Ep 56 - Spooky Scary - Fear of Clowns & Vanishing Hitchhikers

Spooky Scary - Fear of Clowns & Vanishing Hitchhikers

Rowan Hall and Tracey Harrison

Welcome to the best time of year. To kick off Halloween early, our cohosts are discussing the Fear of Clowns and Vanish Hitchhikers.

Sources

Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-and-psychology-of-clowns-being-scary-20394516/

IHateClowns.com

https://www.ihateclowns.com/

NBC

https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/no-laughing-matter-fear-clowns-serious-issue-725830

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reports-creepy-clowns-woods-spooking-residents-greenville-s-c-n640876

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/14/coulrophobia-why-clowns-trigger-our-fear-reflexes

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/07/clown-sightings-have-spread-to-north-carolina-now-police-are-concerned-about-creepy-copycats/

Biography.com

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/john-wayne-gacy

IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/what-is-the-uncanny-valley

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_hitchhiker

Ss times

https://ss-times.com/urban-legends-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-graveyard-watcher-and-ladies-in-black-or-white/

American Scientific 

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/why-is-american-folklore-overrun-with-phantom-hitchhikers/

Artifacts journal 

https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2015/04/supernatural-beginnings-in-north-american-folklore-the-vanishing-hitchhiker-and-la-llorona/

Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/

Story Museum

https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001-stories/the-vanishing-hitchhiker

Myths 

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins13483-the-hitchhiker.html

Beardsley article

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/crossschool/ln305/biblio/beardsley__hankey_a_history_of_the_vanishing_hitchhiker.pdf

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