"He must have done something. They don't kill you for nothing." - Chicago Gangster Ted Newberry. Rubbed out January 7, 1933

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Ars Gratia Artis

Ok, this is disturbing on many levels. Clowns are creepy enough, but knife wielding clowns who hang upside down on the flying trapeze? I suspect there will be many nightmares in the near future. Also, along the lines of the giant bats from Bataan, I'm going to go out on a trapeze wire here and say that todays detectives have it much easier then their early 20th Century brethren. When was the last time one of today's gumshoes had to fight a clown in mid air during a circus performance?

2 comments:

John DuMond said...

"When was the last time one of today's gumshoes had to fight a clown in mid air during a circus performance?"

We have stricter clown-control laws today than they did back then.

Patrick Downey said...

That made my afternoon Mr. DuMond.