(CBS News) It doesn't need to be said that riding in the elevator with strangers is awkward enough (but there, I said it), but this prank by Positively Pranked brings the awkward elevator ride to a ...

A Brazilian hidden camera show's latest prank has become a new viral hit. The prank involves a truly terrifying stunt involving unsuspecting members of the public getting a huge fright in an elevator.

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It would feel wrong to begin talking about a scary prank on a TV show -- in this case on the Brazilian variety show Programa Silvio Santos -- without noting that this prank is probably not much ...

A video of an elevator prank uploaded last Friday (March 2) has gone viral. The one-minute footage, produced by Rémi Gaillard, has already drawn more than 1.5 million hits at the time of posting ...

Brazil’s infamous spirit girl in the elevator TV prank was truly horrible, but ultimately unbelievable because it’s based on fantasy. But finding cadavers all around you can be very real—especially in ...

There’s nothing quite like seeing innocent, unsuspecting people having the shit scared out of them. That’s exactly what you’re gonna get, too, in this frightening six-minute clip from a Brazilian talk ...

Prank shows have been popular on television since the beginning of TV broadcasting, with the legendary “Candid Camera” show first airing in 1948 and running through the 1970s. That show has been ...