When you think of a clown, what do you picture? Do images of cheery jesters with white face paint and a red nose come to mind? Or do you see something different? How about straight-up nightmare fuel?

Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, is considered to be one of the most common phobias. Approximately 10% of surveyed individuals report having severe coulrophobia, while an estimated 50% report some ...

Before, films like Cecil B. DeMille’s 1952 Oscar-winning The Greatest Show on Earth could toy with the notion of the clown with a tragic past—Jimmy Stewart played Buttons, a circus clown who never ...