scarehead

Etymology
Clipping of

Noun

 * 1) An alarming or sensational headline.
 * 2) * 1925, Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act III, page 134.
 * sits on the porch rail outside the window perusing the scareheads of an I. W. W. paper.
 * sits on the porch rail outside the window perusing the scareheads of an I. W. W. paper.

Verb

 * 1) To write an alarming or sensational headline about.