The Circus of Murder
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MatureOngoing1h 19m
Last published Sun, Jul 22, 2018
The Infinity Circus was always a happy place, a place of magic and laughter that is until tonight...a killer runs loose through the circus grounds and it doesn't plan on leaving any time soon.On the night of circus' anniversary, performers and audience members alike are found brutally murdered and coincidentally near all the circus performers' private tents...As the story continues on, it's clear that it's up the the circus performers and a crew of supernatural defense agents to find out who is really behind all this chaos and how it relates to their terrifying past, but how can they do that when they've been accused of the murders themselves?
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