Episode 53: Killer Clowns

A concept created to inspire audiences and delight children can sometimes take on an unnerving and nightmarish form. With painted faces and bouquets of balloons, they lurk on street corners or wait for you in the woods, luring children and frightening adults. Are they simply teenage pranksters or is there something more sinister at play?

SOURCES

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/killer-clowns-inside-the-terrifying-hoax-sweeping-america-129505/

https://slate.com/culture/2016/10/evil-clowns-have-been-sighted-all-over-america-since-1981.html

https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/7/13191788/clown-attack-threats-2016-panic-hoax-debunked

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2016/10/03/clownsighting-reported-fort-worth-latest-possible-nationwide-mass-hysteria

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/us/creepy-clown-sightings-in-south-carolina-cause-a-frenzy.html

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/real-reason-clowns-creep-us-out/

BOOK: Bad Clowns by Benjamin Radford: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BJ90AHS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1