Oh, my goodness. Look who it is. If this isn't Bailey
just strolling in here, like nothing happened. Like she wasn't gone for a month. Oh my God, she showed up. Hi, did you miss me? I missed you. I hope you
had a great September. I really do. Happy Halloweenie. Do you like my Halloween background? Let me get out of the way. For those of you who are
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now I'm kind of going blank, but hopefully it goes well. I mean, it's just makeup.
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thank you to you guys, because without you, I wouldn't be here. No, I would not. I'm gonna go get an aspirin because I've got a splitting headache. (Bailey laughing) Okay. Whatever. And we're back. Hi. While I was away, I did
not take care of my skin. So I've been breaking out. I didn't wear any makeup
and I didn't wash my face, 'cause I was like, meh. If you're ever curious
to know what I'm using, I will list it down in the
description box down below. But other than that, let me stop rambling, and
get right into today's story. So today's story is legit
the stuff of your nightmares, you know how some people go to see, or sit down and watch a
horror movie because you know, they like the thrill of being spooked, scared, curious, maybe. One of the things about ***** movies. Horror movies. Unlike the stories I tell here, is that usually they're fake
or exaggerated, you know? You can turn them off, click, go mimis. Go to bed. For the most part anyways. And you get like a sense of comfort, knowing that the boogeyman,
it was just a movie, the boogeyman is not coming for you. You know, you're old. But today's story kind of blurs the line between what's real and what's not. Today's story is about a
crime inspired by a boogeyman, and not the kind you find
in the movie, so nay nay. This boogeyman was born on the internet. I'm trying to be spooky
because it's Halloween. Today's story takes place in a town called Waukesha, Wisconsin. Let me guess, I said that wrong. But it's a part of the Milwaukee
Metro area in Wisconsin. And it was founded in the
early 1800s by pioneers as a water resort town, and is most well-known for
its great tasting water. So living in this town
is a girl named Payton, and it was said that, you know, she's a sweet little brunette girl who always tried just to
find the good in people. In fourth grade, Payton
met this girl named Morgan. Her and Payton like met and hit it off. Morgan was said to be a happy girl. She was artistic. And also she was pretty
clever for her age. That was mentioned, you know. And it was said that Morgan
always liked telling jokes and she had a wild imagination that would keep things really fun. So the two of them hit
it off pretty quickly and became the best of friends. The two girls found a common interest in fantasy, video games
and science fiction. And they were pretty inseparable. When the girls were in sixth grade, Morgan kind of brought a
new friend into the group. Her name was Anissa. And Morgan and Anissa had lived in the same apartment complex. And also they rode the same bus to school together, you know? So they quickly became good friends. So naturally Morgan brought Anissa into the group with Payton, right? And it was said that Payton
wasn't like the biggest fan of Anissa, and she would
only hang out with her because Morgan just seemed
to like really love her. As some time goes on, Payton starts to recognize
that maybe the friendship between her and Morgan are just becoming not the same, right? It seemed like Morgan was
becoming much closer to Anissa, and not so much Payton. Like, maybe Anissa was kind
of replacing her in a way. And you know when there's
a group of three friends, sometimes it feels like someone
can get easily left out, and sometimes, especially
when you're younger, there's some jealousy going on. It was around this time that
their new friend Anissa, I don't know if it's Anissa or Anissa. I kind of heard both,
but I think it's Anissa. It was around this time
that the new friend Anissa was telling Morgan some creepy
stories that she had found and was reading on the internet. And there were stories
about a man without a face. Oh yes. Not only that, this man without a face would kidnap kids from all over the world and would like, possess them
and kill them or whatever. So Anissa is telling Morgan all of this, and Morgan is like, what? Oh, she is intrigued. She is fascinated. She is engulfed by the story. Tell me more. She just wanted to know everything and became completely
obsessed with the story. But Payton was said to
just not be as interested into this faceless man who steals kids as much as the other two girls were, she was like, that's actually terrifying, and I don't want anything to do with that. Like, the story scared her. Payton went to her mom and was like, Hey, I heard this story, like Morgan was telling
me about this faceless man who steals kids and
kills them or whatever, like this isn't true, right? You know? Cause she was
getting real spooked over it. And Payton's mom reassured
