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Welcome to the best time of year. To kick off Halloween early, our cohosts are discussing the Fear of Clowns and Vanish Hitchhikers.
Sources
Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-and-psychology-of-clowns-being-scary-20394516/
IHateClowns.com
https://www.ihateclowns.com/
NBC
https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/no-laughing-matter-fear-clowns-serious-issue-725830
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reports-creepy-clowns-woods-spooking-residents-greenville-s-c-n640876
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/14/coulrophobia-why-clowns-trigger-our-fear-reflexes
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/07/clown-sightings-have-spread-to-north-carolina-now-police-are-concerned-about-creepy-copycats/
Biography.com
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/john-wayne-gacy
IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/what-is-the-uncanny-valley
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_hitchhiker
Ss times
https://ss-times.com/urban-legends-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-graveyard-watcher-and-ladies-in-black-or-white/
American Scientific
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/why-is-american-folklore-overrun-with-phantom-hitchhikers/
Artifacts journal
https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2015/04/supernatural-beginnings-in-north-american-folklore-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-and-la-llorona/
Snopes
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/
Story Museum
https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001-stories/the-vanishing-hitchhiker
Myths
http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins13483-the-hitchhiker.html
Beardsley article
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/crossschool/ln305/biblio/beardsley__hankey_a_history_of_the_vanishing_hitchhiker.pdf
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Welcome to the best time of year. To kick off Halloween early, our cohosts are discussing the Fear of Clowns and Vanish Hitchhikers.
Sources
Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-and-psychology-of-clowns-being-scary-20394516/
IHateClowns.com
https://www.ihateclowns.com/
NBC
https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/no-laughing-matter-fear-clowns-serious-issue-725830
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reports-creepy-clowns-woods-spooking-residents-greenville-s-c-n640876
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/14/coulrophobia-why-clowns-trigger-our-fear-reflexes
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/07/clown-sightings-have-spread-to-north-carolina-now-police-are-concerned-about-creepy-copycats/
Biography.com
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/john-wayne-gacy
IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/what-is-the-uncanny-valley
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_hitchhiker
Ss times
https://ss-times.com/urban-legends-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-graveyard-watcher-and-ladies-in-black-or-white/
American Scientific
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/why-is-american-folklore-overrun-with-phantom-hitchhikers/
Artifacts journal
https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2015/04/supernatural-beginnings-in-north-american-folklore-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-and-la-llorona/
Snopes
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/
Story Museum
https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001-stories/the-vanishing-hitchhiker
Myths
http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins13483-the-hitchhiker.html
Beardsley article
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/crossschool/ln305/biblio/beardsley__hankey_a_history_of_the_vanishing_hitchhiker.pdf