@omnipepper3665]

Imagine how scary it must have been to see a bloody girl crawling out of a forest.

[@crmal9648]

imagine how scary it was to hear “my friend, morgan, did this..”

[@TheBeanis8]

Imagine how scary it must have been to BE the bloody girl crawling out of the forest...

[@joemanco1075]

@@TheBeanis8 I know, people dont think

[@crmal9648]

Stewie Griffen I would know, I was the tree

[@loopwxrld3063]

CR MAL im sos osrry u had to see it :(

[@willraffier4642]

THE CYCLIST SAVED HER LIFE LIKE BRO, NO ONE IS TALKING AB THE CYCLIST

[@tomniemeijer6967]

Will Raffier A lot of people are in the comment section

[@nicolemeneses3323]

And he just did the right thing, Anyone who finds another person in danger should do something

[@mattsspelman1457]

Toxic masculinity

[@deadazzz]

@@nicolemeneses3323 had he not been on that trail at that time she'd be dead.

[@nicolemeneses3323]

@@deadazzz so its a case of right place right time

[@HighPandaa]

That survivor (absolute legend) deserves some kind of medal for bravery she did more than anyone else could’ve in that situation. When I first heard about this years ago I had no idea she even survived but she didn’t just survive she walked to safety that’s insane and so great.

[@tobyschuring1534]

My daughter was like Payton, befriending the underdogs, because she felt sorry for them. They all turned on her, one after the other. It wasn’t a collective group, just individuals at different times. No wonder she’s such a loner now. Thank God it didn’t turn out for my daughter like it did for Payton. God bless you, Payton! Rachel, Alejandro and Alex … you know who you are!

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodbl1520]

Imagine trying to kill your friend after reading an edgy fanfic

[@misslangleysoryuisiconic]

bruh I loved your pfp

[@theupsidestudio6368]

Oh dear, what's up with society nowadays

[@mia-wo9xt]

PLSSS

[@marvelmess1298]

then all my friends would be dead

[@BullyGarfield.]

can’t bro it’s too sad

[@daboidownunda5299]

So I struggle getting out of bed and here’s this girl walking out of a forest with 19 stab wounds and she’s like hang on I just gotta walk it off like bruh I’m so proud of you.

[@naimaismaella9980]

she crawled

[@servicepuppyryn8592]

Lol same. I can’t even get out of bed.

[@NotIfWhen]

HanHanPlayz relax. Crawled. Walked. Rolled. Who cares. He said he is proud of her. But you heard that he was expecting her to walk.

[@amelie6479]

Ethan. You have 1K comments and I just watched it go up. Nice!

[@idk-vw7jz]

Ethan Roberts read while struggling to get out of bed..

[@amorvrss]

One of my friends were like those two girls, I was 9 and she was 12, I’m 4’11 and she’s about 5’5, she was a lot bigger than me, she had a messed up mind and to this day I still believe she could have done something like this since she talked a lot about slender man and other creepy pastas, glad I got away and are no longer friends with her, so glad this girl survived. She’s truly amazing 💗

[@ellenl6376]

Strong girl. Amazing testimony. Good job Payton and God Bless

[@niamhdlay]

That cyclist doesn’t get any credit he saved her life

[@VirginiaDowdy777821]

Omg, is that a squishy Mariah Elizabeth made?

[@FordyTwo]

He might have opted to have himself removed or his name or face shown. Some people don’t like the attention

[@michele7968]

@@VirginiaDowdy777821 yup😂 she gave her a makeover

[@maximuscraig8222]

Omg your profile picture Moriah lol

[@jsjdjs2939]

No a strand of hair saved her life... Him too doe

[@taylorkent7275]

Man the Guy who created slender man probably didn’t think this would go this far.

[@WalterWhite-fn3kp]

Lmao

[@czarfilms1]

It was a Photoshop contest

[@marlastanfield3508]

UpGlitz it was?

