Unmasking "The Cracking Man", a Possessed Clown Doll

enFebruary 06, 2023

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About this Episode

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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- 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

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