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Hysteria 51
ForthHand Media
4.3 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We get funny like a clown this week as we take a look at...well...clowns. Where did these much maligned children’s characters come from? Why do we find them so frightening? Did anyone ever win the Grand Prize Game? Well, for the relevant and interesting stuff we have some help as author and journalist Linda Rodriguez McRobbie joins the fellas to break down why we all float down here. Plus, Conspiracy Bot starts work on a clown robot (scary), Brent discloses his unhealthy obsession with grease paint (scarier), and only a couple ICP references are made all episode (are the guys feeling ok?). All of that and more on the podcast that doesn’t always cover clowns, but when we do Conspiracy Bot seems extra excited - Hysteria 51.
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Research Assistant - Raymond Walden IV
Videos
Wrinkles The Clown - Official Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOt0Ks97_E
Creepy clowns in 30-second 'stare off' with Wisconsin police - https://youtu.be/9DtMbQtOtvE
Creepy Clown Craze Raising Concerns - https://youtu.be/gWT5h2Nj_is
Websites
Brtiannica - https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-people-afraid-of-clowns
Clownopedia - https://clownopedia.fandom.com/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
Clowns Without Borders - https://clownswithoutborders.org/
2016 Clown Sightings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings
Smithsonian Mag - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-and-psychology-of-clowns-being-scary-20394516/
Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201909/why-are-clowns-so-scary
The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/wrinkles-the-clown-the-real-life-clown-scarier-than-joker-that-terrorized-americas-kids?ref=scroll
Clowns Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown#:~:text=The%20harlequinade%20developed%20in%20England,jester%20than%20a%20comical%20idiot.
More from Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Twitter - https://twitter.com/LinRod
Website - https://www.lindarodriguezmcrobbie.com/
GoodReads - https://www.lindarodriguezmcrobbie.com/
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ForthHand Media - http://forthhand.com/shows/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | They say I'm disturbed. |
| 0:02.0 | From city to city an incredible hysterical panic spread. |
| 0:05.0 | I think we're getting into a weird area here. |
| 0:07.0 | Well, you tell me, fools, I'm not crazy! |
| 0:10.0 | It's hysteria. |
| 0:12.0 | You can't handle the truth. |
| 0:15.0 | Rain is gone. |
| 0:17.0 | This is hysteria 51. |
| 0:20.0 | The truth is out there. |
| 0:22.0 | But you won't find it here. They're coming for you. |
| 0:27.0 | Look there comes one of them now. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome in, Hysteria Nation to the podcast that doesn't always cover clowns, but when we do, |
| 0:38.1 | conspiracy bots seems extra, excited. |
| 0:41.8 | This is Hysteria 51. |
| 0:43.6 | What can I say? I know what I like. |
| 0:45.7 | I have no response to that, thank God. |
| 0:48.8 | Broadcasting from the Lower Fourth Dimension, |
| 0:52.2 | otherwise known as Chicago. |
| 0:53.8 | I am your host on this carnival ride. |
| 0:55.8 | My name is John Goveforth, and alongside is my co-host, and the man voted in high school |
| 1:02.4 | most likely to beat a clown to death. |
| 1:04.4 | Mr. Brent Hand. |
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