Real life American Horror Story: Freak Show? Scores of 'Wasco' clowns are terrorising rural California

California has been gripped by a spate of clowns chasing people late at night, with police vowing to make arrests and declaring "we want this to stop."

The inherent creepiness of clowns was pushed back into the spotlight this week when TV drama American Horror Storyreturned with a freak-show themed season filled with nightmarish NSFW clowns.

Concurrently, a clown in the city of Wasco began posting pictures of himself in public spaces late at night with smeared face paint and balloons onInstagram and Facebook, attracting thousands of terrified/delighted followers .... http://www.independent.co.uk