her like, don't worry, the story is most likely made
up, it's just a ghost story, somebody probably made up on the internet. After having that
conversation with her mom, Payton goes back to
Morgan, and it was like, yeah, my mom told me that
the story isn't true. Like, can you please just
stop talking about it? Because honestly it's
kind of freaking me out and you guys are like obsessed with it and I just don't want to talk about it. So she tells this to Morgan, and Morgan thought it was funny or maybe she was just being a dick, but she, well, she just doesn't stop telling the story to Payton. Kids. You tell them not to do something, what are they going to do? They're gonna to do it. Anissa and Morgan became even closer, you know, just over the story because obviously Payton's
not interested in it. So they're constantly
researching about it online, feeding each other these scary stories and just talking about it nonstop. Most of all, they're believing the stories that they're reading online to be true. These stories were not fake to the girls, like this faceless man that
they were reading about existed in their mind. Like he was real and you
couldn't convince them otherwise. So on May 30th, 2014, the three girls would celebrate
Morgan's 12th birthday. So Payton, Morgan and Anissa, they went over to the local roller rink. And then after that they decided
to get some frozen yogurt. And then once that was all said and done at the end of the night, they headed over to Morgan's
house for a slumber party. You know, it's just like a
pretty fun little birthday party with your friends when you're 12. Makes sense. Great. Okay, so they're Morgan's
house, slumber party. Great. Now something was a little weird. Something kind of seemed a bit off because at the slumber party, Morgan said that she wanted to go to bed, like actually go to bed, which was weird because the
girls had planned on staying up, like as late as they could, or maybe even try to
pull like an all-nighter, you know, when you're
a kid and you're like, let's pull an all nighter. Morgan kind of now is
like, I want to go to bed. We are going to bed now. That was weird. Something ain't right. Payton felt like maybe she was
missing something, you know. The next morning it's May
31st and Payton wakes up and she sees that the two
girls, Morgan and Anissa, they weren't in their
beds. The beds were empty. So she gets up and she
makes her way downstairs. And that's where she finds the two girls, sitting in front of the computer. So Payton asks them like,
hey, what are you guys doing? She gets no answer. They just ignored her. She's like, okay. So the girls got up,
eventually off the computer and they gathered around the
breakfast table or whatever. And they had like some
donuts or something. And then afterwards
they played some games. And then as some time passed, Morgan announced to the
group of girls like, hey, we should go to the park. Doesn't that sound like fun? The park. And the other girls were like,
yeah, let's go to the park. That'd be fun. Like, it's something you do, it's outside. It's not far. They could just walk there. So Morgan asks her mom, and normally Morgan's mom would
make an adult go with them, but she figured, you know
what, it's her birthday. It's her 12th birthday.
She's with her friends. What kind of trouble could
they really get into? What could really, you know, let me just give them their independence. So she said, yes, go ahead. And you guys just make
sure to all stick together when you head to the park
and don't lose each other. So the three of the girls
are walking to the park, and Anissa suggests that they should play a
game of hide and seek. So the girls were like, yeah, let's do it. That's a great idea. I love that idea. Hide and seek. Morgan announced that she
was going to count first. You know, she's going to be the one count. Payton and Anissa are the ones who are going to go off and hide. So Morgan goes by a tree
starts counting, one, two. And then Anissa goes up to Payton, and she's like, hey, you
should lay on the ground and cover yourself with sticks and leaves, and blend in with the ground, and that could be a great hiding spot. So Payton was like, yeah,
that's a great idea, like I should do that. So she lays on the ground and she starts covering
herself with leaves to hide in the ground. Now Payton is doing this
when all of a sudden, out of nowhere pops Morgan. So Morgan comes out of nowhere, and she's like standing over her. She's holding a knife that she
had taken from the kitchen. I'm not even sure if Payton had a minute to process what was going on, before Morgan started
stabbing her best friend on the ground. Now, she wasn't just stabbing
her friend like once or twice. Not that it makes it
any better or anything, but it wasn't just one or two times. Morgan stabbed poor Payton 19 times. Like, that's a lot. 19 times? 19 times. Now mind you, while Morgan is there stabbing away at poor Payton, Anissa, Anissa, Anissa? I can't ever, okay. Anissa. Sorry. I'm not laugh-- I'm just, sorry. Anissa was right next to Morgan. There were some reports that said, she was holding Payton down, and then there were some
