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   Heights, bees, spiders, these are all things that immediately come to one's mind when the word "phobia" is uttered.  But one of the last things to be thought of is coulrophobia, the fear of clowns (apart from xanthophobia, fear of the color yellow).  What is the cause for this seemingly irrational fear?  Why do these people who are supposed to bring laughter and joy bring fright and horror instead?  There are many factors in the not so uncommon development of coulrophobia throughout the world, factors stemming from both the clown itself, and from society's view of these rainbow-hair horrors.   Popular culture has played a key role in the