4. The Fear of Clowns

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Today we’re discussing the fear of clowns as Neil revisits his childhood trauma and tries to figure out what was his trigger. 

Our oddity of the day is the more rare teratoma tumour.

 

Sources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weird-reason-were-afraid-of-clowns/#:~:text=Are%20you%20scared%20of%20clowns,children%20in%20many%20different%20cultures

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/us/creepy-clown-hoaxes-arrests.html

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/31/the-great-clown-panic-of-2016-a-volatile-mix-of-fear-and-contagion 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(character)#:~:text=The%20Joker%20debuted%20in%20Batman,%2327%20(May%201939)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obnoxio_the_Clown 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchy_the_Clown 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(character)#:~:text=The%20Joker%20debuted%20in%20Batman,%2327%20(May%201939)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrifier

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Horror_Story:_Freak_Show_characters#:~:text=Twisty%20the%20Clown%20(portrayed%20by,molester%20and%20drove%20him%20away

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-people-afraid-of-clowns

https://mycoai.com/code-of-ethics/#:~:text=4.,gentleman%2Flady%20at%20all%20times

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/professional-clown-club-attacks-american-740768/ 

https://daily.jstor.org/here-we-are-again-how-joseph-grimaldi-invented-the-creepy-clown/

 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22074-teratoma

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745894/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/teratoma-tumour-evil-twin-cancer