Nightmares

scams Feb. 28, 2024

Welcome to Fyre Fest: Wonka EditionAn “immersive” chocolate-factory experience in Scotland fell a few candy canes short.

By Danielle Cohen

travel Jan. 22, 2024

How Am I Supposed to Ever Fly Again?In light of recent news, I will be traveling to your destination wedding by steamer ship.

By Danielle Cohen

dreaming July 15, 2023

What Does It Mean If You Dream About Fish?Catching a fish in your dreams, or watching them swim in a tank? Here’s how the experts interpret it.

By Candice Jalili and Kelly Conaboy

dreaming July 14, 2023

Tornado approaching house in rural landscape

What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Tornadoes?“Our emotions are the weather of the mind … and tornadoes tend to represent worry and anxiety, spinning out of control.”

By Claire Lampen

dreaming July 13, 2023

What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Spiders?“Any time of transformation, of rebirth, of cycles and life and death, can bring about the visage of an arachnid, for sure.”

By Claire Lampen

dreaming July 12, 2023

Alligator mississippiensis, Everglades National Park, Florida

What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Alligators?The gator may represent “someone with a big mouth, and sharp, biting remarks and hurtful criticism.” Sound like anyone you know?

By Claire Lampen

dreaming July 12, 2023

What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Bears?Are you feeling threatened? In need of rest? Desperate to reconnect with nature? Bear dreams hold many meanings.

By Claire Lampen

dreaming July 6, 2023

What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Snakes?And why, according to dream experts, you should never ignore a snake dream.

By Candice Jalili and Amanda Arnold

nightmares June 14, 2022

Imagine Willingly Inviting Cockroaches Into Your HomeAn extermination company is offering people $2,000 to test out a new roach treatment.

By Danielle Cohen

nightmares Mar. 24, 2022

Not Now, North KoreaKim Jong-un tested a new and improved ICBM, but there’s already enough to worry about at the moment.

By Benjamin Hart

nightmares Jan. 10, 2022

Unsurprisingly, Getting COVID-19 on a Cruise Is AwfulEnjoy the complimentary moldy oranges and windowless rooms.

By Danielle Cohen

nightmares Dec. 7, 2021

Imagine Sexting Your Dad by AccidentSunday night’s episode of Succession gave us one of the most heinous moments yet.

By Mia Mercado

bruised coccyx Dec. 2, 2021

I Wish I Could Unhear These Machine Gun Kelly InjuriesBruised … coccyx … beer pong … Post Malone??

By Danielle Cohen

life on mars Sept. 16, 2021

Seriously, Why Does Anyone Want to Go to Space?Space’s newest guests will eat cold pizza and listen to a Kings of Leon NFT — to which I say, ‘No thank you.’

By Danielle Cohen

we tried this Dec. 31, 2020

The Time I Tried to Make a Meat HouseThe best holiday gift is … not this one.

By Claire Lampen

nightmares Sept. 28, 2020

Cower in Horror at This Father-Daughter TicketGuess who Trump originally wanted for VP?

By Claire Lampen

nightmares Aug. 25, 2020

Sway House’s Neighbors Are Suffering Through Pure DebaucheryNoise, sex in cars, defecating in the street, and more.

By Zoe Haylock

help!!! July 2, 2020

Did You Know Flying Snakes Existed?Help me God.

By Amanda Arnold

climate change Mar. 6, 2019

Far-Right Climate Denial Is Scary. Far-Right Climate Acceptance Is Scarier.The scientific consensus on climate change is quite compatible with a zero-sum, nationalist worldview that pits “the West” against the Third World.

By Eric Levitz

nightmares Feb. 28, 2019

Family Dog Seized and Sold on eBay (???) in Nightmare StoryThe pug, named Edda, reportedly went for $854.

By Kelly Conaboy

nightmares Feb. 26, 2019

183 Passengers Were Stranded on a Train for Over 30 Hours!!!An Amtrak train hit a tree on the tracks Sunday evening and was stranded until Tuesday morning.

By Madeleine Aggeler

valentine’s day Feb. 14, 2019

5 Women on Their New York Dating NightmaresTales of superfluous cars, affordable apartments, and Spa Castle.

By Madeleine Aggeler

science of us Nov. 2, 2018

How to Recover From a Night of Bad DreamsNightmares can cause a real emotional (and even physical) impact. Here’s how to minimize it.

