'20/20' Premiere Spoilers, ABC Start Time: In the Name of Slender Man
Season 38 of ABC News primetime news magazine show "20/20" is set to air its premiere episode entitled "Out of the Woods" this coming Friday, Sept. 26 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
In celebration for its 36th anniversary, "20/20" will once again tackle on "hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews, and compelling human interest and feature stories." And for its opener, the show will feature a curious case of murder done in the name of a fictional character – Slender Man.
Now an internet meme, the idea of Slenderman originated from Something Awful forum's user named Victor Surge in 2009. The character is characterized to numerous fan fictions and narratives but often revolves around the idea of it being a stalker who likes to abduct and traumatized people, particularly children.
"Out of the Woods" will take its viewers back to where the murder has started. According to the network's website, two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin allegedly stabbed their same age classmate 19 times.
When asked by the authorities, both Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser admitted they hatched and executed the plan of killing their classmate as part of the ritual for them to become Slender Man's "proxies" or acolytes.
With the help of a passing cyclist, the victim was found crawling out of the woods and was brought to Waukesha Memorial Hospital to undergo surgeries. A nearly-fatal wound could have ended the girl's life but she survived the ordeal and returned home.
Found with blood-stained clothes and a knife, both Geyser and Weier were arrested and was charged as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. The defense attorneys for both the accused pleaded the court that their clients are "mentally incompetent."
Geyser and Weier returns to stand in trial in the coming Nov. 12 and Oct. 22 hearing date, respectively.
