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Today we're discussing the fear of clowns as Neil revisits his childhood trauma and tries to figure out what was his trigger.
Our oddity of the day is the more rare teratoma tumour.
Sources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weird-reason-were-afraid-of-clowns/#:~:text=Are%20you%20scared%20of%20clowns,children%20in%20many%20different%20cultures
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/us/creepy-clown-hoaxes-arrests.html
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/31/the-great-clown-panic-of-2016-a-volatile-mix-of-fear-and-contagion
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(character)#:~:text=The%20Joker%20debuted%20in%20Batman,%2327%20(May%201939)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obnoxio_the_Clown
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchy_the_Clown
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(character)#:~:text=The%20Joker%20debuted%20in%20Batman,%2327%20(May%201939)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrifier
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Horror_Story:_Freak_Show_characters#:~:text=Twisty%20the%20Clown%20(portrayed%20by,molester%20and%20drove%20him%20away
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-people-afraid-of-clowns
https://mycoai.com/code-of-ethics/#:~:text=4.,gentleman%2Flady%20at%20all%20times
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/professional-clown-club-attacks-american-740768/
https://daily.jstor.org/here-we-are-again-how-joseph-grimaldi-invented-the-creepy-clown/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22074-teratoma
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745894/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/teratoma-tumour-evil-twin-cancer
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