Fourteen high school students in Tokyo were hospitalised after experiencing severe stomach aches, nausea, and mouth pain from consuming crisps infused with Bhut Jolokia peppers. The incident occurred ...

An American man had some bad luck after participating in an eating competition with one very dangerous component: ghost chili peppers, or bhut jolokia. The man began to vomit rather violently after ...

A man who entered a ghost pepper-eating contest landed himself in the hospital with a 1-inch hole in his esophagus – a condition that can be fatal – according to a new report. The ghost pepper, also ...

Woman holding a handful of raw red peppers - Martin Poole/Getty Images Have you ever heard the saying, "Too much of anything is bad?" Whether it's sugary, savory, or spicy, sometimes we must remember ...

A strong-stomached California man broke a Guinness World Record by eating 17 ghost chili peppers in one minute. The man, Gregory Foster, said the attempt was a personal challenge to see how far he ...

In one afternoon, I managed to find not one, but two locally-made adult beverages infused with ghost pepper—famed for its Scoville heat scale rating of more than a million. In one afternoon, I managed ...