For the circus known as “The Greatest Show On Earth,” a legendary costume designer dressed clowns in drag, women as chandeliers and elephants like everything from trains to peacocks and Christmas ...

A clown came to Marlene Warren's door and shot her in the face 27 years ago. — -- More than 27 years ago, a woman died after she was shot at her front door by someone dressed as a clown, and a ...

Saying Sarasota has a rich history with the circus is like saying Siesta Key has a lot of sand. More than 90 years ago, John Ringling decided to move the winter home of his circus to Sarasota, which ...

If you can't decide what you want to be for Halloween, and time is running out, let me make an unpopular suggestion: be a clown. Sure, they're scary, they're creepy, they evoke childhood nightmares, ...

Felix Adler, king of the clowns at the greatest show on earth, is Peter Pan come to life again. He is the little boy who will never grow up. The grotesque and glittering world of Ringling Brothers and ...

The recent creepy clown craze terrifying people has led to some schools prohibiting kids from wearing clown costumes. Remember when clowns were funny? People hired them for parties and events to make ...