you said no creeps hanging out and I absolutely believe there were.. there were child abductions back then, but either not as many or not as widely reported.. nowadays when a child goes missing or found in a field its on TV constantly.. Lot more people in the world, so a lot more creeps..
But, in my opinion, the difference was: back then a creep or whatever pretty much did whatever came to mind and didn't have 35 movies or previous abduction stories to use as a road map.. I watch a documentary show on REELZ where killers imitate murders and killings in movies because they - in their twisted minds - make heroes out of the murderers in movies and whatnot and try to imitate them..
So, the public's want of violent, psychotic movies is, imo, fueling a whole new breed of psychos.. Video games as well..Kids are conditioned that mass killing is ok cuz they did it in video games 10 hours a day..
Friendship is like peeing your pants.. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel the warmth..