Are you afraid of clowns? Maybe you should be. When a “do not open” sign is ignored, a woman finds herself haunted by "The Cracking Man", a frightening clown doll with a noisy presence. In this episode, Greg dates a Christian clown, Dana stumbles into paranormal ASMR, the gang cracks a cursed doll case, and Connor digs up a terrifying true story of possession-by-clown. Get ready to enter the Big Top, because it's time to stoke your coulrophobia! Join the Museum: https://patreon.com/paramuseumVisit Our Website: https://hauntedobjectspodcast.comSubscribe on YouTub...
Are you afraid of clowns? Maybe you should be. When a “do not open” sign is ignored, a woman finds herself haunted by "The Cracking Man", a frightening clown doll with a noisy presence. In this episode, Greg dates a Christian clown, Dana stumbles into paranormal ASMR, the gang cracks a cursed doll case, and Connor digs up a terrifying true story of possession-by-clown. Get ready to enter the Big Top, because it's time to stoke your coulrophobia!
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SHOW NOTES:
- Chiropractic Ghosts: https://tinyurl.com/5dzfn2jt
- “Coulrophobia and the Trickster” by Joseph Durwin: https://tinyurl.com/3pbrrrns
- Ringling Brothers official “How to Be A Clown”: https://tinyurl.com/54c4tckx
- Actual Clown Tryouts: https://tinyurl.com/5e3zdka9
- Fear Survey from Chapman University: https://tinyurl.com/4f8z9sb3
- Why Are We Afraid of Clowns?: https://tinyurl.com/2p8jkjnh
- Reader’s Digest Covers Clowns: https://tinyurl.com/5a87888m
- Atlas Obscura Clown Sighting Map: https://tinyurl.com/5x47ew3e
- The Clown Panic of 2016: https://tinyurl.com/2cwvcycx
- The Clown Who Started the Craze - Gags: https://tinyurl.com/vjasd6vd
- Learn More About Sleep Paralysis: https://tinyurl.com/bde6yu5p
- Emmett Kelly / Weary Willie: https://tinyurl.com/2s4zjbk2
- More on the Kelly Family Story: https://tinyurl.com/wwude726
- Emmett Kelly & Carol Burnett: https://tinyurl.com/2urabcs3
Timestamps:
00:00 - Ever Been To A Chiropractor?
04:50 - Meet The Cracking Man
06:53 - The Letter & Backstory
15:11 - The Dark Side of the Clown
23:00 - Slapstick & Resilience
27:58 - So You Want to Be A Clown?
36:16- The Great Clown Purge of 2016
42:36- The Cracking Man Cuddles
58:24 - Mystery Solved?
1:03:05 - But Wait, There’s More!
01:08:24 - The Clown Classification System
01:12:04- The Bizarre Tale of Weary Willie
01:29:52 - Clown Mode & The Importance of Archetypes
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Hosted by Greg and Dana Newkirk
Produced by Connor J Randall
Additional Research by Keelin Mathews
Photography by Karl Pfeiffer
Art by Dustin Williams
Theme by Adam Hayman
"The Disembodied Voice" by Chuck Fresh
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