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There's a clown-themed motel in Nevada, with a cemetery next door
I just learned about (and subsequently fell down a very deep Google Hole about) the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. From Atlas Obscura: Catering to bikers, truckers, and other long haul travelers who...
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Burger King makes out with Ronald McDonald in Pride campaign 'Love Conquers All'
Is it getting hot in here or is it Pride Week in Helsinki? Ads of the World: Burger King Finland's campaign "Love conquers all" is a celebration of love and all the forms it takes."Burger King has...
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Group of creepy clowns scare citizens of Fargo, North Dakota
On Sunday in Fargo, North Dakota, Roxane Salonen was playing tennis at a public park with her teenage son when she noticed a group of four figures approaching the court. As they came closer, Salonen...
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This clown sure likes Sugar Rice Krinkles in this 1956 TV spot
This friendly clown is thrilled to be eating a bowl of Sugar Rice Krinkles in this 1956 commercial. The video begins when Krinkles the clown pops his head out of a miniature house with a rooster on...
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Check out this 1987 Ringling Bros. instructional video on how to be a clown
Check out this 1987 Ringling Bros. instructional video about how to be a clown. The 1-hour, 20-minute video includes some pretty great tricks of the trade such as how to juggle, how to apply clown...
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US Police failed to act on massive warning of clown threats
Five years ago, there was a massive uptick in clown-related crime alerts. Was it just people generally being scared of clowns? Or had the Joker finally succeeded in his 80-year-long schemes? The answer...
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Sending clowns to hang around elementary schools proves to be a bad idea for...
The Speech Academy Asia, a public speaking program in Singapore, came up with the brilliant idea of sending clowns to hang around outside elementary schools and promote their offerings. Apparently they...
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Northern Ireland facing unprecedented clown shortage
As COVID-19 re-openings have staggered across Europe, the clowning industry has suffered. The BBC spoke with David Duffy, co-owner of Duffy's Circus, and the sixth generation of Duffys to run the...
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Bozo the Clown is back, thanks to David Arquette
Before coulrophobia became cool, Bozo the Clown ruled the airwaves. Created by Alan W. Livingston, Bozo first made the scene on a children's record and book series from Capitol Records. In 1954,...
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Watch Marcel Marceau, the legendary mime, in "The Mask Maker"
Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) was a French actor and mime. He was known for his stage persona "Bip the Clown". He called miming the "art of silence", and performed all over the world for over 60 years. In...
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Would you spend a night at this Clown Motel?
The World Famous Clown Motel lies in central Nevada. As a lover of clowns, I'm dying to stay here. When you walk into the clown motel, you're greeted with shelf upon shelf of clown dolls and statues....
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Puppy stolen by creepy clown has been found safe
On Saturday, a creepy clown used a grinder to cut into a cage at a Queensland, Australia RSPCA campus and steal a cute puppy named Cashew who was recovering from surgery. The crime was caught on...
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Creepy clowns in white van terrorizing schoolchildren in Newcastle, England
The story sounds like an urban legend but police are apparently taking it quite seriously: In Newscastle, England, a clown driving a white van has reportedly been stopping students in the area and...
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Thousands of voters changed party affiliation in Lauren Boebert's district,...
CPR News can not confirm that all of the 3,700 democrats in Western Colorado who have switched their party affiliation to unaffiliated, did so to vote against the bloody diarrhea-inducing pork slider...
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Florida killer clown trial delayed after discover of new "clown sighting file"
On a fateful day in May of 1990, 40-year-old Marlene Warren opened the door of her Palm Beach, Florida home to find a clown waiting on the doorstep. The clown handed her a bunch of carnations, and a...
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Police capture creepy clown who held up convenience store with samurai sword
After more than a week, Monroe County, Pennsylvania police captured the creepy clown who robbed a Uni Mart convenience store while brandishing a samurai sword. Ironically, the suspect's unique disguise...
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Creepy clown broke into church and stole only candy
In Newark, Ohio this week, a creepy clown broke into a church seemingly just to steal a bowl of Halloween candy visible through the window. From NBC4: The suspect also ripped the alarm control panel...
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Creepy clown statue anonymously delivered to sheriff's office causes concern...
The sheriff's office in Trumbull County, Ohio received a strange gift last week. An unknown man was spotted on surveillance video walking up the sheriff's office, flipping off the security camera,...
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Here's why people are really afraid of clowns
Coulrophobia—the fear of clowns—is a very real phobia among children and adult across the world. But what makes them so scary to some people? Psychologists from the University of South Wales devised a...
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Why clown unpredictability evokes fear in some people
Despite their jovial demeanor and colorful appearance, clowns can evoke a deep-rooted fear in some people, with the unpredictability of their actions being a significant contributing factor. A recent...
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Apocalypse Clowns is a heartfelt story about clowns at the end of the world
I understand that clowns tend to inspire, um, extreme reactions in a lot of people. I think that's part of cleverness and charm of Apocalypse Clown, a new black comedy from the Irish troupe Dead Cat...
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Elementary school investigates custodian who dressed as a creepy clown and...
Employees of Broken Ground Elementary School in Concorde, New Hampshire were shocked to find that the school custodian had dressed as a creepy clown afterhours and photographed himself in various...
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New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns
Philip John Tyson, an Associate Professor of psychology at the University of South Wales, recently published an article about the fear of clowns, with colleagues Shakiela Davies, Sophie Scorey, and...
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Over a thousand clown dolls await at Denmark's quirkiest pub
Cirkuskroen is a marionette-filled circus themed pub in Denmark. The whimsical dive bar displays over 1,300 clown figurines who seem to watch you as you drink and dine. Besides its whimsical interior,...
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Hilarious new ad mocks Donald Trump's buffoonery — and it's impossible not to...
A hilarious new ad takes Donald Trump's buffoonery to a whole new level, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Highlighting his ridiculous appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists...
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Mega Clown Swing: playground relic or death trap?
This wild looking mega clown swing is a relic from days past, when playgrounds were places one could risk their life in exchange for hours of extreme fun. According to the people of Reddit, there are a...
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Creepy clown with penchant for plants caught on video burglarizing gardening...
The owner of a gardening store in Nashville, Tennessee was alerted by his security system of an after-dark intruder. When he looked at the video feed, he spotted a creepy clown skulking about the...
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Florida killer clown who murdered husband's then-wife completes her 18-month...
In 1990, Sheila Keen-Warren dressed as a clown and killed the wife of a man she later married, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Marlene Warren, and was released from prison...
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Children terrified by parent prowling around schoolyard in Pennywise clown...
Children at an Aberdeenshire, Scotland elementary school were freaked out when they spotted Pennywise the creepy clown from IT prowling around the schoolyard. According to Laurencekirk Primary School...
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Fetterman rips on DeSantis
Picking on ol' Puddin' Fingers is pretty easy. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Pennsylvania's be-hoodied Senator John Fetterman said he's willing to consider Florida Gov....
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