Today's creepy clown is a Halloween favorite—and a return to the subversive figure clowns represented in the past.

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The show was a little late in starting Thursday at Circus Circus, so Rocco the Clown stepped in. The performer didn’t say a word when he went onstage. He just started using his hands to urge the ...

Calliope Clowns work on a skit just outside of their group’s garage bay behind the Jaffa Shrine Center. Pictured (from left) are Ed “Jellybean” Kertes, Jonathan “Darby” Holmes, Fred “Pauli the Pirate” ...

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NATICK — Joe Kohen is ready to clown around when the Shriners Circus makes its return Wednesday at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington. Natick resident Kohen, the circus' "boss clown," and ...

Christian Bale lived an unorthodox, nomadic childhood with a circus clown mom. July 24, 2008— -- Just about everyone has heard the old joke about running away and joining the circus. But what if ...

Peggy Williams, 72, spent a decade performing for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a clown, and another decade working on the circus’s administration side. She was among the first class of ...