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 ...

CITYWIDE — Even if you’ve never heard of it, there’s a good chance your son or daughter has. Researchers say the “choking game,” a risky activity in which adolescents deprive their brains of oxygen by ...

Michele Galloway went looking for her son, Connor, one morning in their Webster, N.C., home to make sure the seventh-grader hadn't overslept. "I opened the door and I found him," Galloway said. "And ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A note home to parents warns of the "choking game" after the death of an 11-year-old boy. The family has also been open about the tragedy on social media explaining he died from the ...

COLUMBIA - Neecy Jarman said when she came home from work one night a little over a year ago, and found her son Josh dead, she knew it wasn't a suicide. She said that after doing some research on her ...

Sixteen percent of Sam Houston State University students responding to a survey about “The Choking Game” reported to having played the dumb-ass, potentially fatal game. The Crime Victims’ Institute ...

It has been around for years and goes by many names, including the Blackout Game, the Flat Liner and, most recently, the Choking Game. "It was around when I was a kid," said Kenny L. George, the ...