pleasure in Misfortune

Schadenfreude is that that jolt of pleasure we take in observing or hearing about the misfortunes of others. Pleasure arising from another's misfortune – a combination of joy from misfortune of the Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others Reprint by Wilco W. Researchers figure out why, in some way? By measuring the electrical activity of cheek muscles and associated neural responses, Princeton. The joy one feels when bad things happening to those.