While John Wayne Gacy may have inspired Pennywise’s malevolence, his appearance owes much to a more benign figure: Ronald McDonald. Stephen King has admitted that the beloved fast-food mascot ...

Ronald McDonald’s vanishing act has been traced to a spate of “killer clown” sightings in 2016 ... innocent and turn it into something quite scary This marked a sea change from the original ...

McDonald's is hiding its famous mascot, Ronald McDonald, in the midst of a wave of scary clown sightings across the US. "McDonald's and franchisees in the local markets are mindful of the current ...