1845 Clown Disaster

Blackleaf · Mar 8, 2026

In 1845, 79 people were killed when watching a clown in the town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Heres how it happened...

Ron in Regina · Mar 8, 2026

Canada (Toronto specifically) had a clown riot ten years later.

(YouTube & The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855)

spaminator · Monday at 2:05 AM

clowns are pure evil. best to just kill them all.

IdRatherBeSkiing · Tuesday at 2:44 PM

Taxslave2 · Tuesday at 4:02 PM

There is a very good reason why most babies do not like clowns.

Blackleaf · Tuesday at 8:03 PM

Although in this case the clown wasn't to blame.