Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
The Enigma That Is Nicolas Cage And His…Eternal Cage?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nicolas Cage He's had teeth pulled, eaten a live cockroach, and purchased a haunted house-all just to get into character. His talent and eccentricity make ...
May 04, 2018
The World’s Oldest Spider Didn’t Just Die, It Was Murdered
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 30-May 5th, 2018] A beach turns blue and comes alive, China releases a new weapon in the war on jaywalking, the world's oldest spider dies...
May 04, 2018
Think A Coin Toss Is A 50/50 Shot? Think Again!
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...
May 03, 2018
Cadaver Synod: The Trial Of Pope Formosus’s Corpse
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cadaver Synod Believe it or not, the Catholic Church was once so upset with one of its own Popes that they dug up his corpse and put him on trial. The case...
May 02, 2018
The Huge Appetite Of Louis XIV And The Scientist Who Ate His Mummified Heart
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Louis XIV's Appetite When French King Louis XIV died in 1715, his stomach was reportedly twice the size of the average human. Louis was known for his vorac...
May 01, 2018
Naga Headhunters’ Buffalo Teeth Necklace
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Naga Headhunters The Naga people of Assam, India, and western Myanmar have long been regarded as fearless warriors and bloodthirsty headhunters. The Naga w...
May 01, 2018
M.I.T. Has Developed A System For Controlling Dreams
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 22-28th, 2018] A man is bitten by a trio of animals, wedding veils fly, a duck breaks the law, and M.I.T. has a way to control dreams. Fly...
Apr 27, 2018
Carl Tanzler And His Creepy Key West Love Story
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Carl Tanzler Carl Tanzler was a German immigrant working at a Key West, Florida, hospital in the early 1930s. It was there that he fell in love with a youn...
Apr 27, 2018
Crocodile Moats Are Fiction, But Bear Moats Are Not
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...
Apr 26, 2018
Trashy Fashion Takes Over Grand Prairie
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Trashy Fashion From New York Fashion Week to Miami Swim Week, accessories and clothes continue to be a staple in how many people identify themselves. Pushi...
Apr 26, 2018