[@crook7493]

Marla Stanfield indeed

[@thebrokenandhurtingtroll6272]

I seen slender man before I knew who he was

[@crimsonkatharine6857]

I feel Payton and her family, and I also feel for the person/people who created Slenderman. I can only imagine the amount of guilt they feel knowing their creation went from being a simple horror story to the basis of an attempted murder of a young teen. It’s the same with the guy who created Momo, it was an art project that sick individuals like Anissa and Morgan used to make people take their own lives. Again, my heart goes out to Payton. What a brave, strong individual.

[@chantalprins3360]

I remember seeing this story on a true crime YT channel. It focussed on mostly Anissa en Morgan, but I felt so sorry for their ‘friend’ that was stabbed. It amazed me that she survived. Glad to see she recovered well. Crazy story, grusome and this is the defenition of the ‘weird kid’

[@quinnlinehan1879]

So let me get this straight, Payton made friends with a girl because she was lonely and this girl repays her by trying to murder her?

[@oliverr4527]

Yup pretty much

[@pirleutner]

Lol precisely

[@Mngalahad]

for a while i thought the slenderman thing was to seem crazy or not evil. to try and get treated like children if it went bad. "whos slenderman?" "this thing someone photoshopped on the internet" "i mean, a monster that haunts me" but since they did that to her with no remorse, without stealing anything, with seemingly no plan, they must have really been crazy. sometimes they'll exagerate things like "shooter played call of duty and lost 5 matches in a row before incident" so i thought maybe that was it, too.

[@rosejigglypuff76]

Anne Boelyn Nice Death the Kid profile pic by the way

[@quinnlinehan1879]

Luna the Bunny Thank you!

[@user-le3pd5ed5x]

As a person who lives in Wisconsin, this hits home, Thank God Peyton is ok ❤️🙏

[@citrine3424]

This is why we shouldn’t have had unrestricted access to the internet as kids

[@deformedpenguin5189]

Morgan is the type of person to mistake “baptism“ as “drowning“

[@melonsquirrel7389]

That seems a bit too far

[@yancycarvajal6234]

Love your Madagascar photo account

[@sircnes]

Fabian Gomez too far???? she tried to kill her 😭

[@melonsquirrel7389]

@@sircnes Shouldnt you use the eyeroll emoji?🙄

[@sircnes]

Fabian Gomez i dont use that emoji lmao

[@moose8161]

Imagine if the guy riding the bicycle wasn’t riding his bicycle that day

[@Sammmyy28]

That would be horrible

[@anemxia9393]

Well then Payton would be dead and the two girls might have escaped town. Thank god he decided to go for a ride that day

[@fatpizzaland]

@@anemxia9393 sup for no reason

[@anemxia9393]

@alyssons blanket ?

[@gizmoatlas]

Mortis

[@fatimasandoval2567]

This is a phyco act it’s insane that they believed in slender man this is such a incredible act these two girls have the mind of a 5 year old girl or boy

[@thebaconbeshakin2425]

I just recently realized this case was in waukesha WI. When she said “nothing ever happens in Waukesha” it sent chills especially after the DB murder conviction. 💔

[@madysenheatherman6404]

did that mom really complain about her child being questioned alone after she STABBED her friend

[@tthomas2348]

She probably didn’t know or didn’t believe that her daughter did that.

[@mochiisonice6391]

Anissa didn’t stab Payton, it was Morgan who stabbed her.

[@bigshayftbuad]

Mochi Isonise They both wanted to they were equally as terrible of a human being

[@leslieannepalermo7155]

BeetSaber , exactly, they were both in on it. What a sad sad situation. I remember watching the 20 20 story behind this a couple of years ago. I was floored to see how some severely mentally ill people could get sucked in by something cult like. Many years ago when vulnerable people got persuaded to get involved with something dysfunctional it was through face to face interactions. In our Information Age it generally happens through the Internet.

[@user-su6dj7mi1d]

Maybe the mother is also a psychopath

[@haileyann725]

Girls: “Slender men made us do it” Slender man: “baby I’m not even here, ima hallucination”.

