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.

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 ...

The videos are disturbing. A young girl in pink pajamas leans on another, cutting off her air supply until the girl collapses. A young boy in a public gym quietly slumps down against a wall. A ...

A New Jersey teenager is dead and authorities are investigating whether a dangerous game is to blame. News of the eighth grader's death shook students and staff at the Phillipsburg Middle School in ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1995 and 2007, at least 82 children and adolescents in the United States died as a result of playing the "choking game," according to a report released Thursday.

ATLANTA — At least 82 youths have died from the so-called “choking game,” according to the first government count of fatalities from the tragic fad. In the game, children use dog leashes, bungee cords ...

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 ...