Stott is the author of several articles on scary clowns and comedy, as well as The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, a much-lauded 2009 biography of the famous comic pantomime player on the Regency ...

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 new season of the FX series American Horror Story: Freak Show adds the homicidal Twisty to the canon of terrifying clowns. Professional clowns are not happy about it. We hear about the long ...

Coulrophobia - an abnormal fear of clowns - is not often diagnosed, but anecdotally, is pretty widespread. Kids are easily terrified by the grotesque face paint and garish costumes, and those fears ...

This week saw the opening of the film sequel to IT ("Chapter Two"). This is one of over 50 films to date rooted in individuals' fear of clowns, known as coulrophobia. Obviously this is not my ...

When you think of a clown, what do you picture? Do images of cheery jesters with white face paint and a red nose come to mind? Or do you see something different? How about straight-up nightmare fuel?

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some say that Stephen King's "It" made kids afraid of clowns, but they were terrifying people long before Pennywise came along.

Jordan Jones is a clown. He began clowning when he was 13, dressing up as a clown for Halloween. He's into Halloween; his yard bears evidence of that, what with the large display of scary things ...

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 ...