[@rayyaya1530]

BAHAHAHSJSJSJS

[@luvv.m4riee]

BROOOOODBFJDHDI OMFGOsh💀😂😂

[@kittycatgirl1139]

AHKWISPDIFIW

[@kereese]

LMAO😭😭😭😭😭

[@urinternetbae]

slender man : NEE NOO NEE NOOO MAYDAY MAYDAY

[@IslaH3NN3SSY287]

I'm very pleased that Payton was able to make it through, and hopefully deserves to have all the justice she needs.

[@FriskUndertale2015]

When I heard one of the girls say “Payton was screaming in agony” broke my heart. Made me tear up a bit

[@heyrellic]

imagine trying to kill your friend because of a wiki page

[@isabelaramnai5092]

seamoose BAHAHAAHA IKR WTAF IS WRONG WITH THEM

[@darkmoon4311]

@@isabelaramnai5092 Wikihow

[@Zaire0135]

Smh couldn't be me😤🤘

[@jonnathan1869]

Tik Tok be like........

[@bubblypisces5807]

Jon Nathan omfg lol

[@ambermarie144]

“This is going to get me arrested isn’t it” No of course not the slender man has a limo for you outside

[@lesleyvalencia6222]

LMAO,,, and this bitch is really appealing to get her sentence reduced!

[@WormMilker]

Slenderman: Haii gurl hope i got here in time! Hop in we are going to McDonalds!!!

[@sunnyfoxava474]

@@WormMilker LMAO

[@joshuaschritz8151]

I wanna like this but it's at 666

[@auroramcgraw6952]

Lmafo

[@DamiesEvilTwin]

Years ago a video was posted about the survivor and it included what makes her happy and smile again, which was kitties. She played with kittens at the local shelter, she had kitty hats and kitty headbands, she had notebooks, journals, folders covered in kitties. I just want to send her pictures of kitties every day. She's a grown adult now but I still want her to get kindness and happiness forever.

[@Heythere191]

I'm SO proud of Payton for surviving this.. She's such a beautiful and gorgeous girl.. God bless her!!

[@user-ri3oz1hi4k]

“This is gonna get me arrested, isn’t it?” Noooo, honey, they’re gonna take you to get candy after

[@dakrium1793]

LMAO 🤣

[@captainobvious6779]

Clarice Starling That is very disturbing what she said. Like she kinda just accepts it. Or did she really think she was going to get away with it? How?

[@Beaneabean]

I swear kids do some awful shit because they think theyll get off easy. The law needs to be harder on the youth.

[@say7867]

Not all kids. And this is the point.

[@ash-ft5gu]

Karynna Hill blame the youth, I love it

[@Seedx]

“Remorse was going to get me nowhere”. That’s the makings of a freaking sociopath.

[@furryfeathers4108]

That IS a sociopath, its someone elses fault - FOR EVERYTHING THEY EVER DO, any unhappiness IS BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE BEING HAPPY TAKES FROM THEM, fucking crazy what a person perceives as "normal, ok" 😶

[@carlitosjuarez221]

Takes one to know one.

[@furryfeathers4108]

@@carlitosjuarez221 or someone who has had the opportunity to learn about personality types; or the unfortunate ones who learned the hard way by having lived through a situation dealing with a sociopath. Also, Im rubber youre glue; what next dummy?

[@melissastrebeck7582]

Is...a..

[@furryfeathers4108]

@@daniellemassing7476 you have trouble with reading comprehension? I clearly agree by the definition of sociopath, Morgan is disturbed. 🙄

[@bdotty2320]

That’s crazy man I just watched the interrogation on a channel yesterday called EXPLORE WITH US and it was such an interesting case, it brough so many questions to my mind as to how and why 12 year olds can do this.

[@ainsleighcommey5145]

yeah watching it, and Anissa interrogation especially, you can tell Anissa is a manipulator and did not care about her crime only her consequences, and the fact that neither of the girls felt bad for Bella, they only felt bad for themselves

[@the1ladytammy]

Prayers Payton, you are beautiful sweetie. I'm so glad you are alive.

