Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

4/16/21 by Pushkin Industries

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When James Dallas Egbert III was reported missing from his college dorm – one of America’s most flamboyant private detectives was summoned to solve the case. “Dallas” had many of the same problems that most teenagers face – but P.I. William Dear stoked fears that he might have fallen under the evil spell of a mysterious and sinister game…. Dungeons & Dragons. The global panic about the dangers the role-playing game posed to impressionable young minds may seem quaint 40 years on – but again and again we show how fearful we are of creative endeavours we don’t quite understand. Read more about Tim’s work at http://timharford.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com