that were just saying she was just standing there, but either way she was there, kind of rooting her on, Morgan, and didn't try to stop it. She was definitely there to
help, is what I'm getting at. But once the two of them
felt that their job was done, Morgan and Anissa, they leave
Payton to die in the woods and they take off. Now luckily, unbelievably,
miraculously, incredibly, all of the -blies, Payton isn't dead. She's able to come to, she gets up. And then she's using the tree
stumps that are around her, kind of like a support. Cause she's stumbling, trying to find her way out of
the woods into a grassy area, that's kind of near the
main road where she would, was hoping someone would see her. And she's able to make it out there. Like, it's incredible. Not even long after she
got out of the woods, this person riding a bicycle
came by at that exact moment, and saw her, called 911 immediately. Incredible, you know like, wow. Payton said that she remembered she was fading in and
out of consciousness, as the EMTs rushed her to the hospital for emergency surgery. Now, when she got there, the doctors saw how bad her injuries were. And they were pretty shocked that she was able to get
up and, you know, move. She had some pretty deep
wounds on her arms and legs. But the biggest issue was
that there was two stab wounds in her torso area that hit major organs. So one of them caused some serious damage to her liver and stomach. And also on top of that, there was another stab wound that went straight to Payton's heart. Payton later found out that
if the stab wound to her heart had been just a millimeter
over, just a smidge, she would've died. A millimeter is as thick as a
single strand of human hair. So doctors are like,
yeah, you almost died. She's like, yeah, I freaking
know, I was there. Thanks. I kind of hate that, like when they tell you
something like that, it's like, do I want to know? Yeah, I almost died, I know. That's what happened,
like I'm here, right? Yep. So Payton after surgery, she had to be put on oxygen, 'cause she was having a hard
time breathing on her own and she was in pretty bad shape, but she was alive, you know? And she was on her way to fully
heal, which is incredible. While she was laying in her hospital bed, they gave her a whiteboard. Well investigators came in,
they gave her a whiteboard, trying to communicate with
her, like who attacked you? Can you write down on the
whiteboard who attacked you? So she writes down
Anissa and Morgan. Right? She knows. Hello. Yeah. They did it. Go get 'em. But, get this, at this
point, by this point, police had already
arrested Morgan and Anissa. Oh yes. They were kind of like, ahead
of the game for once, I know. Wow. Rare, here on "Murder, Mystery
and Makeup." Is it not? But good for them. Good for them. So the day of the crime, police had actually spotted
both of the girls walking and they were like five
miles away from the park. They were near a local furniture store. So police kind of spot them. It's kind of like a peculiar situation because both of them are covered in blood. For that reason alone, police were like, eh, maybe we should pull
over and ask what's going on. So they do just that, they pull over and police is like, hey, what's that about? The girls tell police that
they were on their way to Wisconsin's Nicolet National Forest. Nicolet, like the gum? Is that it? National. Anyways, they're on their
way to some national forest that was like, not that far away. Police noticed that Anissa,
she wasn't doing much talking. Okay. She seemed pretty shaken up. She was trembling a little bit. She seemed to be very bothered, something wasn't right with her. So then police asked if there's
anything in their pocket and that's when they find
a bloody knife on them. So Anissa starts talking
and she tells police, she was saying some nonsense that wasn't making any sense to them. She kept saying how he,
I'm using quotes here, he could read minds and teleport places. And police are like, you know, who's he, what are you talking about? So they're trying to get answers, but they're not getting any clear answers. So eventually some of the truth comes out, and they tell police that they needed to kill
their friend Payton, because a man by the name
of Slender Man told them to. Slender Man. Yup. This is about Slender Man. Okay, so you're probably
like who's Slender Man, either, you know the story or you don't. But let me explain this Slender Man, for those of you who don't know. I didn't know the full story,
the Slender Man situation. I remember seeing the pictures and it was like, what the hell? There's an online forum
called something offer. (Bailey sputtering) There's an online forum
called Something Awful. And back in 2009, this forum is where Slender Man was created. If you don't know what a
forum is, an online forum, it's like a online message
