The creepy clown could be considered the mascot of the Halloween season, nearly as pervasive as the jack-o-lantern and far more unnerving. October’s favorite figure has been particularly active this ...

The year 2016 will go down as a year of many things: the time when major news networks had to find a euphemism for "p*ssy" live on air, for instance. But one of its distinguishing factors across the U ...

You aren’t alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries Linda Rodriguez McRobbie There’s a word— albeit one not recognized by the Oxford English ...

It really is incredible what an old, semi-acclaimed Stephen King character can do. It is maybe the seventh or eighth title in the canon, but Pennywise the Dancing Clown has become remarkably indelible ...

LYNNWOOD — At most jobs, people get in trouble for goofing around, but that’s how Bruce Johnson makes his living. For decades, he dazzled crowds at traveling circuses and amusement parks as “Charlie ...

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk really love scary clowns. Throughout American Horror Story‘s seven seasons, the pair has played on people’s discomfort around the oil ...

Among the many ghosts and ghouls in the horror genre, one of the most terrifying tropes has to be the killer clown. These scary figures are likely popular for the same reason that mascot horror has ...

In Sarasota, Florida, in 2006, communal loathing for clowns took a criminal turn when dozens of fiberglass clown statues—part of a public art exhibition called "Clowning Around Town" and a nod to the ...