Clowns That Kill: The Dark History Of Clowns

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Published 2022-10-13
Hi friends, happy Thursday!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Clowns, you either like them or you hate them. There really isn’t much of an in-between. But how could something as simple as a clown manage to get such strong opinions from people? In today’s episode we explore the long, dark, drunk, and complicated history of the clown. And I knew this story would be dark, but ooo boy, this was even darker than I expected.

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Chapters:
INTRO - 00:00
ANCIENT CLOWNS - 02:50
THE COURT JESTER - 06:05
THE SHOES, THE HAIR, THE FIT - 10:03
GRIM ALL DAY GRIMALDI - 12:14
JOEY SERVES FACE - 15:13
JOEY-THE SAD CLOWN - 19:26
THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN - 26:11
CLOWNS BECOME FUN - 30:16
CLOWNS GO DARK…AGAIN - 33:22
THE CLOWN PANIC - 37:33
CONCLUSION - 42:22

Dark History is an Audioboom Original.

This podcast is Executive Produced by:
Bailey Sarian, Kim Jacobs, Dunia McNeily from 3arts, Kevin Grosch, and Claire Turner From Made In Network
Writers: Katie Burris, Allyson Philobos, Joey Scavuzzo, Bailey Sarian
Shot By: Tafadzwa Nemarundwe
Edited by: Lily Young
Post Supervisor: Kelly Hardin
Production Management: Ross Woodruff
Hair: Angel Gonzalez
Makeup: Jill Powell
I'm your host -- Bailey Sarian

All Comments (21)
  • @apt5044
    Can we all just take a moment to admire Joan's tiny clown get up!? 🤣
  • @abuntion
    “It’s me. Your ex!” Accurate AF 😂😭🤡
  • @britalit131
    my grandma was a professional clown, she had two clown characters Zoe and Pearl. she actually went to clown college and would perform at children’s hospitals. she was honestly the reason clowns don’t scare me at all, she was such a light and just wanted to make people happy.
  • @fatmamohamedl
    “ So when I say the word clown, what do you think of besides your ex? ” couldn’t be more accurate, bailey 🤣🤣🤣
  • @bekduh
    Bailey as a clown is iconic ngl
  • Bailey: “The most famous clown of all time” Me confidently: “Ronald Mcdonald”
  • I love how Bailey's into the story so much she just starts laughing.....it makes me laugh too. 😂
  • @mere38
    As a person from North Carolina, I am not surprised someone’s first reaction from seeing a creepy clown in the woods was to chase it with a machete
  • @a11res
    THE LITTLE RED NOSE ON JOANIE!! SO CUTE!! 😭😭
  • Raise your hand if you watched this whole ep even when you're terrified of clowns because Bailey 🙋🏼‍♀
  • It's the clown skeleton that does it for me. Bailey? Beautiful. Joan? Stellar. Skeleton guy? He's the breadwinner in this one for me
  • Bailey: Are they to be embraced or feared? Me: … Feared… Definitely feared…
  • I remember when they clown craze of 2016 happened, I dressed up as a clown the same year and my mom told me, “If you go out there like that you’re going to get shot.”
  • After my dad died I learned he met John Wayne Gacy and his friend was killed by him. My whole life I never knew why my dad hated clowns so much
  • “The clown was the only person who can make fun of royalty and get away with it.” So basically Merlin to Arthur 😂😂 HAHAHAHHA
  • Can’t even watch clowns without crying because of my fear but I’ll hold on just for Bailey
  • @ALexi-2002
    Fun fact : There is a school for clowns. My dad was a firefighter and wanted to be a clown for burned victims, so he went to clown school. I still think its werid to this day but it made him and the others happy. IDK
  • @yamsnmac
    My uncle went to clown college. Rest his soul . He was in the circus and everything. I think he did the acrobatics as well.
  • @theeditor1149
    My dad was a clown! He did kids' parties and any community functions and we loved watching him get dressed. It's why I love clowns and love watching them. I've done clown classes as well because I loved clowning. One of the things I learned that makes a clown funny is that they try so hard to be as normal as those around them but fail every time. I also learned that the red nose is the smallest mask in the world. Clowns Without Borders also does some brilliant work in crisis areas to bring laughter and joy to those who have been displaced and are experiencing hardship. Clowns are not the scary horror-show characters theyve been made out to be in recent decades.