The news horrified the world: Two 12-year-old American girls lured a friend into the Wisconsin woods and stabbed her 19 times in an effort to appease a faceless mythical entity known online as Slenderman. But there’s more to the story than the dark headlines it generated. Read More
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Slenderman Documentary Explores the Internet’s Grave Impact
The screening of Beware the Slenderman at DOC NYC raised questions about the internet’s influence on the developing brain.
“Helps make sense of a senseless crime.”
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