David Carlyon, author, playwright and a former clown with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1970s, argues that the fear of clowns — known officially as coulrophobia — is a ...

KCK police tell public it's had no credible reports of suspicious clown sightings Updated: 2:11 PM CDT Sep 28, 2016 Taisha Walker Reporter Scary clown reports no laughing matter to professional ...

Many of the kids told investigators it was all just a joke, but for people who make their living as clowns, it's no laughing matter. Montgomery County-based Judy Tudy has entertained audiences as ...

Mobile Real-Time News Clown fear no laughing matter for professional jokesters Published: Sep. 17, 2016, 12:07 p.m.

Called No Laughing Matter: Tears of a Clown, the nine minute film is now available to watch on YouTube, and should hopefully make you think twice before you cosplay as Pennywise or the Joker.

Radford traces bad clowns all the way to ancient Greece and connects them to court jesters and the Harlequin figure. He notes that Punch, an evil puppet who frequently smacks his partner Judy with ...