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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Etan Patz And The Rise Of "Stranger Danger" (1979)
Description: It’s 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.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why the Patz case became such a media sensation, and contributed to the rise of the “stranger danger” era, with kids being warned about abductions, faces plastered on the side of milk cartons, and more.
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