In 2014, twelve-year-olds Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser stabbed their friend Payton Leutner nineteen times in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their motive: proving their loyalty to Slender Man, a fictional monster born on an internet creepypasta forum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1993, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode ‘Ship in a Bottle’ asked what happens when a holodeck simulation becomes self-aware and Professor Moriarty walks out of the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Season 1 finale of The Prime Detective, we connect those two moments and finally find the word for what we’ve been tracking all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Credits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https:\/\/benwise.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks<\/a>” The Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Original artwork for “The Prime Detective” by Julie Hendrickson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com\/theprimedetective<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Special thanks: What is a creepypasta<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n
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