People are full of surprises. And not just good ones. One person asked the internet to describe the most disturbing things ...

Nursing a sick pet back to health is no easy task, but cleaning up puke and footing a hefty vet bill was just the start of one Redditor’s humiliation. Tasked with keeping an eye on their dog’s ...

The pure honesty and naivety of a child are often endearing. However, truthfulness and candor have a dark side, and coming from an innocent mind can make them all the more eerie. Recently, someone on ...

Most of us have intuitive thoughts, where our inner voice says something bizarre. But being functional adults, we don’t let that voice win. Children, however, haven’t yet developed the ability to ...

There is something enjoyable about a good scare that does not cross into harsh horror. Many families look for games that can offer a small chill, a few surprises, or a spooky atmosphere without going ...

A car drives through a crosswalk near some Halloween decorations. One of the scariest things on Halloween isn’t monsters or ghosts — it's traffic. Laura Bargfeld / AP The scariest things lurking ...

Here are 12 spooky Christmas to add some chills to the holiday season. From movies to grown ups to kids classics, these will ...

For kids growing up in the '70s and '80s, let's be real — we saw some stuff. Thanks to the lack of helicopter parents (latchkey kids unite!) and endless hours spent plopped in front of the TV eating ...

On the Friday, October 31, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Fear fascinates us for a reason. Psychologist Coltan Scrivner joins USA TODAY's The Excerpt to explain how morbid curiosity helps us ...

It's not a very good movie, but this is a great dark joke, because the world in which we talk philosophically about scary things is supposed to be separate from the world in which the scariest things ...

Attention all ghouls, goblins and thrill seekers: If you love being scared, then get on the ghost train to horror in Amarillo and nearby and fasten your seatbelts because this could be a goose-bumpy ...

Most of us have intuitive thoughts, where our inner voice says something bizarre. But being functional adults, we don’t let that voice win. Children, however, haven’t yet developed the ability to ...