John Felder's Mirrors

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On October 31st, 2011, An everyday high school teacher named John Felder, has a secret life of dressing as a clown every Halloween night; to lure and frighten teenage girls around Millwood town as they are trick or treating into his home. He gives them money and a promise to give them an A in his class. He suffers with a rare disability and does not know how to quote with any of his strange yet unordinary decisions. A group of popular girls become missing during the route of trick or treating. The parents of the girls are desperately searching for who this mystery clown is and where the bodies may be lying. Police are called to the town of Millwood only to discover over 5 bodies in the basement of

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