"Which American serial killer raped and murdered at least 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978, burying many in the crawl space underneath his home, who became known as ""Killer Clown"" for entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup as ""Pogo the Clown""?"
Evil clown series of mock comic books in the pages of the magazine, entitled "Evil Clown", which featured a malevolent titular character named Frenchy the Clown. During that decade, 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 events; however, Gacy did not actually commit his crimes while wearing his clown costume. The modern stock character of the evil clown was popularized by Stephen King's novel "It", published in 1986, which introduced the fear of an evil
2016 clown sightings caused traffic jams and were apparently chasing after children. A clown was spotted and filmed crossing a road near the town's Asda supermarket. "Killer clowns" have been jumping out of bushes to scare pedestrians in Perth and Dundee. A man walking his dog spotted a "killer clown" near a primary school in Motherwell. The clown ran away after it was revealed that he is scared of dogs, as it is clear in the video that the man filmed. 10-year-old children living in Inverness reported seeing a "killer clown" at a play park who was armed with an unknown weapon. One