Once there was a circus clown. At night, when everyone left, his face turned from jolly to menacing. He would roam the empty circus tent, his oversized shoes making eerie noises. Anyone who dared to peek in at night would see his glowing eyes in the dark.
The circus had an old carousel. Legend said that at midnight, it would start spinning on its own. A curious acrobat once stayed behind to see. As it spun, shadowy figures emerged from the horses. They reached out as if to pull him into a world of eternal carnival, and he fled in terror.
One scary circus story is about the disappearing clown. In a small town circus, there was a clown with a really creepy painted - on smile. One night, a little girl went to see the circus. After the show, as she was walking back to her parents, she saw the clown in a dark corner. When she blinked, the clown was gone. She told her parents but they thought she was just imagining things. However, that night, other kids also reported seeing the same disappearing clown around the circus grounds.
In a certain circus, there was a strongman who was killed by a wild animal that got loose. His ghost is believed to roam the circus at midnight. Workers have reported hearing his grunts and seeing a shadowy figure lifting heavy objects, as if he's still performing his strongman act.
I'm not very familiar with a specific 'Miracle Jones' in 'Fiction Circus Scary Stories'. It could be a really unique and perhaps not widely known character within that collection. Maybe Miracle Jones is a protagonist who has to face all kinds of spooky and strange situations in the circus - like dealing with haunted attractions or creepy circus performers.
One circus scary story could be about a haunted circus tent. Legend has it that at midnight, the old circus tent that was abandoned after a tragic accident comes alive. The empty trapeze swings on its own, and strange noises come from the animal cages as if the long - gone animals are still there. It's said that if you enter the tent at that time, you'll be haunted by the ghosts of the performers who died in the accident.
One scary short story is about a haunted house. A family moved into an old, big house. At night, they would hear strange noises, like footsteps in the attic when no one was there. One night, the youngest daughter saw a figure at the end of her bed. It was a pale woman in an old - fashioned dress. She disappeared as soon as the girl screamed. The family left the house the very next day.
There was an old house at the end of a lane. A new family moved in. One day, while cleaning the attic, they found a locket with the words 'forget me not' engraved on it. That night, strange noises started. Footsteps echoed through the halls. They saw a shadowy figure that seemed to be searching for something. Every time they tried to leave the house, they felt an unseen force pulling them back, as if the presence in the house didn't want them to forget it.
One short scary story is 'The Haunted Mirror'. A girl bought an old mirror at a thrift store. Every night, she saw a face in the mirror that wasn't her own. It was a pale, sad face with dark eyes. One night, the face reached out from the mirror. Terrified, she ran out of the room and never went back. The mirror was left there, but sometimes at night, you could still see a faint glow from it.
One super scary short story is about a haunted house. A family moved into an old, dilapidated house. Every night, they would hear strange scratching noises coming from the attic. One day, the youngest child went up to the attic out of curiosity. She saw a shadowy figure in the corner. When she screamed, the figure vanished, but from that day on, she was haunted by nightmares of the figure coming closer and closer.
One night, a young girl was walking past the graveyard. She heard a soft whisper calling her name. She looked around but saw no one. As she quickened her pace, the whisper grew louder and more urgent. When she finally ran out of earshot, she swore she saw a shadowy figure standing among the tombstones.
One easy short scary story is about a girl who heard strange scratching noises coming from her closet every night. One night, she couldn't take it anymore and opened the closet. There was a pair of glowing eyes staring back at her. She quickly shut the door and ran out of the room.