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Jul 2020
1h 51m

#6- The Killer Clown - Serial Killer (Ca...

STEPHANIE SOO
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Are you afraid of clowns? Most clowns when they take off their makeup and costumes they're just normal people. But today's case is about a clown... when he took off his makeup he was something scarier... a serial killer.  "Do you want to see a magic trick?" - it's about to get really creepy. 
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