board where you can have, where people can just
create usernames, great, and have discussions, and hold conversations on certain topics. I had to Google it, 'cause I was like, what
is an online forum? Like, what's the definition? That's pretty much it. On this forum, Slender Man was introduced. And he at this time, also in the beginning,
I think, I don't know. There was a time when he went
by the name Victor Surge. And that's because the creator
of the Slender Man story, his online username was Victor Surge. So originally that's what this
character was named, so yeah. But most people just know
this character as Slender Man, because according to the story, that's exactly what he looked like. According to the online forum and just myths circling
around the intro net, Slender Man was said to
usually be found in the woods, or like in some dark abandoned location. It was said that he was abnormally tall, anywhere from six to 15 feet. And he had the ability
to change his height depending on the situation he was in. I guess if he needed to go under a bridge, he was like, I'm shorter now, you know. A doorway, he's like, meh. He was described as having
long tentacle-like arms that would grow in length, that are to grab or lure victims in. Slender Man was said to have
no face, no hair, no ears. Or maybe he was just unfinished, like the Mona Lisa or something. We don't know, but when you saw
him, he gave you the creeps. It was said that he wore a business suit because he was professional. Um, great. And then many believe that the suit was actually like some form of skin molded into the appearance of a suit. This demon looking fella was described as being highly intelligent and would evolve to match his environment. You know, just in case he
needed to blend in more, even though he had no face, no hair. No ears or anything, blend in. Sure. Okay. He was known to be very dangerous, extremely dangerous at that. Stalking and kidnapping people, bringing them into a wooded area where he would remove the victim's organs and place them in baggies. So I was like, okay, what is he, so what's he doing with
the baggies of organs? And it never really said what he was doing with
the baggies of organs. Maybe he was selling them. I couldn't find an answer, but okay. And when he lured and
snatched a victim up, he would then pass on something
called the Slender sickness. It kind of sounds like a diet plan where you would get sick and
probably lose a lot of weight. Food poisoning. But according to the story, after being stalked, or even having an encounter
with the Slender Man, it would lead to the sickness. Which would consist of
mostly coughing fits, sometimes coughing up blood. Sometimes people would
experience nausea, paranoia. Random nosebleeds would occur. Ugh. Some would even say that the
sickness would cause a fever or amnesia and have no
memory as to what happened. It was said once someone
got the Slender sickness, it would cause the victim
to go absolutely insane, torturing their mind
until the person gave in, causing harm to themselves, or even leading the
victim to murder someone on behalf of the Slender Man. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. I know. Now, depending on what website
or forum you were looking at, it would have different
descriptions or stories about what the Slender Man was capable of, why he was doing what he was doing. But for the most part, that was
kind of like the gist of it. Now the Slender Man was created
by a guy named Eric Knudsen, and he created an image
of this Slender Man for a Photoshop contest for the website that we mentioned earlier
called Something Awful. So they're having this Photoshop contest, and they're challenging the users to create some kind of
paranormal, spooky, creepy image, something that would
just give you the creeps, but looks legit. It was just for ***** and giggles. So Eric said that he had submitted two black and white images. It was a picture, a real
picture, of a group of children. Both of these pictures
had some children in it, but he took the photo,
and he photoshopped in this character he created, Slender Man. And he's kind of like,
lurking in the background, looking all creepy-like. Like, it's honestly very creepy. And then to make it even more believable, Eric said that he added
some quotes to the photos to just make them look more legit. And honestly, when you see quotes with like a date and stuff, for some reason, you
just believe it, right? Don't lie. You're just kind of just
like, okay yeah. Wow. Quotes. Must be legit. If you don't know any
better, you would believe. Yeah, I believe. Oh, seems legit. He's trying to win this Photoshop
competition, good for him. (item slamming) That scared me. I thought Slender Man was there, ah. But luckily this was just
for this Photoshop group, and it wasn't a real story, right? So Eric, the creator of Slender Man said he was inspired
by the work of writers like Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as from different video games like "Silent Hill," and "Resident Evil." But he was especially inspired by an old movie called "Phantasm." There's a villain in this
