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Props to commenter geekgrrl for calling this one last Thursday when we reported that Six Flags will be daring people to eat live cockroaches for a chance to jump the line. PETA has asked Six Flags to cancel the promotion during next month's "Fright Fest," calling it "a tired gag from 'Fear Factor.'" more ›

We know you're so excited to ride that new Superman roller coaster at Six Flags Great America that you're hopping around like a little girl about to pee in her pants. But would you eat a 3-inch long hissing cockroach to get through the line faster? As part of their annual "Fright Fest" Halloween promotion, Six Flags will allow anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach to skip to the front of the line.... more ›

Oh my God, Chicagoist HATES cutting peaches after peeling them. Seriously, what looked like an easy recipe turned into a grotesque autopsy of a fruit cutting Fear Factor episode, and thank God we saved some of the wine to drink, not just marinate these mean-spirited peaches. Luckily, the result is unbelievably delicious, if not a little messy looking. more ›

Growing up we were always told that eating too much candy was bad for us, which might be one of the root reasons our fridge is always stocked with peanut butter cups and Pepsi. But to read some of the stories coming from the All Candy Expo, which wraps up today at McCormick Place, we could soon be having our cake and eating it, too (bad pun one hundred percent intended). more ›

For all of you freaks that would like to play along with Fear Factor at home, Chicago confectioner Brand New Products is introducing a line of Fear Factor-inspired candy that is sure to gross you out. The candies are still being developed and must be approved by NBC, but if all goes well next year on the market you'll see jellyfish-shaped gummies, candy tonges dipped in goo, a giant chicken leg-shaped sucker that tastes like chicken and a "grub" bag filled with real dried silkworms and granola. A tip from the Brand New Products national sales manager, "The silkworms taste like chicken." more ›