By Anna-Sophie JürgensFor centuries, clowns occupied an ambiguous cultural position. They were comic figures, but also disruptive ones: tricksters who mocked authority and social conventions, ...

The creepy clown could be considered the mascot of the Halloween season, nearly as pervasive as the jack-o-lantern and far more unnerving. October's favorite figure has been particularly active this ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out ...

There’s a word— albeit one not recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary or any psychology manual— for the excessive fear of clowns: Coulrophobia. Not a lot of people actually suffer from a ...

At the beginning of the 1988 film “Big Top Pee-wee,” the circus blows into town — literally, thanks to a wind-whipping storm — and lands on none other than Pee-wee Herman’s farm. Pee-wee (Paul Reubens ...

This undated photograph shows elephants in circus parade along Main St. near the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NCR ARCHIVE AT DAYTON HISTORY May 5, 1941: Pretty Jean Allen and ...

Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in the theater. And every Halloween, you’ll ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pee-Wee Herman Bonnie Schiffman/Getty Images At the beginning of the 1988 film "Big Top Pee-wee," the circus blows into town — ...