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Prominent Republican leaders in clown makeup

WMxdesign's GOP Clown College Flickr set is a collection of prominent Republicans and Republican commentators in clown makeup. GOP Clown College (via Kottke)

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David Lynch "Crazy Clown Time" (Video)

Here's the new self-directed video for "Crazy Clown Time," the new single from director (and songwriter) David Lynch. His new album is also called Crazy Clown Time.  Mr. Lynch continues to make very...

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Midnight treat: 100 disturbing clown images

Artist Mitch O'Connell created this online gallery of 100 disturbing clown images.

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Parents pay clown to stalk kids

England's Metro newspaper reports that parents may now hire an evil clown to stalk their children. Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster. He is a birthday treat, hired by mum and...

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Evil Klowny Flakes

I give you Sugar Krinkles, bearing the finest cereal package art in the history of the world, a relic of 1950, the vintage year for such work. Be sure to click through onto the whole Vintage Ads post,...

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Ronald McDonald Mark I: horror clown

The original Ronald McDonald was pure nightmare fuel (click through for video of him in action). Fun fact: he was played by Willard Scott, who went on to be the weatherman on the Today Show. The...

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space

I'll admit it, as a kid Killer Klowns from Outer Space scared the heck out of me. Long before ICP comes to earth, this bunch of goofy clowns, with a really great toy-based arsenal, land their...

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History of scary clowns

Afraid of clowns? Perhaps you suffer from coulrophobia. Smithsonian looks at the "History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary". Above, serial killer clown John Wayne Gacy who famously told police,...

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Evil clown stalks Northampton, England

Photo: Joe Steve Scoles reports for Northampton Herald & Post: The sinister clown that has been appearing on Northampton's streets made another visitation last night. He was pictured in his...

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Northampton clown unmasked

The evil clown stalking Northampton, England, was revealed as student and filmmaker Alex Powell. Photos of the sinister figure at the National Lift Tower, posing on Elm Street, next to a town statue...

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Republican congresscritters in clown makeup

I blogged the GOP clown college (WMxdesign's Flickr set of Republican politicians, leaders, and mouthpieces in clown makeup), but it's worth revisiting today, given all the shenanigans. (more…)

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Vintage snapshots of creepy clowns

Over at Accidental Mysteries, John Foster posted several dark and unsettling vintage snapshots of clowns from his personal collection of vernacular photography. A celebration of coulrophobia! "Clowns...

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Northampton Clown sparks nationwide plague of copycat horror-clowns

The Northampton Clown -- AKA Alex Powell -- made headlines for a series of creepy selfies taken around the English city of Northampton. Now, his notoriety has sparked a nationwide trend of copycat...

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Creepy clowns in Manchester

This is Colin Smith, a con artist clown who was busted for posing as a charity collector. Apparently, there were nearly 20 unrelated police incidents last year in Manchester, England involving clowns...

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The Clown Egg Register

Our friends at Futility Closet (hosts of Boing Boing's wonderful Futility Closet podcast) have a short item about The Clown Egg Register. Apparently, a clown's face can't be copyrighted, but if you...

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1969 was a good year for horror-clowns

Redditor CptQuestionMark posted this photo of a birthday clown from 1969. The clown is so frankly terrifying, it suggests some kind of profound aesthetic/cognitive shift in human perception in a scant...

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Faded, clown-themed motel that backs onto a plague pit

Tonopoah, NV's Clown Motel is a relic of the Gold Rush town's faded glory years, and it is filled with clowns. Hundreds of clowns stare from every corner, the walls are hung with clown-portraits, and...

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What's it like being a clown?

"Sparky's wheezy baritone voice is loud and grating," writes Esquire's Mike Sager. "He is at once funny and annoying, ingenious and stupid, insightful and insipid, friendly and backstabbing,...

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Watch: I was Ronald McDonald

From 1995 to 2007, Joe Maggard was Ronald McDonald. "The clown is right in there. The clown is ready to go." (more…)

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People with clown phobia fail to get distressing movie poster banned

Coulrophobics were unable to convince England's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a movie poster with a sinister-looking clown. (more…)

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