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| Hitchhiking goes digital (TVNZ) |
| Backpacker murderer Ivan Milat and freaky films like Wolf Creek have scared the life out of a once popular pastime of thrifty travellers. Almost gone are the days of spotting hitchhikers strolling on the side of the road, thumbs out and gear strapped in every possible fashion to their bodies. |
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| Last Night's TV: The Girl in The Box, Five My Israel, BBC4 (Independent) |
| Hitchhiking across California in the Seventies, a young woman called Colleen Stan found herself on the outskirts of a town called Red Bluff. She turned down two lifts because she wasn't sure about the look of the drivers, but then a young couple drew up, the woman nursing a baby, and Colleen made her first big mistake. She climbed in. A little later, when the car stopped at a petrol station and ... |
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