Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
The Real-Life Caped Crusader Of Jackson, Michigan
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Captain Jackson Villains anywhere near Michigan beware: Captain Jackson is out here, and he's ready for battle. This middle-aged man, decked out in a cape ...
Oct 01, 2018
Does Peeing On A Jellyfish Sting Stop The Pain?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Sep 30, 2018
Bicycle Ballerina Takes Artistic Cycling Stunts To The Streets
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Bicycle Ballerina Lea Schaepe of Potsdam, Germany, can do a lot more than ride a bike while standing on the handlebars. Practicing the 130-year-old sport o...
Sep 30, 2018
The Montreal Midget Palace: Where Visitors Felt Like Giants
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Montreal Midget Palace Philippe Nicol had had enough. He was a man who had dwarfism, just 36 inches tall, and he was tired of seeing others with the same a...
Sep 30, 2018
Does Peeing On A Jellyfish Sting Stop The Pain?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Sep 30, 2018
Bicycle Ballerina Takes Artistic Cycling Stunts To The Streets
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Bicycle Ballerina Lea Schaepe of Potsdam, Germany, can do a lot more than ride a bike while standing on the handlebars. Practicing the 130-year-old sport o...
Sep 30, 2018
The Montreal Midget Palace: Where Visitors Felt Like Giants
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Montreal Midget Palace Philippe Nicol had had enough. He was a man who had dwarfism, just 36 inches tall, and he was tired of seeing others with the same a...
Sep 30, 2018
Operation Plowshare: Finding Peaceful Ways To Use Nukes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Swords To Plowshares In the late 1950s, the United States government had already realized the destructive potential of nuclear weapons. As the world turned...
Sep 26, 2018
Operation Plowshare: Finding Peaceful Ways To Use Nukes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Swords To Plowshares In the late 1950s, the United States government had already realized the destructive potential of nuclear weapons. As the world turned...
Sep 26, 2018
Questions Surrounding The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Lincoln Assassination On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln attended the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. It would be the ...
Sep 26, 2018
