But with a recent rash of disturbing clown sightings across the country, Ronald McDonald's appropriateness at public events is suddenly being called into question, as the Associated Press first ...

Yet outside of branding for the Ronald McDonald House Charities – and our occasional nightmares – the world’s most famous clown has all but disappeared. It’s a pattern that’s been ...

using his guise as a clown to lure children into his grasp. While John Wayne Gacy may have inspired Pennywise’s malevolence, his appearance owes much to a more benign figure: Ronald McDonald.