[Apocryphon]

Yeah, this discussion thread so far accounts how sensationalist media covered true crime cases. Child abductions, serial killers, Satanic panic led to cultural shifts where suddenly the 'burbs aren't safe anymore and stranger danger was amplified and everywhere.

[theGnuMe]

We can't intrinsically estimate probabilities well. We are more worried about child abduction than a kid getting killed by a car.