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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cho-Cho the Health Clown once brought joy to kids around the nation. But has the advent of scary clowns redefined him? Cho-Cho the Health Clown was a popular performer who traveled the nation from the ...

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 ...

Clowns are scary. Despite largely being associated with children's entertainment, people have a deep-rooted fear of these ...