Tuesday, January 8, 2008

There's Reason to Fear That Clown

Posted by Eric Barton on Tue, Jan 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

By JUSTIN KENDALL

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William R. Watkins reminds me of why clowns freak me the fuck out. In late December, Jackson County prosecutors charged Watkins with possessing child pornography and molesting and sodomizing children. Independence police, who recently released these photos, say the mullet-sporting 53-year-old dressed as The Grinch and Beetlejuice at events throughout Kansas City for the last 18 years. Watkins also did his Michael Keaton imitation at the West Bottoms haunted house, The Beast.

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I’m from a small town in central Iowa, and this photo of the Beetlejuice barber reminds me too much of a guy that we called “Uncle Dad.” Uncle Dad earned his moniker for supposedly fathering one his sister’s children.

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I’m not sitting on this guy’s lap. Somewhere in that bushy costume is a candy cane that I don’t want poking me. And I don't want to find out if it's three sizes too small.

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Do you think the lord is going to come down and slide down the mormon spiral slide? Justin Kendall... you rock. I really enjoyed this article and this guy is a true monster. Makes you not wanna come to Independence

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Posted by Chester in Independence on January 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM

that guy looks like the guy that use to come to westport calling himself bling bling barry. what a freakin creep

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Posted by Amanda on January 10, 2008 at 4:27 PM

William Watkins is a walking, talking, unattractive Independence stereotype: mullet, trashy, perverted and wears polyester. Not that I'm a snob or anything, it's just that I believe that vulgar Independence is NOT where our Lord and Savior is going to return when he comes back to save our souls. Well, not William Watkins' soul.

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Posted by Little Miss Mission Hills on January 9, 2008 at 2:29 PM

You're right, Rhonda. A woman claimed she was raped at the Edge of Hell last year. Police said Watkins worked at the Beast, not the Edge of Hell.

Both haunted houses are run by the same company.

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Posted by Justin Kendall on January 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM

didn't someone report being raped at one of the haunted houses this year, coincidence???

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Posted by rhonda on January 8, 2008 at 2:55 PM
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