movie called the Tall Man. So he pulls inspiration
from different areas, and again, it was just all for fun. Now, I don't know if Eric
won the contest or not, but he did submit the images, right? So they're out there on the internet, but very quickly the Slender Man photos became like the hottest
thing on the internet. At first it was just people expanding on Eric's original two photos. So some were just taking the photos and kind of adding or changing
little things to them, either adding more elements to the photo and making them a little bit
creepy or a little bit scarier. People were just really liking the story and really building on it. And not long after there was Slender Man fan art popping up, there was Slender Man cosplay, and a bunch of a fictional horror stories that started spreading like wildfire. It was just ending up everywhere, growing bigger and bigger, and becoming a thing of its own, like bigger than what
Eric had ever envisioned for this Photoshop contest, you know? And then there was even a YouTube series inspired by the Slender Man myth that came out in 2009 and it
was called "Marble Hornets." "Marble Hornets," I dunno why it's hard. "Marble Hornets." Thank you. Was basically like a bunch
of video diary entries mixed with found footage,
videos about Slender Man, and again, it was all
just fake and for fun, but it was a really big, big hit. And it went on for three seasons, which is great. Good old fun. Reminder, Slender Man was
a completely made up story, using the imagination. Slender Man was getting bigger and bigger and it got to a point where people really didn't know that this
was a fake story anymore, because it had grown
into such a big thing. No one knew that it stemmed
from this Photoshop forum. I think you and I can sit here and be like, oh my God, that's fake. How do you think that's real? But again, if you're a kid, you're like, oh my God, this is real, like, there's a picture. In 2012, there were Slender
Man inspired video games, movies, tons of videos on YouTube. Us YouTubers just spreading
our little gossip aren't we? And it was just everywhere. Slender Man was the new Sasquatch. The more that this story
is going round and round, again, the more people are
just believing it to be true, which leads us back to Morgan and Anissa, because they came across
these Slender Man stories, just like many other people out there. And because there was so much
information about Slender Man, or stories and whatnot,
it was easy to believe. So when Morgan and Anissa were arrested, they had claimed that
they were on their way to join the Slender Man, who was said to be living at his mansion in the national forest. So that's where they were walking to. And the girls truly believed at this time that if they didn't murder
their friend Payton, the Slender Man was
going to come after them and kill their families. They went on to say that
they had to kill Payton in order to protect their own
family from the Slender Man. I know, it sounds just absolutely wacko. Now, Morgan and Anissa, get this though. So Morgan and Anissa,
they actually admitted that they had been planning this stabbing, towards their friend, they were planning on killing
their friend for a long time. A long time. Okay. They were, I'm not just
talking about weeks here. I'm not talking about weeks, days, no. They had been planning
this attack for months. And both of them admitted that they actually thought
about killing Payton while she was asleep during the sleepover at the birthday slumber party, remember? It was said that Morgan wanted
to go to bed super early. And she was like super eager to go to bed. She's like, let's go to bed. And it was just kind of weird. Because they originally had
planned to do it that night. Super ****** up. These are children. These are 12 year olds. So after all of this information
came out, came to light. You know, obviously the
two girls were arrested. So Morgan was charged with
attempted first degree homicide, as she should. She just tried to murder her best friend. Anissa was charged with
attempted second degree homicide. It's probably because Morgan was the one who actually did the stabbing, but she was there. She was like a sidekick, you know. But because of the serious
nature of the charges, both of them were going
to be tried as adults. Now again, they were only 12 years old. So this was kind of like a hot debate. Lots of mixed feelings on that one. So while they waited for their trials, Morgan, while incarcerated,
started acting a little odd, she was, something wasn't right. And it was to the point where it seemed that she was kind of, she wasn't well. She's not well, Morgan. Morgan went on to say that
she started seeing unicorns in her cell with her. And she started treating
the ants in her jail cell like they were her pets. Like I don't see a problem
with that, but it was off. And apparently she was
even having conversations with the Slender Man
