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"Glasgowman's Wrath" is an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The episode is the sixth episode of the sixteenth season. The episode is based on Slender Man but is renamed "Glasgowman". The episode is a Halloween episode. This episode is loosely based on the Slender Man stabbings.

Plot
The episode starts with a girl being scared by her sister and her sister's friend. One of the girls is videoing a video log of finding something called "Glasgowman" they enter a park to search for Glasgowman. The younger girl tells her sister she's scared but isn't listened to.

In the morning the younger girl is found by a bird watcher with multiple stab wounds. Amanda Rollins and Carisi respond to the call. Rollins travels in the ambulance with the girl while Carisi interviews the bird watcher.

At the hospital, Rollins shows the bird watcher's photos of the suspect to Nick Amaro. Zoe's parents arrive at the hospital and hound Amaro and Rollins for answers. Amaro calls Olivia Benson in on the case. At the girls's friends house, they notice a possible attack but it turned out to be roleplay.

Production
The episode was initally billed as being a Halloween episode.

Reception
Anne Easton of Observer wrote "On the heels of Halloween, the spookiest time of the year, SVU presents an episode that’s part Blair Witch Project, part Slender Man homage. Much like the plot of Blair Witch, “Glasgowman’s Wrath” features three youngsters heading into the woods on a quest to capture a video image of an illusive figure; in this case it’s three girls on a quest to see the supposedly iconic Glasgowman." Easton went on to state "While maybe a bit unoriginal in plotting, this episode was still adequately spooky and disturbing, particularly with regard to the violent actions carried out by the youngsters." Easton finished her review with "On the surface, this episode of SVU may seem like a simple tale of young girl’s devotion gone awry, but once again it’s the undercurrent of the installment, filled with various incarnations of complicated issues, the main one of which seems to be who do you trust and at what level, that make this a satisfying episode."

Bill Bodkin of Pop-Break gave the episode a 8 out of 10 rating and stated "“Glasgowman’s Wrath,” despite the awful name, is a terrifically acted, tense and well thought out episode."

Narsimha Chintaluri of TV Fanatic wrote "tonight's episode was seasonal rather than topical but the twisted tale of these little girls' delusions proved to be an entertaining hour"

Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy of The Guardian said "It is an episode beautifully aware of its own narrative devices, using its storytelling prowess to call attention to our cultural lust for violence and our deliberate repression of the fact that the greatest evils may not take our forms of choice."