If you were walking along a city street and saw a creepy-looking clown lurking ominously you'd probably feel scared. Several ...

They didn't start out to scare anyone. Clowns have held a favored, albeit slightly outcast place throughout history – first, as comic relief to those in power, performing magic tricks, pranks or ...

Once, when I was a kid, I caught a glimpse of a preview for Stephen King’s It. You know the movie I’m talking about, if you’re of my generation, because this movie likely fucked you up as well. In It, ...

The "Carnevil" is coming to town this Halloween season with Spirit Halloween's 2024 lineup. Creepy clowns, a raucous ringmaster and popular horror properties abound, Spirit's animatronic props this ...

This video, posted on BoingBoing this morning, may explain why so many people think they are afraid of clowns. Watch as Fergie (now of the Black Eyed Peas) has a bizarre clown encounter in 1986 on ...

Coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, is the third most common phobia in Britain. To help combat that fear, John Lawson's Circus in the U.K. is... Clowns Teach People Not To Be Afraid Of ... Clowns MICHELE ...

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The circus is coming! So this would be a good time for clown haters to re-examine their attitudes toward clowns. Or if you're afraid of clowns, there's good news. "Coulrophobia" is very treatable. And ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kids don’t like clowns. The story exploded out of England recently: A survey conducted by the University of Sheffield polled 250 children, ages 4 to 16, and concluded that hospitals ...

On the drive from Philadelphia to their new home in Kettle Springs, a small town in a “flyover state,” 17-year-old Quinn (Katie Douglas) informs her dad Dr. Maybrook (Aaron Abrams) that she’s as far ...

No one I've checked with knows the origin of the word coulrophobia, the term for maladaptive fear of clowns. I've searched many sources, checked with various professionals, and asked a Twitter army of ...

Via Kite & Key Media-- Crawling spiders. Slithering snakes. Clusters of small holes? Americans have a lot of phobias — and not all of them are normal. More than three-quarters of Americans say they ...