[@stillchill1121]

Morgan is a psychopath. She was literally dancing in a damn police room. Also, she was blaming it on a damn fictional character, named Slender Man. What the actual frick?!

[@stillchill1121]

Elizabeth Galicia, Lol yes

[@angela-xq8wz]

I get why she was a loner

[@stillchill1121]

Hello it’s me LMAOO

[@tilenHD]

@Clinical Depression you sound smart are you a doctor?

[@katrina4155]

@@tilenHD No, you just need to know what schizophrenia is. It's a scary thing.

[@kaliforniaoconnor9683]

Morgan was shook when he said she was in the hospital.

[@oliviawilliams1312]

kalifornia oconnor she was like “I failed my mission so now some fake monsters gonna do absolutely nothing to me”

[@eri417]

Yes she was...

[@Quackadoodleoodle]

She must've been panicking cos she was still alive

[@beastmodeactivated5179]

@@fortnitegod13_69 they been in jail to this day (I think)

[@call_me_OJ]

Cus She thought she died

[@KazerArmyReviewZ]

Anissas mother looked like she took no accountability, so i just know thats why she turned out like that. Both girl's shoudlve been put in a asylum not prison and they shouldve been in aslym for the rest of there lives they dont deserve to go to normal prison and be treated somewhat like humans. Despicable

[@trnxtybhopgo]

this woman is a fucking legend! having the guts to share her story! awesome!!!!!!!

[@picklesascha2010]

Morgan literally sounded disappointed and pissed when hearing the possibility that her friend could be alive. WTF?

[@j0hnd0312]

She did try to kill her...

[@picklesascha2010]

@@j0hnd0312 True, but it was disgusting to hear disappointment in her voice and not remorse.

[@turtleturtle4059]

Are you dumb? She shoved a knife into her body 19 times

[@itskogaleeray398]

That's because she is a psychopath.

[@bariiaj]

@@itskogaleeray398 not a psycho you dumbass. she's a PARANOID SCHIZO. Also, on top of that, a SOCIOPATH. Want to offend my disorder (Paranoid schizo) again like that? ._.

[@mr.markofski4267]

Morgan: *In a police station, covered in blood, about to be interrogated* Also Morgan: 🕺

[@nux3lla]

timestamp?

[@estellepieterse6334]

@@nux3lla 5:00

[@vintagecrayon4504]

Doing the conga doe cause she clearly couldn't control herself lol

[@ja-king3067]

I like the emoji instead of words

[@RXOZ00]

@@ja-king3067 yea that’s what makes it more funny lmao

[@aeropureinhakase855]

i am so glad shes alive. i just came from the two hour long interrogation video and i wanted to know if Payton is still alive, miraculously, she is.

[@KendlickLama]

That girl is just….no words, incredible that she made it through. She should be so incredibly proud of herself and celebrate her 2nd birthday Also the hospital staff did an amazing job, they can be proud of themselves too and probably carry the memory of the case for the rest of their lifes

[@staninsertkpopgroup1181]

The problem is they're TWELVE YEARS OLD. At twelve I was busy getting obese

[@gordonieves1]

God damn 😬😟

[@JLYT2024]

Lmao right 😅

[@taestanic6326]

Kpopppp

[@randombotdude2083]

I was busy building lego, wtf kind of childhood did these kids have?? Lay off the internet, go outside and get active. Those girls are nuts. Feel bad for the victim, she didn’t deserve that.

[@transkatty8246]

At twelve years old, I wasn't worried about my friends going to the woods with me and stabbing me to death. We never left our neighborhood.

[@vanessalyn6957]

“Remorse will get me nowhere” .....that kid is messed up.

[@giulianaherrera7775]

Macdealerx was she taking any medications before this or did they just do that to calm her down?

[@tinywolf7]

@who knows? It's a horribly mentally unwell 11 year old. She did not fully grasp what she did. They need to be put away for a very long time, which they are.

