The podcast examines the 2014 Waukesha stabbing, where two girls attacked their friend as an offering to the Slender Man, a fictional character created online in 2009. The hosts analyze the perpetrators' mental states, contrasting one girl's lack of remorse and schizophrenia diagnosis with the other's fear and denial. They discuss the concept of a 'tulpa'—a being manifested by collective belief—and how modern folklore can blur into dangerous reality. The episode concludes by placing responsibility on parents to teach children to distinguish fiction from reality and to monitor their internet activity, rather than blaming the creepypasta stories themselves.