EPISODE · Sep 16, 2025 · 32 MIN
Ep 13: Stranger Danger and Other Scary Stories
from Our Stories and Our Selves: Why the narratives we tell shape the way we think about the world
As kids many of us learned to beware of strangers, but the truth is that stranger abduction in vanishingly rare. However the story still has a grip on our society. This episode explores the myth, the reality, some reasons it may persist, and other stories we tell ourselves about strangers.Source list available at https://www.ourstoriesandourselves.com/Get in touch on [email protected] or @ourstories.bsky.socialMusic from https://pixabay.com/users/good_b_music-22836301/Support the show by buying a book from: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/ourstoriesandourselvesOr back the patreon patreon.com/OurStoriesandOurSelvesCover image by Kirsty using an image by https://pixabay.com/users/thedigitalartist-202249/
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Ep 13: Stranger Danger and Other Scary Stories
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