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I actually wrote a paper a year ago about how urban legends are a result of a fear-driven culture. One of the books i leaned heavily on was in fact called "Culture of Fear." The author argues that the rhetoric of "safety" now plays the same role in society to regulate behavior that religion once did. Because of increased secularization, we need a new authority to make sure people are staying within the societal bounds of approved morality-- often, that authority is invoke in the name of being safe. Hence, why people are afraid of everything, because they're constantly told to be safe, giving the illusion that danger is lurking all about.