History loves a good trick. Before internet rumors and viral posts, elaborate hoaxes traveled through newspapers, museums, lecture halls, and radio waves.

A Florida man is accused of shooting a construction coworker in the back with a nail gun in what he described as a prank. According to Volusia County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, Marcos ...

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What some would call a harmless prank went terribly wrong and left a high school teacher dead and several students are facing charges. A prank involved five of Jason Hughes’ students coming to his ...

Scientists hunting for radio signals from any form of advanced extraterrestrial life that might be out there trying to contact us are now starting to wonder if something has been messing with their ...

HALL COUNTY, GA — A GoFundMe campaign has raised nearly $200,000 for the family of a Hall County teacher and coach who died in what police describe as a prank gone wrong. Authorities say a group of ...

Our sister station, WSB TV in Atlanta, reports that a community northeast of Atlanta is mourning the death of Jason Hughes, a high school math teacher and golf coach. North Hall High School hosted a ...

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Several teens were arrested after a "rolling" prank in Hall County resulted in the death of a homeowner. The victim, Jason Hughes, was a math teacher and golf coach at North Hall High School. One teen ...