{"podcast":{"title":"Unexplained America The Podcast","slug":"unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","podcast_index_feed_id":6730775,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://unexplainedamerica.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39826993/39826993-1743797021261-8b8615d7aa5a7.jpg","author":"Unexplained America the Podcast","episode_count":132,"summary":"Unexplained America is a weekly podcast, hosted by Lisa Ponson. I discuss true crime, paranormal, cryptid, legend, and anything unexplained connected with America. Join me for episodes rich in researching the history, background and nuance of the story perhaps a bit quirky. If possible, I love to explore the places myself and discuss the story from a personal perspective. The more creepy and unexplained the better!!!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:18:20.270181+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775"},"episode":{"title":"Slenderman Case of Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser","slug":"slenderman-case-of-anissa-weier-and-morgan-geyser","published_at":"2026-06-08T08:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/slenderman-case-of-anissa-weier-and-morgan-geyser","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unexplained-arkansas/episodes/Slenderman-Case-of-Anissa-Weier-and-Morgan-Geyser-e3kfajl","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/play/121137205/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-7%2F0c97c22b-a4a6-9641-ad49-23b211cd8e05.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the State of Wisconsin Vs. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier for the attempt in the first degree with use of deadly weapon charge of crime against Payton Isabella Leutner--this case would make National and International news when the suspects story of how a fictional character named Slenderman was to blame for their attempted murder of their friend. On Saturday May 31st of 2014, three 12 year old girls were celebrating the birthday of one with a slumber party sleepover the night before. Around 8 am the three headed out to a park about .5 mile from the birthday girls home. Two of the girls would brutally attached 1 of the girls and leave her in the woods in the park with 19 stab wounds. Blessedly she was alive enough to pull herself out of the woods to cry for a bicyclist to help her. Listen to the miraculous story of Payton Leutner's survival and then Morgan and Anissa's court proceedings all the way to the current day. References for this Episode: https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=276546 https://www.gsnsp.com/morgan-geyser-anissa-weier-now/ https://abcnews.com/US/mothers-teens-pleaded-guilty-slender-man-stabbing-case/story?id=52739807 https://law.justia.com/cases/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/2016/2015ap001836-cr.html https://people.com/slender-man-stabbing-where-are-anissa-weier-and-morgan-geyser-now-11855565 https://abcnews.com/US/mothers-teens-pleaded-guilty-slender-man-stabbing-case/story?id=52739807 https://youtu.be/PnoqjrPWyeQ?si=EcvwEsHCxgN-qi4O--911 call made by Greg Steinberg--05.31.14 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5329376/--"Beware the Slenderman" 2016 Documentary film https://youtu.be/lXsB5lLgeH8?si=YJ93k6igewgw77DB--Payton Leutner's interview wit…","meta_description":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the State of Wisconsin Vs. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier for the attempt in the first de…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5279,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/episodes/slenderman-case-of-anissa-weier-and-morgan-geyser/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/slenderman-case-of-anissa-weier-and-morgan-geyser.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}