I hate this ! Thanks! No, in all honesty, another great video man 🫣

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I love that comment. It's always gonna be the pinned comment on every phobia vid 🤣

@alexandrameow3593

Ай бұрын

Immediately made me laugh. 😂...or lol

I remember reading a blog post or similar long ago by a man who performed as a clown for children’s parties. He said that it was obvious Gacy was off kilter because a friendly clown would never apply their makeup in sharp points that way because it would frighten kids. Whenever I see Gacy as clown it drifts to the top of my mind, and I always eyeball clowns for suspicious makeup. Great video as always! Thanks 🎈🤡

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, that's quite an interesting anecdote

Whenever the carnival comes to my old Midwest town, cases of syphilis go up over 400%. It's all those HOT clowns and carnies.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

That is seriously weird 🤣

@sofiacreepypastafan

Ай бұрын

Hot clowns😏

It's notable how all those participating are referred to as literal clowns instead of people dressed like clowns. If there was a scourge of pranksters dressing up as Spiderman attempting to scare the public we would certainly make the distinction that they were just dudes wearing costumes and not in fact, Spidermen.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Solid point

Always exciting to get a new Peaked Interest video!! And I've only just started but I love the link between religion and fools with the modern day clown. I wonder (and I don't know if you touch on this) if the way we see clowns now is as they're supposed to be: expressions of society's shadow? Like, back in the day, fools and jesters performed a catharsis function, saying things which couldn't be said but were thought, allowing a contained expression to our least pleasant thoughts and resolving them/ensuring they stay unacceptable through laughter. Maybe the way we see clowns now is a reflection of the horror and violence we're faced with in modern life?

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

It's not an aspect I touch on in the video but I can see that

There is something to it, though, clown fear. When my daughter was 5 or 6, I took her to the circus and she was having a great time, untill the clowns ame out. Then she went into a screaming, crying fit. I had to take her out. She had never seen clowns before that I was aware of, but they terrified her for some reason. I wonder if it's some primal thing like they look human but at the same time don't look human, so maybe that triggers the fight or flight thing in us? Just a thought.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

If it's ok to ask does you daughter have any kind of issues reading social cues or emotional intelligence?

@Juliett-we7tc

Ай бұрын

@PeakedInterest she was always one of the popular kids in school, so she has very good social skills, and she was in the advanced classes for kids with high intelligence levels. So actually quite the opposite. Only issue she had was when she hit her late teens, or early 20s she was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, but she managed with it quite well.

Years ago, a group of friends and I went to a haunted trail. I didnt know about one friends fear of clowns. We show up to the scary clown part of the trail, she instantly vomits and freezes in terror. She laughs about it now, but has sworn off haunted trails and houses.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I didn't even know haunted trails were a thing until just now

The Gacy handcuff trick is portrayed most terrifyingly by Brian Dennehy in his Gacy movie. Your gut will sink.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I had to make that section more neutral than it really deserves to be. It's a genuinely utterly horrifying story

I don’t have Coulrophobia, but I have a feeling this video might change that.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Well I learned from the thalassophobia video that making the video scary turns away the people who have the phobia so I've toned down the scariness of this one

@citrusbutter7718

Ай бұрын

F clowns, Worms, maggots, centipedes, caterpillars, and grubs are horrifying.

Clowns are a normal like every culture with performance art. It makes sense. It's funny to see a person acting stupid or weird. I think the fear comes along when that zany weirdness could suddenly become real and sinister.

I definitely don't have a fear of clowns. I was able to watch this video despite I get scared very easily, I avoid most horror things lol. Clowns themselves aren't very scary, but the things people might do in such a get up (fiction or otherwise) like what Pogo did, that is definitely scary in itself. Kinda like Chucky the doll, dolls aren't particularly scary to me but a criminal's soul being stuck in a doll and near immortal/hard to kill while being extremely dangerous and a perfect disguise, that's scary lol.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I never got the Chucky one to be honest. A doll is such an easy thing to over power I wouldnt find it scary

@Squirreltasticqueen

Ай бұрын

​@@PeakedInterest it helps when you remember he's gifted with super strength and speed

Ay man keep up the good work, love ur vids

Kefka was a pretty famous killer clown as well.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I had to Google, you mean the final fantasy character?

