All the Fear of the Fair

Circuses, fairgrounds and their supernatural sideshows have become a staple of horror cinema and television. But stories of the fair are no safer, rife as they are with the ghoulish and outré, from the sinister figures of clowns and puppets to the crowds baying for a death-defying feat to veer into violence. Here to corral the most spine-tingling – and sometimes queasy – tales from this sub-genre, ‘Ghostland’ author Edward Parnell enters the ring. Roll up! Roll up!