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The Morning Show
Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 8:00am
By Joe Tarr

In 2014, two Wisconsin girls stabbed one of their friends 19 times near Waukesha, later claiming they wanted to impress the fictional character Slenderman. We talk with the author of a new book about the case, to explore how Wisconsin’s justice system contends with children and mental illness. 

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