The thing that scares me the most? The IRS, simple

I personally don't get it, a killer dressed as a clown would make me take them less seriously rather than more scared 😅. Makes me wonder what life experiences cause people to develop a fear of clowns

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

It's mostly down the the things I say at the end of the video.

Wake up, babe! New Peaked Interest video just dropped. Another excellent video

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I hope you enjoyed it

You're fantastic Lee! Great stuff as always.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, that's very appreciated

@BrotherJP333SP

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest It's awesome to see the Peaked Interest channel continue to grow.

Really good video. It's such an old form of entertainment I find it sad that nowadays it's just relegated to a scary trope. I hope that it makes a resurgence in one way or another other than said social media fools parading around online. Thoroughly enjoyed your coverage :D

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I felt like I did the topic justice

love this man keep it up.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

1:53 I remember there was scene similar to this in Are You Afraid of the Dark. I actually saw that first as a kid. The punk little brother who stole his older brothers money to buy the clown video game for his Genesis lol. That clown scene scared the heck at me ad a kid!!@

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

It's more common than I thought

As always, awesome content! Super interesting and well presented ( also right spooky).

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I wanted to get the tone right

Great video as always!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I love your name..so elegant

It also is the smile that creeps people out.. The movie SMILE is a great example of this.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Very true. That was a good movie until the last 25 minutes

This was really good! Makes me really want to watch the Thalassophobia one, but I'm too scared!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Do you have thalassophobia?

@iced.autumn

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest I really think so but I'm going to try to watch and see what happens lol

love your stuff man

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Thanks for another phobia video lee. Sadly i didn't receive any notification even though already click those bell icon. Can't wait for new videos. Please make a claustrophobia video next lee.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Next time I make a phobia video I'll tackle claustrophobia

@4n4Queen

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest thanks for replying lee. Can't wait for it.

Great points raised & thoroughly well thought out and presented piece.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much

You should do a video on the James Bulger Case

I love Stephen King's It, the ending was really a major wtf moment, but Pennywise is iconic and is still one of my favorites books from the author with the Long Walk. Another clown that I love is the Great pirate-clown Buggy from One Piece, and the clowns of Cirque du Soleil. I think people with coulrophobia should see "Alegria" as a therapy, the clowns at the show are a blast ! They sure lift the spirits through the spectacle ! Thanks for the video ! : )

My brother hates clowns. Idk if I should send this to him.,

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Try it, the idea is to explain the fear and hopefully lessen it's effect

That clown over the shoulder at the 2:16 mark was a nice scary touch.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I wondered how many people would pick up on the various clowns I inserted 🤣

In real life I think the fear of clowns nowadays comes from "Who would go out of their way to actually be a clown? Can you trust them?" You instinctualy distrust them. Especially modern day clowns. Feels like they might abuse the position of their role.. Idk just a guess

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

That could be true , but there are plenty of normal people who become clowns

@benmcreynolds8581

Ай бұрын

​@@PeakedInterestoh most definitely. I almost didn't post my comment. I have no problem with clowns or fear of them. I was just trying to imagine what the people who are scared of clowns might be thinking? I personally got to go some of the last circuses in my local area, got to run thru some crazy fun houses, go thru some elaborate haunted houses. Overall it was a more normal occurrence to see someone dressed up or playing a character at certain events, just to see entertainers in general. That's no longer a thing that occurs around here. It's a shame because we've had jesters and foolz as a sort of entertainment for hundreds of years.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

@benmcreynolds8581 circus had pretty much disappeared by the time I was old enough to go to one, regulations on animal cruelty had made them just acrobatic shows. I will say though I've been multiple times to cirque du soleil and it's amazing!

I have my own theory about why people think clowns are creepy. It has to do with wearing a mask of happiness and cheerfulness while being unable to tell what's really going on underneath. That's why people are afraid of normal "happy" clowns, not just purposefully scary clowns. I, myself am not really creeped out by clowns, but I have a distaste for stand up comics, because in my mind, that type of humor is often born out of pain and a dark past. I feel like they could go off the rails at any minute (plus knowing a couple of comics in real life who were quite difficult people). Anyway, I kind of relate the two: clowns and comics, wearing a mask and covering up what's really behind all that cheer and humor.

