Beyond Haunted UK: Ghosts, Mysteries & True Crime
Sep 23, 2026 · 3 min · 1 segments
In the remote Nevada desert sits one of America's most unusual roadside motels. The Clown Motel in Tonopah is home to thousands of clowns, but it isn't only the painted faces that have given this…
In the Nevada desert, there's a small town that grew around silver, hardship and death.
and overlooking one of the town's oldest cemeteries, stands a motel unlike anywhere else in America.
Inside, more than 2,000 clowns stare down from the shelves, walls and glass cabinets.
A burial ground containing miners, pioneers, and victims of tragedy from the town's earliest years.
For decades, visitors to this strange corner of Nevada have reported experiences they struggled to explain.
Figures seen near the cemetery, unexplained sounds inside motel rooms, and objects apparently moving without anyone touching them.
So while travelling through Nevada, I decided to stay here myself, not simply to hunt for ghosts, but to understand why this unlikely motel has become one of America's most famous paranormal destinations, and what happens when the lights go out, and the desert falls silent, and you spend the night surrounded by clowns.
In the Nevada desert, there's a small town that grew around silver, hardship and death.
and overlooking one of the town's oldest cemeteries, stands a motel unlike anywhere else in America.
Inside, more than 2,000 clowns stare down from the shelves, walls and glass cabinets.
A burial ground containing miners, pioneers, and victims of tragedy from the town's earliest years.
For decades, visitors to this strange corner of Nevada have reported experiences they struggled to explain.
Figures seen near the cemetery, unexplained sounds inside motel rooms, and objects apparently moving without anyone touching them.
So while travelling through Nevada, I decided to stay here myself, not simply to hunt for ghosts, but to understand why this unlikely motel has become one of America's most famous paranormal destinations, and what happens when the lights go out, and the desert falls silent, and you spend the night surrounded by clowns.
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