A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to please a horror character called Slender Man more than a decade ago after prosecutors alleged she has been quietly reading gory novels and communicating with a man who collects memorabilia from murderers.

A judge denied a motion to stop the release of a Wisconsin woman from a mental health facility more than a decade after she conspired to stab a classmate to please fictional horror character “Slender Man.

Morgan Geyser, the now-22-year-old who was committed to a Wisconsin psychiatric facility following the stabbing of her best friend in 2014, is set to be granted conditional release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute,

A Wisconsin judge has agreed to release “Slender Man” stabber Morgan Geyser from a psychiatric hospital despite desperate last-minute efforts by health officials to keep her committed. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren on Thursday signed off on releasing the 22-year-old from Winnebago Mental Health Institute,

Morgan Geyser's conditional release is back on track despite the Wisconsin Health Department's assertions there were new risk factors.