himself, inside of herself. Morgan was moved to a mental
hospital for a couple of months and was placed under a 24
hour observation to determine if she was competent enough
to stand trial, you know? So they gave her a
psychological evaluation where they concluded that she
had early onset schizophrenia and because it was
early onset or whatever, the judge determined that she was still
capable of standing trial. Oh, side note, turns out Morgan's dad was also
diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 14. Now at this time, Morgan was 12. So it's like almost
around the same time that, two years apart than her dad. Her father had never received treatment, but luckily I guess, yeah, luckily they... I don't think there is
a luckily here, Bailey. But you know, they found it in Morgan, and you know, at least
now they can continue to give her the help that she needs. About a year and a half after the attack, Morgan was finally moved
to a state mental hospital and put on medication to
help treat her schizophrenia. In September of 2016, Morgan accepted a plea bargain and agreed to be placed
in a mental institution instead of going to a typical prison. So the judge granted this, and gave her a 40 year
sentence at the institution, which is the maximum allowed. That's a long time. But, I mean, she tried to kill her friend. Let me change into my costume, I know. I feel like it's a little inappropriate, and I was stalling 'cause. (Bailey scoffs) When is a good time to
put on this **** costume? And I'll be right back, hold on. I'm a bee. Okay, hold on. Get it together, Bailey. You're a bee? We get it. A few weeks earlier, Anissa had also accepted
a deal and pleaded guilty. She was facing at least three
years in a mental hospital, but a way better deal, right? Three years? So during the hearing,
Anissa submitted a letter saying that she was super
sorry, deeply regretful for the agony, pain and
hurt she had caused. And after three and a half years, Anissa was released after petitioning that she was no longer
a threat to anyone else. I don't know if that's good. I don't know. Like, I was trying to think like normally, you know, I have a little comment, like they should be in prison longer. But it's like, I don't know. What they did was awful. I'm not trying to make an
excuse or erase any of that. What they do is fricking awful,
and they made adult choices. They made adult choices and tried to murder their
friend at 12 years old. And that's very disappointing, right? That it, no, no. But then there's the other side, and it's like, they're 12 years old, your brain, you're stupid as hell. You're believing some story
you see on the internet. Like, I could see how that
happens, but you made an adult. I don't know. I don't know. But listen, the Slender
Man made me do it story was not like a one-time thing. Oh nay, nay. In June of 2014, there was a 13 year old
girl in Cincinnati, Ohio, who was in the family kitchen, she's sitting there one night, and she's waiting for her
mom to come home from work. Now this girl was wearing a dark hoodie and the hood was all the way up. It's kind of like covering her face and her hair a little bit, you know. Her sleeves of the hoodie were pulled down to cover her hands. And she was wearing a white
mask over her face. Creepy. She waited in the dark, in the kitchen, for her mom to come home. So her mom comes walking in, when suddenly this girl attacks
her mother with a knife. Now, fortunately, her mother, was able to get control of the situation with only minor injuries
to her neck, face and back. Her mom told reporters that she knew her daughter
had mental health issues, but she never imagined something
like that would happen. Okay. Like it was just, it
was like out of nowhere. She said it was almost like her daughter was another person during this attack. And her daughter said that
she didn't even remember the attack taking place. So during the investigation,
they found this girl's journal. She had written entries in her journal that talked about, you
guessed it, Slender Man. In her diary, she's like
Slender Man, blah, blah. Throughout her journal entries, she was mentioning Slender
Man over and over again. She was completely
obsessed with Slender Man. I mean so much so, that
she even created a world for the Slender Man in
the game "Minecraft." So when the mom learned about
how another girl named Payton got stabbed by a group of girls
in the name of Slender Man, she was convinced that her daughter was under the same kind of influence, or like reading the same
kind of story and whatnot. There's also another Slender Man case, and it's the story of a
girl named Lily Hartwell. Now in September of 2014, a 14 year old girl in
Port Richey, Florida, she soaked a towel and bed
sheet in bleach and rum during the middle of the night. She's like, I have an idea. She went to the garage,
and she lit it on fire, which is not cool. And especially not cool because her mom and her
