Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
The 1960s Android Abandoned By NASA
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! NASA's Mechanical Man In May of 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to the American people promising a successful Moon landing by the end of...
Jun 21, 2018
Odd Cakes Come to Ripley’s San Antonio 30th Anniversary!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cakes Around The World Cake has almost always been a symbol of celebration. Rich with rituals and culture, cakes were used as offerings to the gods, dating...
Jun 21, 2018
Your Doves Are Pigeons And Other Wedding Lies
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...
Jun 21, 2018
Up Close With A Vampire Killing Kit
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Vampire Killing Kits Vampire-like creatures have been described in myths, legends, and tales for millennia, but the vampire craze of the 17th-century is st...
Jun 19, 2018
Feet Keep Washing Ashore In Canada, Sneaker Tech May Be The Culprit
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Floating Feet Mystery Ocean tides have deposited 14 human feet on the shoreline of a Canadian province over the past decade, and the deceased's preference ...
Jun 19, 2018
That Time A Pooch Named Pickles Found The Stolen World Cup Trophy…
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Pickles & The World Cup Over 50 years ago, a dog helped solve a high-profile crime after a pair of thieves stole the World Cup trophy, known as the Jul...
Jun 16, 2018
The Collyer Brothers: Hermit Hoarders Of Harlem
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Collyer Brothers New York City police in the early 1900s dreaded calls about a particular house. Located at 2807 Fifth Avenue in Harlem, the home of the Co...
Jun 14, 2018
Oh, Rats! History Was Wrong About The Plague!
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...
Jun 14, 2018
This Artist Paints With His Palms
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Handstamping Art Russell Powell of San Jose, California, stamps his art onto paper after carefully painting his palms. One day, while teaching art at an el...
Jun 13, 2018
5 Weird Americanisms And Their Origins
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Americanisms Have you ever paid attention to the things we say? My neck of the woods? Shooting the breeze? Riding shotgun? They're such timeworn clichs, we...
Jun 13, 2018
