Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Ripley’s Slot Machine Is Really out of This World!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Slot Machine Believe it or not, we've had several Ripley's slot machines! Yup, who would have thunk? Mikohn Gaming Ripley's Slot Machine Created b...
Aug 25, 2017
Ham the Space Chimp: The World’s First Ape in Space
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ham the Space Chimp Three months before Alan Shepard became the first American human in space, the U.S. launched a chimpanzee astronaut. His name was Ham. ...
Aug 25, 2017
How Simon the Cat Earned A Military Medal
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Simon the Cat After the end of World War II, a conflict was brewing in China. The HMS Amethyst, an armed frigate in the British Navy was sent to patrol the...
Aug 24, 2017
Inside the Chimbu Tribe’s Skeletal Body Paint Ritual
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shatter Your Senses: Sing Sing Skeletons Ripley books are no stranger to unbelievable body painting, like that of Italian artist Johannes Sttter, but the c...
Aug 22, 2017
5 of the Most Absurd Animal Athletics From Around the World
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Animal Athletics The animal kingdom boasts some very impressive athletic abilities. They are incomparable to even the fastest, strongest, fiercest human. E...
Aug 21, 2017
The Mysterious and Window-Rattling Windsor Hum
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Windsor Hum Across the river from Detroit is the Ontario town of Windsor. Ever since 2011, residents of this peaceful city have begun noticing a low ru...
Aug 19, 2017
Locals Have Been Tending to the Uffington White Horse for 3,000 Years!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Uffington White Horse Dotted across the English countryside is a number of stark white horses carved into the sides of hills. They measure hundreds of ...
Aug 19, 2017
How To Cheat the Total Eclipse Time Limit
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Total Eclipse If you haven't heard, a total solar eclipse will be visible from North America on August 21st. Ripley's Gatlinburg and Myrtle Beach locations...
Aug 17, 2017
75 Years Later, a Missing Swiss Couple Is Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Missing Swiss Couple Believe it or not, a couple that wandered into the icy Alps 75 years ago has recently been found. On August 15, 1942, shoemaker Marcel...
Aug 17, 2017
SHATTER YOUR SENSES: YOU WON’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES…
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Prepare for a Sensory Overload! Filled with remarkable photos and shocking stories, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shatter Your Senses! is the newest book in ...
Aug 15, 2017
