https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcast 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%20cultureshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/us/creepy-clown-hoaxes-arrests.htmlhttps://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_Gacyhttps://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/Terrifierhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Horror_Story:_Freak_Show_characters#:~:text=Twisty%20the%20Clown%20(portrayed%20by,molester%20and%20drove%20him%20awayhttps://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-people-afraid-of-clownshttps://mycoai.com/code-of-ethics/#:~:text=4.,gentleman%2Flady%20at%20all%20timeshttps://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-teratomahttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745894/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/teratoma-tumour-evil-twin-cancer
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11/08/23 • 33 min
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