Youve made a few references to a previous career. What was your job before focusing on youtube? Also love the video!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I've done quite a lot of things. I was a psychologist for about half a decade then I retrained in radiography before becoming a youtuber.

@TheBlackjack54

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest oh no way! my brother is a radiographer! but wow those are two big industry changes! very impressive!! especially with the youtube videos, they are certanly professionally made!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

@TheBlackjack54 in fairness I wasnt starting from nothing on youtube I had been a student filmmaker so I did know how to edit (the old fashioned way with film and scissors) and I have had some jobs here and there as a writer, mostly doing dialogue work and ghost writing. Its totally different than making things for KZread though.

@TheBlackjack54

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest this is all very interesting! Thank you! I have just gotten a ancient history degree so i was considering making a new channel for similar style stories. But far in the past.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

@TheBlackjack54 give it a go. It's great to be able to spend time on something you really enjoy and make money at the same time and if you ever need help you can always ask me

You're so underrated

Clowns are strange, but I don't really get peoples fear of them. I like the Joker. Especially that one joker guy called Gypsy Crusader

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

That's pretty much what the video explored

I hated clowns since childhood [1970s], not a fear but a serious dislike. The reason for me was always that a clown is not what they purport to be. On the outside all clumsy and funny, but when they get closer, you can see they are often rough males with tattoos and problems. I watched a film as a kid about some wife beating, alcoholic, crying clown. That was it for me. I just can't stand the dichotomy, which isn't so painted over with other people like stand up comedians for example.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Yep that's pretty much what I say on the final section of the video

How was Poltergeist a critique on capitalism? I haven't seen it since I was a kid like 30 years ago so I imagine it went over my head at the time.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

The TV is what is used to terrorise them and it's round that time in history when TVs became a normal feature in houses and living rooms were built around TVs, before that all furniture faced each other since talking to each other was the main form of entertainment. Theres more than that but that should get you started on the right track. Maybe I should make a video about it?

@bodhimantra7688

Ай бұрын

Im trying to reply but the YT algo keeps deleting it. Anyway, sure sounds like a good video

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

The algo deletes things which contain links because we get a lot of porn bots spamming links

Excellent, as always. I hate clowns 😱🤡. I would disagree about media leading the fear of clowns...I had to be taken out of a circus in the early seventies at a very young age because I was terrified of the clowns. No media could have influenced my gut reaction of fear.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Media might not have but you could have learned that response from someone around you.

@Sestra_Prior

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest I was with my brother and a au pair, both of whom were annoyed at missing the show! Can't think that at the age of six/seven I would have come across/been aware of clowns (brought up on farm, no TV!)

One missing persons case you should cover is Amy Lynn Bradley I always think about this case it is just crazy

What a treat! :D

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

I havent watched the whole video, but I would argue that the birthplace of coulrophobia isn't "IT," although it profited on that fear, but the birthplace is in the mind of the individual. Anything that has human features and looks familiar but clearly isn't "right" evokes a suspicious response.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Is that why I'm suspicious of politicians? They look human but aren't 🤣

@alexandrameow3593

Ай бұрын

*ba dum tss* 😉 Also, I knew my poll choice was you in clown white. Another great video & such an underrated channel. Your vids remind me of the channels 'Barely Sociable' and 'Cadaber' with a more personal approach. (i.e. you are not afraid to show your face, act, and put yourself out there.) ❤ please don't give up. Good things are coming!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

@alexandrameow3593 thank you, that's very conplimentary. I wondered if anyone knew that clown in the thumbnail was me 🤣 The barely sociable comparison is really good praise he does excellent work and is a channel I've watched a lot

cool video dude 😎👍

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Thanks man

I'mma pass on the thalassophobia one, though I'm sure it's great. The interesting thing about Gacy's clown persona is the sharp angles in his makeup design. As I understand it, that's frowned upon amongst professional clowns... though to be fair, I can't remember where I learned that, but I got the impression that using sharp angles should have been a red flag. You did pretty good with _commedia dell'arte_ but the 'g' in _Pagliacci_ isn't said like a hard English G. To oversimplify (since this is text and not an audio recording, and I'm by no means a native Italian speaker), it's basically silent.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Oh dammit you're right. Like the g in pagliuca. I hate getting pronunciation wrong 🤣

I feel no way at all about clowns, not even the It character. Worms, worms are horrifying.

