Episode 7: Creepy Clowns
On this weeks episode of Legend Samm and Amy talk clowns!
Picture it- it’s the early 90s- you’re walking down the street in your Doc Martins, with your Sony Discman, trying to keep your damn Tamagotchi alive when out of the corner of your eye you see a clown chilling inside a white van… or was it black? Doesn’t matter. You’ve heard the rumors going around. Kids every where are terrified. Clowns are running amok. They’re luring children into their vans with the promise of candy or even money… and do you know what happens once you’re inside?
You’re dead.
Listen as Samm and Amy go case by case through the late 80s all the way to the 2010s and discuss the hysteria and urban legends that surround the surprising amount of clown sightings throughout the last several decades. You’ll even hear a personal story from Samm’s childhood that can confirm the creep factor of clowns.
Homey Don’t Play That…
A Clown “terrorizing” a neighborhood, although he claimed to just be celebrating Halloween.
Promotional clown for the movie Gags the Clown.
Gags the Clown movie poster
The article for the “Half-Naked” clown.
Homey the Clown from In Living Color
Sources:
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/urban-legends-who-saw-homey-the-clown/ Urban Legends/ Who Saw Homey the Clown?
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Homey_the_Clown Villians Wiki: Homey the Clown
https://slate.com/culture/2016/10/evil-clowns-have-been-sighted-all-over-america-since-1981.html The Wave of Evil Clown Sightings Is Nothing to Worry About. It Happens Every Few Years!
http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-clown-scare-of-1981-that-terrified.html The Clown Scare of 1981 That Terrified Boston
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/clown_attempts_to_lure_children_into_vehicle_with_balloons/1840718/ Creepy Clown Attempts to Lure Children into Vehicle with Balloons
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/scary-fishers-clown-comes-clean/531-e0f3868f-07b1-44ee-afa1-e2e280e9ce1b Scary Fishers Clown Comes Clean
https://abc7chicago.com/clown-sightings-attacks-creepy/1544319/ Clowns in America: Timeline of Scares and Sightings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings Wikipedia
