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Clown Panic (2026)
Episode 236 — Clown Panic (2026)
Day 25 of 31 Days of Halloween takes us into Clown Panic, the Hulu documentary exploring the creepy-clown craze that swept across America—and then the world—in 2016.
I found this a fascinating time capsule of a year already filled with anxiety. Looking back a decade later, through COVID, political violence, fears surrounding federal agencies, and the rise of AI, there’s something almost surreal about remembering a moment when people were terrifying one another simply by putting on clown costumes.
I also reflect on the horror imagery surrounding that moment…
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