Evil clown
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The evil clown is a subversion of the traditional comic clown character, in which the playful trope is instead depicted in a more disturbing nature through the use of horror elements and dark humor. T
A group of people in evil clown costumes at a PDC 2008 party at Universal Studios
Enrico Caruso as the murderous Canio in Pagliacci
A man in evil clown costume in 2007
Scary clown in Hallween Tumble 2012
John Wayne Gacy
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John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chi
Evil clown
…Pagliacci (accused of being a plagiarism of Mendès' piece), both works featuring murderous clowns as central characters. American serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy became known as the Killer Clown when arrested in 1978, after it was discovered he had performed as Pogo the Clown at children's parties and other…
1978 mugshot of Gacy
Gacy (second left), pictured with his first wife (far left) at the 1967 Waterloo Jaycees Christmas party
Gacy as Pogo the Clown
Gacy with First Lady Rosalynn Carter on May 6, 1978, six years after his first murder and seven months before his final arrest