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The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Send in the Clowns

The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, History

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Clowns, clowns, clowns! This episode starts off with a dramatized clown urban legend, before exploring the long history of clowning that stretches back to ancient times, with a special emphasis on Joseph Grimaldi, the first modern clown. The fear of clowns is also delved into, as the psychological reasons for this fear is explained, as well as the real-life and fictional examples of those who've inspired it, like John Wayne Gacy, Pennywise, and the clown doll from 'Poltergeist'. The role of the clown in society is analyzed as well, from his appearance in Shakespare's plays down to the killer clown panics that began in the 1980s. Send in the clowns!

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

You're listening to a morbid network podcast. Listen as I launch a campaign against Christmas cheer, grilling celebrity guests, like chestnuts on an open fire.

0:27.0

They'll try to get my heart to grow a few sizes, but it's not going to work, honey.

0:31.0

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0:34.3

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:38.3

As Lauren emerged from the passenger side of her dad's Toyota,

0:42.3

her eyes were instantly drawn to the looming exterior of a stately Victorian mansion.

0:48.0

The home's entrance was dominated by a grand octagonal tower, fitted with a mansard roof and at the very top a small round

0:57.3

attic window looked out deep dark and reflective like an unblinking eye.

1:04.0

To add to its imposing presence, towering eastern white pines surrounded the home, their tops

1:09.8

swaying and creaking in response to a sudden wind.

1:13.4

And from behind the house, a lingering fog hovering just above a bog began to stretch forth

1:19.2

its cold murky fingers of mist to envelop the ground where Lauren stood.

1:24.6

The scene struck her as so darkly beautiful and eerie that it caused her breath to catch momentarily

1:31.0

in her throat.

1:33.0

Behind her came the whir of a car window rolling down.

1:36.0

Lauren looked back.

1:38.0

Geez, what is this, the psycho house?

1:40.0

Her dad said.

1:41.0

Oh, come on, this place is way nicer than that.

1:44.8

That's true. These people definitely have more money than the Bates by a long shot. But you got

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