Killer Legends Page #11

we sometimes reap what we sow.

Joe durwin:
In a sense,

you can really look at it s as

a possible backlash.

He felt this compulsion

to water the clown down

into this cartoonish,

harmless being,

and maybe underlying traits

of the archetype

just came back with a vengeance.

Joshua:
Holmes's joker-fueled

rampage not only signified

that the clown's transformation

from innocent to evil

was finally complete,

but it also revealed

what was truly lurking

inside of us all.

We think of ourselves as one,

and in fact we're really

kind of a parliament

of personalities.

The killer clown

is one of our personalities,

it's part of us.

And so therefore,

we have to be very careful

not to let the killer clown out

except, in a safe way...

except in a playful way.

( Evil laugh )

See, madness as you know,

is like gravity.

All it takes is a little push.

( Evil laugh )

Joshua:

The babysitter killer,

the hook man,

the Halloween sadist,

the killer clown...

what can we learn

from these urban legends

and from the true crimes

that may have inspired them?

Maybe these monsters,

despite our overwhelming desire

to believe otherwise,

just aren't real.

By presenting false boogeymen,

our urban legends are helping us

to make sense of crimes

too wicked to comprehend.

Bill Ellis:
An urban legend,

even though it can be scary,

it's not nearly as scary

as the actual murderers

that live in the world with us.

Joshua:
But peel back the

layers of any campfire tale,

and you'll understand

the inherent truth

that despite our need

to believe in an evil,

in a darker force,

it just isn't true.

In the end,

the only real boogeyman

is the one that lurks

inside of us all,

waiting for just

the right moment to emerge.

So what's the lesson

behind this cautionary tale?

The warning here is simple...

be afraid, not of the story,

but of the storyteller.

( Music playing )

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