By Katie Heaney

nightmares Aug. 15, 2018

Doctors Discover Forgotten 28-Year-Old Contact Lens in Woman’s EyeAhh!!

By Madeleine Aggeler

nightmares Aug. 3, 2018

Pregnant Woman Allegedly Forced to Endure C-Section Without AnesthesiaDelphina Mota said she was “crying and screaming at the top of her lungs” and “could feel everything that was happening.”

By Madeleine Aggeler

september issues Aug. 2, 2018

Clad in Demonic Rabbit Mask, Gigi Hadid Torments Small DogFor the cover of Love magazine’s tenth-anniversary issue.

By Madeleine Aggeler

Mar. 21, 2018

Donald Trump Has Never Been More Dangerous Than He Is NowTrump has decided to start governing on instinct — and his instinct is for undermining the rule of law and poisoning diplomacy with North Korea.

By Eric Levitz

nightmares Mar. 16, 2018

Video of Rogue Ski Lift Confirms We Should All Just Stay InsideTen people were injured when the lift at the Gudauri resort spun out of control and sent skiers flying.

By Madeleine Aggeler

nightmares Jan. 4, 2018

Ivanka Trump Reportedly Planned to Become the First Female PresidentThe pair had an “earnest deal.”

By Sarah Spellings

nightmares Sept. 22, 2017

Keep This Photographer Who Lost His Friend’s Wedding Photos in Your ThoughtsBecause he’s gonna need it.

By Lisa Ryan

nightmares Sept. 1, 2017

Paris Hilton Is Living Your Worst Life at Burning ManThe socialite is at the Black Rock Desert festival.

By Lisa Ryan

teens June 14, 2017

Teens Survive 3 Days of Being Lost in an Actual Maze of BonesThe teens were rescued from the Paris Catacombs on Wednesday morning.

By Gabriella Paiella

am i dying Dec. 15, 2016

Why Do I Have Such Weird, Vivid Dreams When I’m Pregnant?It could be anxiety.

By Susan Rinkunas

Mar. 29, 2016

Comedians Share Their Most Brutal, Humiliating, and Nightmare-Inducing […] No matter where they are in their career, one thing that all comedians have in common is the ability to take the worst moments in stride. […]

By Teresa Taiyi Lee

Jan. 14, 2016

JetBlue Is Messed Up Right Now Consolation baby water bottles have been handed out.

By Samuel Lieberman

Nightmares June 25, 2015

New York Takes an Important Step Forward in the Fight Against Bottomless BrunchCommunity Board 5 has denied the Pranna owners a liquor license for their new concept.

By Sierra Tishgart

Nightmares Apr. 9, 2015

Chuck E. Cheese’s Tries to Be Less Horrible by Serving Lattes andThe company wants to appeal to adults.

By Clint Rainey

Mar. 26, 2015

What the Hell Is the Deal with Clowns?“All the world loves a clown,” Cole Porter once wrote. Turns out, not so much. Today, people’s perceptions of clowns are largely negative: […]

By Matt Crowley

terrors Dec. 19, 2014

Initiate Nightmare Sequence, Store Mannequins Are Smart NowTerrors.

By Maggie Lange

nightmares Nov. 24, 2014

Now We All Can Worry About the Plague for a WeekPlague is back, back again …

By Katie Zavadski

complaints June 14, 2014

Woman Claims That JetBlue Flight Attendant Forced 3-Year-Old to Pee in Seat The joys of modern air travel.

By Caroline Bankoff

stand clear of the closing doors June 3, 2014

Riders Trapped on Smoke-Filled 7 Train for a Very Long 20 MinutesA commuter nightmare comes to life.

By Caroline Bankoff

neighborhood news May 29, 2014

Woman Says She Was Locked in Park BathroomIck.

By Caroline Bankoff

nightmares May 27, 2014

Pedestrian Attacked by Flying Buzz Saw Air conditioners aren’t the only things that just fall out of the sky.

By Caroline Bankoff

nightmares Apr. 24, 2014

Way Too Many Dead Cats Found Hanging From Trees in WestchesterMore than zero is always too many.

By Caroline Bankoff

Apr. 24, 2013

Details on Jason Segel’s Young Adult Novel Series ‘Nightmares!’ RevealedJason Segel revealed earlier this month that he has a series of young adult novels on the way, and now, we’ve learned the books’ titles and […]

By Bradford Evans

Video Feed Aug. 8, 2012