It's No Wonder So Many People Are Terrified Of Clowns
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Does anyone really like clowns?
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Though Coulrophobia — or an extreme fear of clowns — is highly-disputed in the academic realm, many people would admit that clowns totally freak them out.
With National Clown Week this week, Smithsonian writer Linda Rodriguez McRobbie wrote a fantastic piece on "The History and Pyschology of Clowns Being Scary."
Turns out, clowns have long been associated with a dark and disturbing
The entire piece is worth reading, but here are the nine historical events that have contributed the most to a negative perception of clowns.
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