Based on the young adult novel Choke by Diana Lopez, Lifetime will be airing the movie “The Choking Game” this month, starring Freya Tingley (Jersey Boys, Once Upon a Time) who plays Taryn, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “When it comes to social media challenges, a lot of kids think that they’re just games,” says Dana. “Our son was bullied and dared ...

The "choking game" has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to the brain. It sounds terrifying, but rough estimates ...

A Raleigh high school student is trying to warn teenagers about the dangers of the "choking game" that killed her childhood friend. Kris Marceno, a sophomore at Enloe High School, died Nov. 2 playing ...

In the two years since we reported in-depth on the crazy, dangerous, potentially heartbreaking phenomenon that is the choking game, it seems, little has changed. These kids, and dozens more on the ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Two years ago, Hayley Cunningham lost her cousin to a deadly game she’d never heard of.

Milwaukee police believe 10-year-old Thalian Curtis committed suicide when they showed up to his apartment to find him dead with a curtain wrapped tightly around his neck.But his devastated parents ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video clips of teens playing dangerous games are easily accessible on many social media sites. Richard Drury/DigitalVision via ...