Episode 56: Creepy Clown Craze

Pennywise, Art the Clown, and John Wayne Gacy. What do all three of them have in common? They're creepy clowns. Clowns are figure that are meant to bring joy, but many trigger the uncanny valley feeling and instead creep us out. Throughout the last 50 years, multiple times bizarre encounters with clowns have been reported throughout the United States. Join Sage and Frank as the discuss the Creepy Clown Craze.

Trigger Warnings:

Clowns

Brief mentions of murder, sexual assault, near kidnappings of children

Resources:

This Is Why We’re Afraid of Clowns

Fear of clowns: An investigation into the aetiology of coulrophobia - Philip John Tyson, Shakiela K Davies, Sophie Scorey, William James Greville

Understanding the Creepy Clown Epidemic: How the media amplifies the trend and why some kids are so scared of clowns

Art and Pantomime - Britannica

Coulrophobia (Fear of Clowns) - Cleveland Clinic

Why are we scared of clowns? - BBC

Creepy clown trend dates back to ’80s, but this time it’s different

Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Clown Attack’ Craze