tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post6366790124100294776..comments2024-03-28T05:28:46.610-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: Evil Phantom ClownsPeter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-17483128057981798072023-03-01T15:14:45.196-05:002023-03-01T15:14:45.196-05:00I grew up in Plymouth and definitely remember clow...I grew up in Plymouth and definitely remember clowns in a white van around late 80 early 90s😂Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-52710593390758171362019-06-05T23:33:39.011-04:002019-06-05T23:33:39.011-04:00Not urban legend, I lived in Malden in the 80s a c...Not urban legend, I lived in Malden in the 80s a clown in a white van approached me, my neighbor a few years older than me grabbed me and ran into the house and locked the doorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06726452222870643279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-76188745419405773292017-10-13T03:17:40.464-04:002017-10-13T03:17:40.464-04:00I remember the clown hysteria from the early 80...I remember the clown hysteria from the early 80's... I was about 10 years old at the time and I lived in Randolph. The story I heard was that parents should be on the lookout for clowns driving around in a white van, handing out candy & stickers to kids. The stickers supposedly had LSD on the back of them so kids were hallucinating after licking the back of them. There was also a report of some clowns that were not wearing any pants so they were actually only dressed like clowns from the waist up! When driving around they just looked like they were on their way to a kids party or something but they would expose themselves to kids by getting out of the van to pass out candy and stickers! It's hilarious now but it was actually pretty scary back then as a 10 year old. <br /><br />Don't forget this was around the time of the whole Satanic Panic / Daycare abuse scandals like the McMartin case that started popping up all over the country, so I guess it wasn't much of a stretch to believe that clowns with no pants on were cruising around Boston suburbs terrorizing the neighborhoods. <br /><br />Here's another story of The Clowns in Southie: <br />http://www.caughtinsouthie.com/features/clowns-white-van/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-39796409813700983972017-07-25T01:26:24.300-04:002017-07-25T01:26:24.300-04:00But the little boy who witnessed the clowns grabbi...But the little boy who witnessed the clowns grabbing his friend was tramatizedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-20299116176162149502017-06-24T12:09:40.809-04:002017-06-24T12:09:40.809-04:00My 5th grade classmate was murdered in 1981 in Bro...My 5th grade classmate was murdered in 1981 in Brockton Mass, and there were rumors about the clowns killing him. The police have never found his killer. http://www.symbiosistechnologies.com/media/press/zadroznyenterprise20040328.pdfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767568808795287792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-53145625666801885512016-10-06T08:11:42.619-04:002016-10-06T08:11:42.619-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346624950805589180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-73043615423987214132016-09-05T07:45:38.651-04:002016-09-05T07:45:38.651-04:00I was about 12 and had a paper route in a small so...I was about 12 and had a paper route in a small south shore town during the clown hysteria. I was picking up my papers at the end of my street which intersected with a major road. A car drove by real slow and the passanger was dressed as a clown and looking at me. I waved down a neighbor who tried to follow but could not catch up to them. Not sure if pshcho clown or an entertainer on their way to a kids party but it scared the crap out of me for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-6765462609323794462016-09-02T01:52:27.433-04:002016-09-02T01:52:27.433-04:00And you of course post anonymously to make your st...And you of course post anonymously to make your story easier to verify and your testimony more reliable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-4589074119468991922015-10-02T00:06:19.243-04:002015-10-02T00:06:19.243-04:00Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a...Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a black van with clown driving and one in passenger seat we were o<br />In 2nd grade n knew nothing of "it" or poltergeist this was in e.p. r.I. in 198437 now n I'll never forgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957888458334091586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-45278433573103033402015-10-02T00:04:26.950-04:002015-10-02T00:04:26.950-04:00Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a...Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a black van with clown driving and one in passenger seat we were o<br />In 2nd grade n knew nothing of "it" or poltergeist this was in e.p. r.I. in 198437 now n I'll never forgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957888458334091586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-34019435298511600802015-10-02T00:04:26.007-04:002015-10-02T00:04:26.007-04:00Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a...Very true indeed my friends and I were chased by a black van with clown driving and one in passenger seat we were o<br />In 2nd grade n knew nothing of "it" or poltergeist this was in e.p. r.I. in 198437 now n I'll never forgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957888458334091586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-34630206916334516722014-04-17T08:17:06.682-04:002014-04-17T08:17:06.682-04:00I hid at a church thats no longer there, heard the...I hid at a church thats no longer there, heard the van drive by picking up one of the clowns there was like 3 or4 of them. I stayed hidden in a bush by the church till.my brother found me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-70508645520029142142014-04-17T08:09:03.944-04:002014-04-17T08:09:03.944-04:00No legend true events in mass and ri. I was chased...No legend true events in mass and ri. I was chased me and my brother in small citie name Central Falls, by a.man dressed up as an elephant holding balloons but he was evil.lookingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-67841668240732167492013-08-07T21:32:14.579-04:002013-08-07T21:32:14.579-04:00This is cool!This is cool!Tomokohttp://topconvertiblecarseatreviews.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-35413934395500085732013-05-11T15:07:36.815-04:002013-05-11T15:07:36.815-04:00Hi Wade!
I considered using an image of Pennywise...Hi Wade!<br /><br />I considered using an image of Pennywise from "It", but I went with the Killer Klowns instead. <br /><br />"It" was published in 1986."Poltergeist" with the evil clown toy came out in 1982, so the evil clown reports in Boston pre-dated both of those. I would be curious if King and Tobe Hooper had heard about these clowns, and also to learn when the first evil clowns were actually reported. It's also possible the concept had been circulating for years before it bubbled up to the surface. I think lots of kids are scared of clowns.<br />Peter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-81950507978061904072013-05-06T14:55:20.586-04:002013-05-06T14:55:20.586-04:00Steven King seems to have had such legends in mind...Steven King seems to have had such legends in mind when he wrote his novel, "It," my favorite. Now this makes me wonder about the chronology of clown legends, and whether diffusion or independent invention (clowns as archetype?) or even some point-source event (similar to ad-lore like Paul Bunyan tales making their way from ads to folk tradition?)can further elucidate the type? Wade Tarziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876387351164907807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-90141749874901164562013-04-28T20:26:58.779-04:002013-04-28T20:26:58.779-04:00Hi Anonymous - Watch out for those synchronicities...Hi Anonymous - Watch out for those synchronicities! Thanks for the updated information about the phantom clowns. <br />Peter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-43680776616851656752013-04-22T21:45:23.342-04:002013-04-22T21:45:23.342-04:00The phantom clown phenomenon didn't end in the...The phantom clown phenomenon didn't end in the 80s. There were phantom clown reports coming out of Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood in October of 2008 and as recently as last year in Idaho. As with the 1980s accounts, no suspects were ever identified or apprehended.<br /><br />Loren Coleman has documented this stuff extensively on his blog, the Copycat Effect.<br /><br />www.copycateffect.blogspot.com<br /><br />p.s.<br />The word "jest" appeared in the captcha for this post. You just can't make these things up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-27111650559240260412013-04-15T12:53:09.715-04:002013-04-15T12:53:09.715-04:00Great post! I just heard of this urban legend a ...Great post! I just heard of this urban legend a few months ago. The person was convinced that this happened in Malden. She knew all about the scary clowns in Malden, but her sister who is four years younger was not aware of the legend.C. Franz Rahehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077886463938949491noreply@blogger.com