A prankster's spirited joke almost resulted in him becoming a ghost himself when he was run over by a car. In the above video uploaded to YouTube, the man - dressed up as a somewhat disturbing-looking ...

SAN BRUNO (CW BAY AREA) - The Brazilian variety show Programa Silvo Santos is taking candid camera pranks to a whole new level. In a recent episode, the show terrified unsuspecting victims with an ...

Prank shows have been popular on television since the beginning of TV broadcasting, with the legendary “Candid Camera” show first airing in 1948 and running through the 1970s. That show has been ...

I'm sorry to have to break it to you this way, everyone, but I haven't been able to come up with a better way: effective immediately, I will be giving up blogging forever in order to focus my ...

Waking up from dozing on the sofa is always a bit disconcerting. But spare a thought for this girl whose boyfriend tried to convince her the scary ghost girl from horror move The Ring was crawling out ...

I experienced my official New Yorker baptism when, during a 2011 evening commute from Manhattan, a man on the train grunted at me while aggressively masturbating. It isn't my favorite memory, but at ...

Footage from Brazilian TV showing lift takers at their wits end with fear after falling for a disturbing prank has become an internet sensation. Entitled Ghost in the Elevator, the clip formed part of ...

Travellers on an underground train in Brazil were left terrified when an eerie spectre suddenly appeared in their carriage screaming wildly. In the clip, the unsuspecting commuters begin to look ...

Playing pranks on unsuspecting people to record videos and put them up on social media turned out to be costly for a group of seven youths who were arrested by police early on Monday. They were later ...

A WOMAN was reportedly shot dead after her prank dressing as a ghost to spook her neighbours went horrifically wrong. The unidentified victim, said to be aged between 20 and 25 years old, was roaming ...