Fifty-five years ago, Union writer Welton Jones used his journalistic skills to help to solve a mystery involving circus clowns and the missing grave of a Russian ballerina. Jones, the former arts ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in ...

When something goes wrong in a circus, they send in the clowns to distract the audience. Well, something has gone very wrong with this circus, and the clowns are everywhere. We welcome letters of 275 ...

The creepy clown could be considered the mascot of the Halloween season, nearly as pervasive as the jack-o-lantern and far more unnerving. October’s favorite figure has been particularly active this ...

One of my favorite things when I was just a lad in Duluth was when the Shrine Circus would show up. This was in the 1950s and ’60s. It was a spectacular event to see, especially when the three rings ...

In the summer of 1855, Canada was far from the polite neighbor up north with a penchant for weird bacon and a Tim’s double-double. In reality, Toronto was more like Bill the Butcher’s Five Points in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Unemployment hit 8.5 percent and jobs are disappearing across the country but at least one industry is looking for new talent -- the circus. About two dozen hopefuls ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. It can be hard to imagine a time when clowns were regularly invited to children’s birthday parties and hospital wards – not to terrorize, but to delight and ...

Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in the theater. And every Halloween, you’ll ...