Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
WWII Parachute Wedding Dress
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! WWII Parachute Wedding Dress Remember when Scarlet O'Hara made an incredible dress from her curtains in Gone With the Wind? Well, Ruth Hensinger did just t...
Aug 14, 2017
Where did Women Jumping out of Cakes Come From?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cool Stuff, Strange Things Hosted by Ripley's lead researcher, Sabrina Sieck, let Ripley's Believe It or Not! introduce YOU to the coolest stuff and strang...
Aug 14, 2017
Is It a Worm or Is It a Lizard? It’s the Mexican Mole Lizard!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Mexican Mole Lizard You might confuse this creature with an extremely long earthworm or even a strange form of those insanely cute axolotls, but it is actu...
Aug 10, 2017
Chess Boxing Will Test Your Body and Brain
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Chess Boxing There is no finer sport that matches wits and fists than chess boxing. Whether you choose to call it a hybrid fighting sport, or hybrid board ...
Aug 10, 2017
John Horwood Was Sentenced to Be Dissected!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! John Horwood John Horwood was born in a cottage at Hanham Mills to Thomas Horwood and his Orkney-born wife. The youngest out of ten children, John became i...
Aug 08, 2017
The Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Is Officially a New Species!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! New Dinosaur Species! The Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur discovered back in May of 2011 has now been classified as a new dinosaur species: Borealopelta markm...
Aug 07, 2017
Want to See the World’s Most Expensive Dress?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The World's Most Expensive Dress Exhibit Believe it or not, you can now view the world's most expensive dress at our San Francisco Odditorium, but for a li...
Aug 04, 2017
Do You See Yourself Spending a Night at the Clown Motel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Vacancy at the Clown Motel In the middle of the Nevada desert, the small town of Tonopah offers a very interesting lodging option: The Clown Motel. The Clo...
Aug 04, 2017
It’s a Ripley’s Superhero Summer for All!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Superhero Summer Ripley's Believe It or Not! Orlando is hosting a new event for some unbelievable summer fun-Ripley's Superhero Summer! Ripley's S...
Aug 03, 2017
Is It Possible to Be Both a Dwarf and a Giant?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Dwarfism An Austria native, Adam Rainer was born in 1899 to average sized parents. At the tender age of 18, Rainer measured at only 4 feet 0.25 inches and ...
Aug 03, 2017
