Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
A Girl Was Frozen in Sub-Zero Temperatures And Survived
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Frozen On An Arctic Night in 1980 On a chilly night in Minnesota, a girl found herself seeking shelter in 22-below-zero temperatures. Within her view, Jean...
Jun 20, 2017
ASMR: Why Whispering Gives Some People the "Tingles"
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...
Jun 16, 2017
First Ever Two-Headed Porpoise Discovered
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Two-Headed Porpoise A two-headed porpoise was caught in a net by Dutch fisherman in the North Sea, this harbor porpoise is the first of its kind ever disco...
Jun 16, 2017
Have You Ever Played with a Ouija Board?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ouija Origins To many, the Ouija board isn't just a game teens bust out during their slumber parties, but merely a work of art, and yes, a way of communica...
Jun 16, 2017
Centralia, PA — the Ghost Town That’s Still on Fire
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! History Here at Ripley's, we love to remind our readers of weird historical events. Whether it's a river of molasses in Boston or a freak plane crash into ...
Jun 14, 2017
New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Oldest Homo Sapiens The oldest known humans previously found were 195,000 years old, but new remains found in Morrocco date back over 300,000 years. Th...
Jun 14, 2017
The Strangest and Wackiest of Father’s Day Gifts!!!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Father's Day Believe it or not, Father's Day is just around the corner! Relax, don't worry. We have an array of fascinating gift ideas to make you the favo...
Jun 12, 2017
Cooking With Cannibals on Cool Stuff, Strange Things
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...
Jun 09, 2017
When Robert Ripley Tried to Buy a Volcano
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Buying A Volcano In 1945, the world-travelling impresario of the odd, Robert Ripley announced to the world that he was going to buy a volcano. His sights w...
Jun 08, 2017
Where Do All Those Weird Holidays Come From?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Our Favorite Weird Holidays: While we would love to provide an exhaustive list of the weird holidays we've come across, here are some of our favorites: Jan...
Jun 08, 2017
