S1 E4: The Circus
from In The Dark
by The New Yorker
Published: Tue Sep 20 2016
Show Notes
The Wetterling abduction story kept getting bigger as the case served as a conduit for public fear and grief. Capitalizing on a growing sense that pedophiles lurked in every shadow, the likes of Maury Povich and Geraldo Rivera joined the cause with sensational retellings of the crime and its consequences.