Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
The First Odditorium And Ripley’s Legacy Of Wonder
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While Ripley's Believe It or Not! operates 30 odditoriums today, it all started with a temporary show at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chica...
Dec 26, 2018
The First Radio Broadcast From Underground
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Of the many daring and dangerous radio shows produced by Robert Ripley, his foray into subterranean broadcasting is one of his more famous. It may not soun...
Dec 26, 2018
Did Ripley Have A Heart Attack On TV’s First Reality Show?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! First Reality Show Premiering in the spring of 1949, a TV deal was just icing on the cake for Ripley-he had already earned well over half-a-million dollars...
Dec 26, 2018
The Real Hoverboard From Back To The Future
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Mattel Hoverboard An almanac may have been far too powerful to bring to the past, but a hoverboard? The tool instrumental to the exploits of Michael J....
Dec 26, 2018
Up Close With A Jivaro Shrunken Head
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shrunken Heads With over 100 shrunken heads in the Ripley's collection, they're known as one of our most iconic exhibits. Robert Ripley collected his first...
Dec 19, 2018
The FBI Had It’s Eye On It’s A Wonderful Life, Your Favorite Christmas Movie
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's A Wonderful Life is now regarded as one of the greatest and most beloved Christmas season movies of all time. The tale of George Bailey, who had plann...
Dec 19, 2018
Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Champs and Chumps On December 19, 1918-ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY-the first "Believe It or Not!" cartoon was published. On a slow news day, Robert Ripley ...
Dec 19, 2018
The Strange But True History Of Robert Ripley
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Born LeRoy Robert Ripley in Santa Rosa, California, the small-town boy who would eventually be called the Modern-Day Marco Polo cultivated a curiosity for ...
Dec 17, 2018
Advice On How To Live Over 100 From One Of The Oldest People On Our Planet: Art Janssen
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Something in the Santa Rosa Water Robert Ripley was born in Santa Rosa, California, in 1890. He was equal parts explorer, reporter, artist, and collector-a...
Dec 17, 2018
Letter To Santa Found After 120 Years
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 9-15th, 2018] A diamond ring found in the sewers, festive pothole, and spirit of Christmas past. Have A Heart A Southwest flight bound ...
Dec 17, 2018
