This year's nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events have dropped sharply, even after many ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have issued warnings after a spate of creepy clown sightings across the country, mimicking a prank that began in the United States and has spread across the world.

Across the nation, and in the La Crosse area, people have been calling police to report being menaced by people in clown costumes. An expert in the field of group psychology at Washington State ...

Despite what the long-forgotten 1960s pop song said, not everybody loves a clown (Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Everybody Loves a Clown"). The peculiar clown craze sweeping the nation-even in the ...

This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events have dropped sharply, even after many ...

The idea of the "bad clown" has taken hold among popular culture and may stem from cultural fears, possibly that someone could be roaming society with their true identity hidden. The first supposed ...

Social media has helped fan the fire of America's clown hysteria, experts say. — -- A creepy clown craze has taken America by storm in recent months, but it’s not the first time a wave of clown ...

We all know that there are some scary clowns out there. Stephen King's "Pennywise the Dancing Clown" from the novel "IT" comes to mind, but while this child-killing clown is evil, there is another ...

Eds: Links video. With AP Photos. AP Video. NEW YORK — Send in the frowns. This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their ...