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Etan Patz And The Rise Of "Stranger Danger" (1979)

Published: May 30, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

It\u2019s May 30th. This day in 1979, a Manhattan 6-year-old by the name of Etan Patz goes missing on his two-block walk to the bus stop.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why the Patz case became such a media sensation, and contributed to the rise of the \u201cstranger danger\u201d era, with kids being warned about abductions, faces plastered on the side of milk cartons, and more.

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