Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the '80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go

Adam Walsh, 6, was abducted at a Sears; two weeks later, his head was found in a drainage canal. Yusuf Bell, 9, never completed the errand he was running for his neighbor; two weeks later his body was found at an abandoned school. Johnny Gosch, 12, went missing while delivering newspapers in his neighborhood. He was…

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Source: Kotaku – Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the ’80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go