Roaches. And heights. Not airplane window seat heights but I'm lucky to get past the 3rd step on a ladder

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I have two but theyre largely the same thing really - thalassaphobia and cosmophobia

Can you look into the Yuba County 5? Very troubling mystery

Okay you can't just have some of the greatest music box covers of music and not link any of it.

I saw the original pennywise on it when I was five been scared of clowns ever since don’t think I have the phobia though because I can watch the original it numerous times just scared of clowns depending on the situation but great video very much enjoyed it ❤

It occurs to me tha the Joker was always absent from the Superfriends cartoons. I wonder if Hanna Barbera deduced that he was just too terrifying a villain for the child audience.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Probably more of a licensing issue he's one of the few comic book villains who are often more expensive to license than the heroes.

I appreciate that you cited your source... even when its just your imagination 😂

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I didn't want the video to be too serious 🤣

Nah I'm still good on that. Best for me to air on the side of caution.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

🤣 not the first to say that. Thankfully this one was easy for me to make since I have no issues with clowns the thalassaphobia video gave me nightmares

Thumbnail got me acting up for some clussy 🥵

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

You're not the only one

@cokeMONSTERps3

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest bruh 🤣

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

🤣

It's clown time!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Here's...clowny!

A friend of mine who has since passed away, Hollie Stevens, was an adult film actress who pioneered the genre of "Clown Pr0n." Yes, there's an audience for that.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

There is an audience for everything

@l.m.d.4084

Ай бұрын

"adult film actress". No she was a literal whore. You're the type who calls strippers (aka trash on a pole) "exotic dancers"

8:35 no mention at all about The Man Who Laughs (1928)??

@agostinodublino1387

Ай бұрын

BUT 12:30 I hate "It" just for that segment. HOW nobody talks about that? How in the world could someone love that book? I was almost that age as I read it and I was stunned how many classmates were proud of reading it and even suggesting to other people to read it. And I am not prude, I've read it in the early '90 where a lot of debatable stuff was everywhere and I never raised a brow. Just... that crappy scene... is really too unreasonable, too out of the blue, too cringy and so on. Thank you for pointing at it! At least two people in the world is still grossed out because of that

@agostinodublino1387

Ай бұрын

check out the Szondi Test, I guess I know what face will be most unsettling for you..

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I did mention it as the inspiration for the joker character , the reason I didn't include it is he wasn't actually a clown in that movie. His look just became the inspiration for the make up

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

My guess is people who talk about the book haven't actually read it because when you have it's unavailable to not to talk about that part

Is it me or did you just change the thumbnail? 😯

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

I did change it to see how the new image affects it's click through rate

I feel I have the exact opposite of this phobia...I have a sexual attraction toward clowns 😳

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

You know you're not alone, other commenters have said the same...

here😊

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Te amo

@raquelgomes9285

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest ❤me too

me

Yeah right, cocain..... Steven King's just hollyweird, they tend to look at kids that way.

me when i

I love killer clowns so much (except john gacey) i had to click!

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Well I hope this was interesting

clussy go hard

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

So many people have been saying that, I think clowns is a much bigger kink than I thought

@craniumarachnid4408

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest I think Harley quinn had an influence, used to watch the animated series when I was a kid. always loved her

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

It's the thick jersey accent right?

@craniumarachnid4408

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest watched it in Arabic so just the appearance *shrug*

i love IT

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

It's a good movie

There are no dangerous clowns 👹

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

At least I know you made it to the end 😉

*hiding in the comments because i have this*

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

There isn't much scary imagery , learned my lesson from the thalassophobia

Third B)

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Nice to see you again so soon 😊

@dundun8640

Ай бұрын

@@PeakedInterest i told you i love your videos :)

I have heard that clowns go back to the anti-Semitic portrayal of Herod King of the Jews in the medieval mystery plays.

@PeakedInterest

Ай бұрын

Well considering the first appearance is ancient Egypt (well before Jewish times) I'd say that's probably incorrect