In 2017 Weier was sentenced to up to 25 years in a mental institution. ABC News online article 13th September 2021, ‘Slender Man teen to be released, survivor’s family wishes she served longer sentence’
‘Are you going to put me in prison and I’m going to rot and die?’ Detective Realises the 12-Year-Old is Insane, Morgan Geyser to rozzer, Youtube 2.29.43, 2022
’Please don’t cut off my head.’ ibid.
911 call: ‘I’m on Big Bend that’s a dead end just south of Rivera. I came upon a 12-year-old female. She appears to be stabbed.’ ibid.
Schizophrenia, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Shared Psychotic Disorder, these are just a few of the diagnoses made by psychological experts in an attempt to understand why one big delusion caused two twelve-year-olds named Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier to do something absolutely awful to their friend, Payton. ibid.
Later that day Payton’s best friends would be discovered sitting on the side of the I-94 covered in blood. ibid.
The suspects are extremely forthcoming with talking about exactly what they did. ibid.
Teachers say Morgan was an odd kid and a loner. ibid.
Morgan’s mother replied that Morgan had been going on scary websites. One of these websites was the Creepypasta Wiki, a website consisting of fictional horror stories and online urban legends. ibid.
‘And then we took Bella to the park with us.’ ibid. Morgan to male rozzer
Morgan was packing a large bag with granola bars, pictures and clothes … Before leaving though, Morgan grabbed one last thing. ibid.
‘You can take her in there and do the deed.’ ibid. Anissa to lady rozzer
‘I tell Bella to lay down fact first like on her stomach … so that I could lay on her chest … Morgan told me to pin her down.’ ibid.
‘And then we stabbed her with a knife.’ ibid. Morgan
‘Lunged for Peyton. Went ballistic.’ ibid. Anissa
‘Will I regret giving you this information later?’ ibid. Morgan
Well, she doesn’t … well, eh doesn’t want me to be myself. She objects. She objects to everything I do. She, she dislikes my friends. She thinks I have drinks. She criticizes me all the time … The Wednesday Play: In Two Minds by David Mercer, director Ken Loach, Kate, BBC 1967
Do you listen to her, Mrs Winter? ibid. researcher
I really am wicked. ibid. Kate to researcher
Anyway, when I came back the door was locked … ibid.
Researcher: Abortion.
Mother: Don’t say that word to me. ibid.
It would have been me that would have been lumbered with it. ibid. mother
When I get better I don’t have those feelings of being somebody else. ibid. Kate
So you asked to go back to the hospital? ibid. researcher
I’ve been a good father, and what have you done? You’ve pushed it all back in my face. Because you’re self-willed. Your mother and me, I mean, she’s a good woman, and I can’t stand to see the effect of what you’re doing, what you do to her – undermining her health. I’m ashamed of you. ibid. father
Some of the most common signs of psychopathy: Grandiose sense of self worth, sadism, glibness/superficial charm, manipulative, callous/lack of empathy etc. Signs of a Psychopath s5e11: How to Spot a Psychopath
Deep in the Berkshire countryside sits one of Britain’s most feared institutions, Broadmoor Hospital, a place where dangerous men are sent, when there’s nowhere else for them to go. Broadmoor: For the Criminally Insane s1e1, Channel 5 2024
A psychiatric hospital like no other. ibid.
Today Broadmoor is home to over 200 men, and for decades it’s treated some of Britain’s most notorious criminals.
Broadmoor’s patients are detained under the Mental Health Act. ibid.
For Broadmoor the first challenge is to safety contain new arrivals. ibid.
Broadmoor is home to some of the most difficult and dangerous patients in Britain, and looking after them is one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs in Britain. Broadmoor: For the Criminally Insane s1e2
‘You have a big control room which coordinates every patient movement.’ ibid. comment
1993: After the murder of shop assistant Nisha Sheth, Bryan was diagnosed with paranoid psychosis and schizophrenia and sent to Rampton high-security psychiatric hospital. He was described as a model prisoner. And after eight years he was discharged into community care. But far from being rehabilitated, in 2004 Bryan went on to commit an even more unthinkable crime.
‘A friend called Brian Cherry, whom he not only killed brutally, but also dismembered and fried his brains.’ ibid. comment
Today, patients are still sent to Broodmoor’s intensive care wards and secluded for safety. ibid.
Broadmoor Hospital, a place where dangerous men are sent when there’s nowhere else for them to go. Broadmoor: For the Criminally Insane s1e3
‘He [Jimi Savile] had charmed his way into a position of most extraordinary authority.’ ibid. comment
‘It really is the lunatic taking over the asylum.’ ibid.
Ronnie’s [Kray] life inside Broadmoor was a far cry from the other patients. ibid.
A small group of staff were sadistic and tended to have very fixed views of the patients – often saw them as animals. ibid. former trainee makes allegations
Inappropriate sexual relationships between staff and patients. ibid. psychology therapeutic unit scandal
This is the story of how to get out of Broadmoor … Breakouts from Broadmoor are incredibly rare. But not impossible. Broadmoor: For the Criminally Insane s1e4
1991: One of Broadmoor’s most dangerous and depraved patients managed to escape … He was convicted child rapist John Saunders. ibid.
‘1993: The Wolfman [Saunders] decides to escape again.’ ibid.
Every release from Broodmoor hospital has its risks. ibid.