The clown scare is a textbook example of a social panic. These social hysterias crop up from time to time and involve an exaggerated fear among a large number of people, about some evil threatening ...

The 2016 clown craze — that disturbing moment in time where people all over the world reported creepy clown sightings — is thankfully over, but the mystery still lingers. A new documentary looks into ...

In context: Remember the 2016 clown sightings? It was all over social media and national news, so it was hard to miss, but just in case: That year, numerous reports of creepy-looking clowns lurking in ...

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The year 2016 has officially become the year of the clown. Ever since the clown craze that began back in early October, reports of clown sightings have arisen everywhere. Some say the whole thing is ...

Please keep yourself and other save by this post, thank you!" Scary clown hysteria has appeared on and off around the globe since 2016 (here). A 2017 Actions News 3 parody blog can be seen archived ...