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 Coulrophobia. The fear of clowns. Those
professional pranksters known for
entertaining children at birthday parties, and
crowds of adults at circuses and rodeos, are
apparently quite scary for a lot of people. It
may seem ridiculous, as ridiculous as the
actual clowns’ acts, yet many are deathly
frightened by these jokers.
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 Perhaps its the makeup, it makes them seem
so inhuman and strange. Perhaps its their
actual tricks, nobody likes having water
squirted in their face when they go to smell
a flower. Or perhaps its the media’s portrayal
of clowns, with Ronald McDonald clogging all
our arteries, and movies like Stephen King’s
IT.

 Personally, I’ve always found clowns to be
funny, and never actually had any fear of
them. That is, until I heard of the real life
Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy.

 John Wayne Gacy, like many serial killers,
appeared to be a pretty normal guy. He ran
his own construction business, and was quite
charitable with the money he made from it.
He also offered his construction services free
of charge to the Democratic Party.

 He was so well liked for his charitable deeds,
that he even had the opportunity to meet
First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Gacy didn’t stop
there, eventually finding his way into joining
a club of clowns that would entertain young
children at parades and in hospitals. Gacy
took on the persona of Pogo the Clown, a
costume that he designed himself and even
changed the features of so that it would have
a sharp mouth painting rather than the usual
rounded.

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