If you have coulrophobia, or even an aversion to clowns, you may not want to read this. Because there are a lot of clowns here and they're all doing something strange in the town of Wasco, California: They're wandering around late at night, clown-style. » 10/11/14 5:56pm 10/11/14 5:56pm

Remember that horrible urban legend about spiders hatching in someone's face? What about the story of a woman who masturbated with a lobster and was impregnated by it? Those were fake. This story about a woman who grew a potato in her vagina is the real deal. » 10/02/14 10:30pm 10/02/14 10:30pm

Show creators announced the official air date of the fourth season of American Horror Story's new chapter Freak Show. » 8/21/14 10:00am 8/21/14 10:00am

I've heard some pretty harrowing wisdom teeth tales, but this is terrifying. A 23-year-old mother of two, identified as Kristen Tavares, went to the dentist to get all four wisdom teeth taken out. At some point during the procedure, Tavares suffered a heart attack. According to Tavares' boyfriend Chauncey Prudencio,… » 3/23/14 7:10pm 3/23/14 7:10pm

Last night at the first-ever YouTube Awards, Lady Gaga took the concept of grills one step further and/or dressed up like a pop star version of the scary old preacher in Poltergeist. » 11/04/13 10:30am 11/04/13 10:30am

Sometimes, my problems feel so cliched. Am I happy? Am I loving and supporting those I care about in a way that they deserve? Will I die alone? And most importantly, how can I enhance my own magical powers when I am not personally all that magically gifted? Thankfully, the answer to my final question has been… » 10/25/13 1:00pm 10/25/13 1:00pm

Swedish self-confessed serial killer Sture Bergwall has been acquitted after a re-trial. After spending 20 years in a high-security psychiatric facility, it's now thought that he invented the dozens of false murders, rapes, and cannibalism that he confessed to committing as "Thomas Quick." Go read GQ's long, excellent… » 8/10/13 4:15pm 8/10/13 4:15pm

In 1971, a toy called Baby Laugh-a-Lot was unleashed unto the world, to strike fear into the hearts of unsuspecting humans and hypnotise innocent little girls. Once in her thrall, unspeakable evil comes to all who hear her terrifying cackle. Be afraid. » 7/11/13 3:20pm 7/11/13 3:20pm

You know how Return to Oz is the scariest movie ever outside of Event Horizon and The Care Bears Movie? Well, they found a way to make it even fucking scarier. » 7/08/13 11:00am 7/08/13 11:00am

Here's some heart-stopping footage of a cab slamming into a mom and her daughter as they cross the street. Miraculously, both escaped with minor scrapes and bruises. » 6/12/13 9:00pm 6/12/13 9:00pm

Google Street View: Now featuring your messy breakup. Lord help us all. » 6/01/13 1:15pm 6/01/13 1:15pm

You might get annoyed about all the pictures of friends babies populating your Facebook feed, but it could be WAY worse. » 3/03/13 9:30pm 3/03/13 9:30pm

In keeping with the proud tradition of grisly backstage ballet drama that movies have so thoroughly accustomed us to, Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the famed Bolshoi ballet, is still suffering from a vicious attack that took place on Thursday night when someone threw acid in his face. In. His. Face. Though… » 1/19/13 12:00pm 1/19/13 12:00pm

Want to get married in a hot air balloon? Okay, sure. But as is the case with most affairs of the heart, there are some risks involved. Just ask the California couple who wanted to wed high in the sky at sunset; they cashed in on the "for worse" part of their vows when the balloon — which carried not just the bride… » 1/09/13 10:50am 1/09/13 10:50am

It's probably pretty hard to worry about not making a maniacal crazy face when you're trying simultaneously not to drown and to remember a lot of complicated choreography. All that waterproof makeup and relentless smiling (not to mention the nose plugs) can make for some pretty scary facial expressions, so hopefully… » 8/14/12 11:15pm 8/14/12 11:15pm

There is a reason that "flesh-eating bacteria" is currently #5 on Google Trends right now (sandwiched between "josh hamilton" and "gcb," for which I cannot say the same), but it might scare you enough to never, ever go near a lake again, ever. » 5/12/12 6:15pm 5/12/12 6:15pm

On a daily basis, most of us allow ourselves to live with the delusion that the Earth is a generally safe and predictable place, but every once in a while something happens which makes it impossible to ignore that this planet is a deeply fucked up and scary deathtrap. The latest evidence? A gigantic fireball that… » 4/25/12 11:55pm 4/25/12 11:55pm