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?

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 ...

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Before, films like Cecil B. DeMille’s 1952 Oscar-winning The Greatest Show on Earth could toy with the notion of the clown with a tragic past—Jimmy Stewart played Buttons, a circus clown who never ...

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Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights will feature the return of iconic characters Jack the Clown and Dr. Oddfellow.

Something sinister is lurking in the brush around the Shemwood Crossing Apartments in Greenville, South Carolina. Children there have reported clowns trying to entice them into the woods in order to ...

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