Sean David Robinson on Why Missing Person Thrillers Are Addictive (According to Science) (opens in new tab)

Vanished…without a trace. It is both a powerful motif in fiction and a fascination seemingly hardwired into the human psyche. For me the very mention of a missing person with no known explanation conjures images of forest nightscapes, shadowy figures and strange glowing lights, all underscored by spooky synthesizer tritones and an oddly danceable beat […]