nine-year-old brother were asleep inside the house. Lily, this girl, she's watching the fire get bigger and bigger, and she peaces out. She's like, bye. And she leaves the house and
she walks to the nearby park. Fortunately enough, the
smoke alarm woke her mom up and she grabbed her son and she was able to
make it out of the house completely unharmed. When she didn't see her
daughter, she's like, oh my God, my daughter's inside. She ran back into the
house to look for her. And she ends up running
in the house, not once, not twice, but three different times. I mean, it's her daughter. She's assumed that she's
inside the house somewhere, you know? I mean, of course a mom is probably
going to go looking. Luckily, mom and her son was
able to get out of the house before it was completely
destroyed in the fire. Not long after, the mom, she was receiving
text messages on her phone from her daughter. Now the text messages said something like, mom, I'm so sorry. I don't know why I did it. Did any of you get hurt? I mean like did any of us
get hurt? You ************. Have you heard of orphanage? So cops, they would end
up finding Lily Marie, sleeping in the bathroom at the park. She was taken into custody and charged with two
counts of attempted murder, and one count of arson. So during questioning, Lily Marie readmitted
that she had an obsession with violent stories about Slender Man. They also found her diary, and she wrote about this
Slender Man a handful of times, describing her thoughts and
desires on killing people and how she would do it. So while the police never
officially went on the record saying that Slender Man was the cause for this arson and whatnot, it definitely seemed like
it played some kind of part or role in the situation,
and influenced, you know. There are probably more
instances about the Slender Man, but I am, this video is running very long, isn't it? So fortunately, due to the attention that this Slender Man was getting in association with these
freaking awful crimes, popularity in this Slender
Man, dipped quite a bit. But it didn't really stop
people from making, you know, big budget feature
films about Slender Man, like in 28, there was a
movie about Slender Man. It went nationwide or something. The reviews weren't that great, people didn't really seem to like it, but many of the original
Slender Man entries or posts that were online have
been taken down over time. But there's still many out there. You could still find lots of stories about Slender Man and whatnot. But I feel like because it came to light in the news and whatnot, more people were aware
that it was a fake story. Does that make sense? These crimes, these situations also fueled the fire for
a never ending debate about the role the
internet plays on society, and how it affects, or even influences the
younger generations. You know, how does one prevent something like
this happening again? Ban kids from the internet? I mean, come on that's not the answer. I mean, there were even some grown adults who are very gullible too. It happens. You know, especially with
the photoshopped picture, looks good with the caption. People believe anything on the internet, and it's just not the
younger generation, you know, and laws have not caught up
to where the internet is at, and something needs to be done, but nobody has an answer
as what needs to be done. Do you? Would love to hear down below
because we need answers, babe. So that my friends, is the awful story about two friends attempting to murder
their other best friend, all because of this Slender Man situation that turned out to not even be real. Some friends, those are, huh? Could you imagine? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I don't know how you guys
are doing it, honestly. Like raising kids with this technology. Like, I give you guys a lot of credit, you parents out there. I don't know how you're doing it. I don't know how you stay
ahead of the technology, and what your kids are doing online. I couldn't imagine how difficult that is, on top of your own life, and
chaos and all that stuff. It's like how, I don't know. (Bailey laughing) I don't know how you guys do it. I could not imagine. I could not imagine. Let me know your guys'
thoughts down below. But other than that, I hope that you have a
wonderful rest of your day. I missed you. I'll see you next week with
another Halloween look. I'm a bee today. Let me know who you guys want
me to talk about next week. But other than that, I
had too much coffee today. I'm not going to be able to sleep, am I? I hope you have a
wonderful rest of your day. You make good choices. I love and appreciate you so
much, and be safe out there. Bee safe out there. You get it? And I'll be seeing you guys. Bee seeing you guys later. (Bailey laughing) Bye. (eerie music)
Bailey mentioned she read 10 books when she was gone, wow! I'd love to know what she was reading. I want a Bailey Book Club! haha
She does indeed.
I am so excited that Bailey is back! She looks lovely and tanned after her holiday, I hope she caught up on some much need R&R.