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Topic: clowns

Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) kneels in a kiddie pool, wears a swim cap with goggles, and fishes with a plastic rod amongst scattered toys and plastic fish in Los Angeles in 1983. (Bonnie Schiffman/Getty Images)

How Pee-wee Herman fits in clown history

Ashlie D. Stevens
Scary Evil Clown (Getty Images/ArtMarie)

When did clowns become so creepy?

Madeline Steiner - The Conversation
Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in "It" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Brooke Palmer)

Clowns protest "It" screening

Matthew Rozsa
Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in "It" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Brooke Palmer)

Evil clowns jump the shark

Matthew Rozsa
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Donald Trump; Pennywise from "It" (Getty/Jewel Samad/Warner Bros./Salon)

The monsters we create

Noah Charney
"American Horror Story" (FX)

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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The phantom clown theory, explained

Frank T. McAndrew - The Conversation
Donald Trump (AP/Cliff Owen)

Trump's circus comes to town

Jim Newell
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"American Horror Story" (FX)

Sarah Gray
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