In 2016 there was a world wide panic of people dressing up as clowns. This episode covers the events around the clown panic and explores why this became the sensation that it was. Around the world people were terrified of killer clowns lurking in the streets and in the woods.

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings

https://fox8.com/news/creepy-clown-sightings-reported-in-more-communities-in-south-carolina/

https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1f7jey2/anyone_else_remember_the_whole_killer_clown_scare/

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il_KGsw2miI&list=PLR7ihpXDdyphicClmrSaVo_0S2FrZfqH_