[@lismarivargas2445]

When I heard her say that shit I was like hell nahhhh

[@91clarie]

A textbook psychopath. Evil through and through

[@nomemeshere4807]

@who knows? Jesus. Sounds like you dont know anything about people with schizophrenia. You need to read up my dude. Most schizophrenics aren't violent, you only hear about the ones that are even then it's not really a conscious choice they make. And I'm sure the fact that she developed it at such a young age didn't help with the hallucinations. Most people dont develop it until they are older, so they can tell something isn't right because they have a better distinction of what's real and what's not.

[@football_ix_lovee]

I can't imagine the trauma Payton would have gone through🥺😢

[@karenstott7980]

Everyone: Your daughter and her friend nearly killed their friend. Annise mother.: Annise was interviewed alone. Blink. Blink. Blink.

[@rebeccatraversari6979]

How SICK were these girls to stab their friend and then blame it on a fictional character-

[@godsavecanada]

i dont think its about them being sick, i think its about fear, fear of what will happen to them and their families if they dont sacrifice their friend

[@rebeccatraversari6979]

godsavecanada I’m sorry to break it to you, but that’s what I call being sick in the head/mind. Of course slender man doesn’t exist, even tho these girls were young they still had to have some mental illness at a young age for believing that a fictional character told them to literally stab her friend-

[@godsavecanada]

​@@rebeccatraversari6979 yeah agreed

[@soxpeewee]

@@godsavecanada If you believe that I got some beachfront real estate to sell you in Nevada

[@godsavecanada]

@@soxpeewee ???

[@christopherroman7919]

Morgan: “This is going to get me arrested, isn’t it?” Is that even a question to ask...

[@Skyler_Momoko]

lol I know right I was so confused by that!

[@valdinoj-csamedi5044]

Ur spitten facts

[@user-jt9jk3oc8f]

No, of course not. Just go around and try to kill other people.

[@thedankestgram5703]

I thought the same thing but their minds are still developing

[@michaeljames4194]

That girl in particular is a straight up psycopath, you can tell by her reaction and nonchalence to the whole thing.

[@Guigley]

This happened almost ten years ago, and I've never forgotten it. I'm still shocked by it to this day. The questions it raised about the Internet and children are still just as relevant.

[@melaniesmith1313]

Those girls should NEVER have been let out. Evil kids. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. Peyton is a wonderful, strong young woman, God bless her.

[@Tomo-uj8qy]

"Do you feel like you're a survivor?" Tf kinda question is that

[@kenzobankz4490]

Tomo lol right

[@kreimer1702]

@@ave_kb1 incorrect, its -8288383838% of their brain

[@berzerkdude5755]

Plot twist: he was the Slenderman.

[@suchaxcapricorn6420]

Tomo see reporters and interviewers do this thing where they ask obvious questions so the victim can say things to clarify the story

[@geckowhcko7738]

“Do you feel like you’re a survivor?” “No, I feel like I’m dead.”

[@jennyneedsmeds]

"Did you feel bad about stabbing your friend?" "I thought about it, but I decided remorse would get me nowhere. It's better to live without regrets." WTF..........................

[@giulianacr2638]

Exactly... The investigator must have puked after the interrogation

[@mallory.22]

WTF I agree

[@jamesoconnor9452]

Part of me wants to blame the parents of the attacker. But sometimes psychopaths are born, and not due to their parents’ heredity. E.g. Dylan Klebold’s mother is a really nice person.

[@michellerose7753]

ikr shes really a sociopath on the loose

[@macman975]

That's true Psychopathy!!!

[@Queen_-gg5jn]

So glad this girl survived and she got justice

[@LolaFawn]

We’ve gotta raise our kids better this story is insane ❤ I am so happy to see her rescued

[@omaymaeldali9214]

Anissa’s mom didn’t even look like she was ashamed of what her daughter did.

[@wh0iskeiyi_]

I know like NO SHAME

[@lilrayden6378]

@Acadia they are still in shock. You dont just expect your kid to kill someone

[@therockstarbarber68]

@@lilrayden6378 for real. Imagine your kid doing that

[@ethanhill7999]

@@lilrayden6378 the parents def arent still in shock. its been 5 years since that happened

[@pigstick998]

Omayma Eldali yas