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Less than one year after the Slenderman stabbing, a brutal and horrific murder would shock the community of Elkhart, Indiana. Investigators would learn how the young offender of this vicious crime had become obsessed with a creepypasta paranormal serial killer clown known as Laughing Jack.

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Research Materials for Episode 60 include:

Aggressive scripts, violent fantasy and violent behavior: A conceptual clarification and review - ScienceDirect⁠

Dissociative Identity Disorder in Children⁠

⁠Fantasy or Reality: Do Teens Always Know the Difference? - Dr. David Lowenstein and Associates⁠ 

⁠Laughing Jack | Creepypasta Files Wikia | Fandom⁠

⁠Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf⁠

⁠Psychotic Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Primer on Contemporary Evaluation and Management - PMC⁠

⁠PTSD in Children and Teens - PTSD: National Center for PTSD⁠ ⁠Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder in Children | Psychology Today⁠

⁠STATE v. J.T., Appellee-Respondent. (2019) | FindLaw⁠

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