Jack Cook poses for photos May 25 at Circus World in his grandfather’s 1913 Model T Ford, the original “Funny Ford,” which three generations of Cooks used to perform comedy car acts from 1923 to 1979.

Ah, movement. Do you use a lot of stretch fabric? Every year the fabrics get better and better. When it comes to circus performers, their lives are at stake. The fabrics have to allow them to do their ...

Between the recently-released It remake and the current season of American Horror Story: Cult, I feel pretty confident that I'm not overgeneralizing when I say that anyone who wasn't afraid of clowns ...

For 146 years, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has traveled around the country by train, wowing audiences with spectacular entertainment and exotic animals. But as you've probably heard, ...