Episode Details

Grab a red balloon but avoid storm drains, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of clowns. The early history, the clown sightings of 2016, Pennywise and Stephen King’s IT, why clowns scare us, and how the monster that was John Wayne Gacy paraded around as Pogo. What happens when adults don’t believe kids? What happens when we don’t keep track of the missing and most vulnerable among us? Was it really all just hysteria? Maybe we have good reason to be fearful of clowns but if we’re playing by Stephen King’s rules good will always beat evil in the end. 

Sources:

Pennywise: The Story of IT

https://youtu.be/_kE108SMEWU?s...

1994 John Wayne Gacy Execution

https://youtu.be/B1ter-x2VGY?s...

2016 Clown Sightings

https://youtu.be/0-MJORDa5TQ?s...

https://youtu.be/gWT5h2Nj_is?s...

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