‘Slender Man’ attacker seeks release in teen’s stabbing; Judge accused of shooting wife awaits fate

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Beth Karas joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the delayed release of “Slender Man” assailant Morgan Geyser as mounting concerns force a judge to rethink her potential institutional departure, the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, and jurors’ deadlocked deliberations in the trial of Jeffrey Ferguson, a former judge accused of fatally shooting his wife.