In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience — a horror story printed on toilet paper.
Last week, in preparation for Halloween, the Well-Mannered Traveler column was filled with scary travel stories “ripped from the headlines.” Unfortunately, there was no room for the unnerving story about the for failing a breathalyzer test just before joining a crew flying from London to San Francisco. Or for the saga of the inebriated passenger who earlier this month tried to with what turned out to be an imaginary bomb.
Forget the buckets of blood. Fright fans who want to avoid the gore and still get thrills and chills can enjoy the pure fear factor of “The Haunting.” Based on Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel, “The Haunting of Hill House,” which follows an ill-fated paranormal investigation into a property that seen more than its fair share of tragic endings, this film relies on the audiences’ imagination to provide the best scares. Sure, there’s plenty of the unseen demon-in-the-dark action one expects from a haunted house story, but it’s the slow-building sinister vibe and anxious “oh-no-what’s-next?” feeling that’ll keep viewers up at night.
Karaoke can be scary, but threatening? A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker.
The plane carrying USC's football team to South Bend plummeted during a severe thunderstorm, forcing the pilot to abort his first landing attempt.
There aren't too many mean-looking things in Cupertino, this sleepy Silicon Valley haunt of Apple employees and overachieving middle schoolers.
Melissa Huckaby, left, and her mother Cyndi Huckaby, had more reasons to smile before the arrest of Sandra Cantu's suspected murderer. Contributed. slideshow Melissa Chantel Huckaby, 28, of Tracy, is a Sunday school teacher. She has a 5-year-old daughter.
Doctors and researchers regularly rely on CT scanners to create images of body parts like brains, chests and knees.
Johannesburg - A couple drove 170 kilometres from South Africa's famous Kruger National Park with a highly venomous spitting cobra in their car, the Beeld newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Excerpt: Unrequited love is generally portrayed in movies and songs as a harmless obsession. Here in the real world, it can be a bit scarier.
Parent told jurors in his closing argument that Cuevas' bride was abusing his genitals and had been the aggressor in the argument.
The man, who is not being named pending investigation, said he went to sleep with an ex-girlfriend and when he awakened, the needle was completely embedded, said Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely.
This has been the longest two days of my life! I was too scared to take the road,someone would report me for sure.I ran as fast and as far as I could up the creek bed,then cut through the woods.I waited till dark to cross the highway.
A large sculpture of Christ on the cross has been removed from outside a church in West Sussex after its vicar said it was "scaring young children".
Bizzare and amazing! These are not for the timid but they do make jaws drop- did mine anyway!
There's a part of us, deep down, that enjoys looking at the somewhat negative effects that plastic surgery can wreak on the human visage.
It is a rite of passage in every child's life - the day they get to meet Father Christmas. But as these hilarious pictures show, it doesn't always go as planned...
The mayor of Wolfratshausen plans to do away with a 400-year-old Alpine Christmas tradition because it is too scary for children, German daily tz reported on Tuesday.
The US Army and Navy have both hired experts in the ethics of building machines to prevent the creation of an amoral Terminator-style killing machine that murders indiscriminately.
That rather sad, muffled noise you hear behind the whoops and cheers of Democrat America is not the sound of defeated neocons mourning the passing of trickle-down economics; it is the sound of sobbing in the Élysée Palace.
This is a list of "features" that you pay for that Cars.com thinks you should be afraid of. Some things sound good until you remember that you can close the sliding door on your van with that remote control from 30 feet away - right on your child's neck.
The witching hour is soon upon us, when 'hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world', kids are tucked in by Michael Jackson, Donatella Versace wakes up to greet the day as usual and other ghoulish things.
Following on from Andrea's great story on homemade costumes, I thought I'd add some flavor with homemade Halloween makeup effects. Get ready to learn the secrets of peeling skin, oozing blood, big bad bruises, open sores and creepy cuts.
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A new sighting of South America's 'creepy gnome' has caused panic among locals after a group of youngsters claimed a 'midget monster' ran towards them at night.
Awhile ago the policeman was walking by my house. He had a bag of vegetables which he had confiscated from various homes throughout our unit. Scary, Pat and myself were hanging out around the door, discussing the fact that Pat was headed to a Low Security Institution.
The ground was damp from the light rain from last night. I could feel the cold air swirl on my skin as the wind blew through the pumpkin patch. The morning sun warmed me through to the core. My family was all around, bathing in the sun like me.
I remember well the cool, dew covered morning when I awoke to realize that the day had finally arrived. The day that I been raised for , Halloween! The excitement that I felt was uncontainable. I glanced around to see the farmers in the patch gathering up friends and family.
If this doesn't scare you, your nerves are granite.