The Little Clown by the Window

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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this unsettling account from childhood, the Alexis recalls her first chilling brush with the unknown inside her grandmother’s townhouse. A seemingly innocent porcelain clown doll perched on a swing becomes the centerpiece of an eerie, unexplained event. This story would be only the beginning of a lifelong connection to the paranormal and haunting experiences.
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0:36.1	I turn back around, and one of them has their hand wrapped around
0:41.3	through the frame of the closet.
0:45.3	I can see the fingers sticking out.
0:48.3	Have you ever seen something move that absolutely shouldn't?
0:53.3	No breeze, no wind, just a lifeless clown doll on a swing moving on its own?
1:01.0	My name is Edwin, and here is Alexis, True, Scary Story. story. The first time that I happened, I was around six or seven.
1:19.6	It's the first memory I ever had of my grandmother's townhouse.
1:25.6	One bedroom was dedicated to a regular little cute hangout room.
1:32.3	The other bedroom that wasn't her room was dedicated to her crafts.
1:36.3	And in her craft room, there is this giant body-length mirror.
1:43.3	On top of this mirror sitting in front of it was a porcelain
1:49.6	slash stuffed clown doll. I just hated this doll. It creeped me out.
2:09.6	I literally closed the door and I was like, I don't want to see it. I want nothing to do with it.
2:16.6	Later that night, I woke up to go to the bathroom.
2:21.3	I never have slept through the night. I don't know why. I'm still that way till this day.
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