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

Taking on many forms from clown to spider, the entity that stalks Derry's children in Stephen King's It can often be hard to ...

A notorious serial killer, known as the 'Killer Clown,' terrorized a town, preying on children and evoking a deep-seated fear ...

John Wayne Gacy was married to Marlynn Myers when he was first convicted, then to Carole Hoff at the height of his murder spree in the 1970s ...

The era of clowns being synonymous with kids parties is almost over and this reporter saw the writing on the wall.

The "Killer Clown" raped and murdered more than 30 men and boys before disposing of many of them in a crawl space under his ...

One doesn’t have to be a true-crime buff to recall the murder cases at the center of two new drama series premiering this week, Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” out Wednesday, and Peacock’s ...

Stephen King 's IT is one of horror’s most iconic tales, and much of its terrifying allure comes from the creature Pennywise , a monstrous entity that takes on various terrifying forms, but the clown ...

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Few serial killers are more notorious in American history than John Wayne Gacy, who killed dozens of young men in the ’70s. As if his heinous crimes weren’t enough to cement his infamous legacy, what ...

John Wayne Gacy, one of the most infamous serial killers in history, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and teenage boys in his home in Chicago. He buried most of his victims in his ...