Disneyland is currently so massively packed that, according to experts, either ticket prices go through the stratosphere, or the company adds another park. Or the happiest place on Earth becomes progressively more 28 Days Later-like. Doesn't that sound like FUN?!?! » 5/21/14 7:15pm 5/21/14 7:15pm

Ever wished you could take the experience of living through an episode of The Twilight Zone, wrap it up and give it to a child you love? Well, now you can! » 2/18/14 2:40pm 2/18/14 2:40pm

Here's how the wedding planning process currently goes if you want to get married anywhere other than your own backyard: You make a long list of venues found in magazines or via the Knot or through Google, then you start emailing. » 1/10/14 5:48pm 1/10/14 5:48pm

Preemptive apology: This post contains no answers. We're simply here to speculate on the reasons behind cheese dreams or — as they're more historically known — cheese nightmares. » 11/07/13 3:40pm 11/07/13 3:40pm

My air conditioner induces nightmares. I'm serious. If I don't sleep with it on, I wake up in the middle of the night sweating, but if I do sleep with it on, I wake up in the middle of the night convinced I'm being stalked by anti-choicers who secretly implanted a dead baby inside of my womb that I'm forced to carry… » 7/24/13 6:40pm 7/24/13 6:40pm

A young Massachusetts woman and her family have suddenly been thrown into a nightmarish legal battle to keep her admitted rapist from seeking joint custody of the child he fathered from his crime. A probate court's decision to order the man to pay child support means that he can now also petition the court for joint… » 9/26/12 12:40pm 9/26/12 12:40pm

The shudder-inducing phrase "flesh-eating bacteria" proved to be the boogeyman of last month's news-cycle, but at least one victim of the nightmarish ailment has escaped her ordeal relatively unscathed. » 6/21/12 10:00pm 6/21/12 10:00pm

The heartbreaking saga of Aimee Copeland's struggle with a relentless case of necrotizing fasciitis that has already claimed her right foot, left leg, and both hands continued Friday with news that the beleaguered young woman is refusing pain meds because of personal convictions. This comes on the heels of a Tuesday… » 6/17/12 5:30pm 6/17/12 5:30pm

Minnesota woman Lori Christensen has been charged with three felony counts of aggravated stalking and violating a harassment order after ignoring a restraining order placed against her by her neighbors, the Hoffman family of White Bear Lake, MN. The Hoffmans claim that Christensen's harassment began years ago with… » 5/30/12 11:50am 5/30/12 11:50am

There's some good news in the case of Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old woman in Georgia who came down with a horrifying case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) that started after a flesh-eating bacteria called Aeromonas hydrophila infected a gash in her leg. She first cut her leg on May 1st, and several days later she was… » 5/28/12 8:45pm 5/28/12 8:45pm

We've all been captivated by the story of 24-year-old Aimee Copeland, who has been battling her way back to health after an insanely terrifying flesh-eating bacteria almost killed her and caused her to lose leg. Well, it appears flesh-eating bacteria is fast on its way to becoming a horrifying trend, because there's… » 5/17/12 9:45pm 5/17/12 9:45pm

Aimee Copeland, a 24-year-old Georgia woman who contracted a flesh-eating virus after cutting open her leg on May 1st, has regained consciousness, but remains in critical condition at an Augusta hospital. Copeland was using a homemade zip line near the Little Tallapoosa River when the zip line snapped, causing her to… » 5/15/12 5:45pm 5/15/12 5:45pm

Robert D. Hitt, a 35-year-old convicted rapist who was released from prison in January, has been arrested after breaking into a home in the University District of Seattle, WA and holding its six female residents hostage at knife point. Hitt then forced the women to remove their clothes and lie face down on the floor… » 3/15/12 12:00pm 3/15/12 12:00pm

This ought to set your heart into overdrive: Hope Trott, a 3-year-old from Maine, woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday and left her house all by herself. She then proceeded to walk a mile in fresh snow to a grocery store, because apparently she thought her mother was inside buying a pizza. It's not clear… » 2/23/12 11:15pm 2/23/12 11:15pm

Warning: Looking too deeply into this bear's eyes could scar you for life. Rather than being a source of comfort, as teddy bears were designed to be, this mess of a toy is the stuff nightmares are made of. Plagued with some kind of hearts-based skin disease (Is this what global warming is doing to all the polar… » 12/30/11 6:15pm 12/30/11 6:15pm

All my life, I've suffered from nightmares. Dinosaurs, murderers, evil versions of my own family — all have stalked my sleep over the years. Now there may be a cure. » 7/27/10 12:35pm 7/27/10 12:35pm

Recent findings suggest that among patients seeking emergency psychiatric evaluation, those suffering from severe nightmares may be more likely to commit suicide than those with undisturbed sleep. [EurekAlert] » 6/09/09 10:40am 6/09/09 10:40am

• Researchers have announced that women are more talented at picking out "cute babies" than men because of our reproductive hormones. • » 1/22/09 5:40pm 1/22/09 5:40pm