Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News

Zerelda James, An Unbelievable Case of Motherly Love
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Zerelda James A crook only a mother could love, Jesse James was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, to Robert and Zerelda James. Zerelda h...
Apr 03, 2018
The Rare and Deadly Sawfish Rostrum
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sawfish A strikingly curious sight, sawfish look exactly like the fish their name would suggest. Their elongated noses, known as rostrums, are lined with s...
Apr 03, 2018
The Rare and Deadly Sawfish Rostrum
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sawfish A strikingly curious sight, sawfish look exactly like the fish their name would suggest. Their elongated noses, known as rostrums, are lined with s...
Apr 03, 2018

Zerelda James, An Unbelievable Case of Motherly Love
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Zerelda James A crook only a mother could love, Jesse James was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, to Robert and Zerelda James. Zerelda h...
Apr 03, 2018

Wilbur D. May’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Inside The Wunderkammer
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Wunderkammer In the mid-sixteenth century, Wunderkammer (or Cabinets of Curiosity), popped up across Europe. Receptacles of exotic objects and natural ...
Apr 02, 2018

Wilbur D. May’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Inside The Wunderkammer
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Wunderkammer In the mid-sixteenth century, Wunderkammer (or Cabinets of Curiosity), popped up across Europe. Receptacles of exotic objects and natural ...
Apr 02, 2018

Police Use Deceased People’s Fingers To Unlock Phones
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 25-31st, 2018] An owl ring-bearer, lonely karaoke, a surprise mummy, and dead fingers unlocking phones in this week’s Weird News! Th...
Mar 30, 2018
Just Two Classy Ladies Dueling to First Blood Over Flowers…Topless
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Princess Vs. The Countess It was 1892 and preparation for the Vienna Musical Theatrical Exhibition was underway. Austrian nobles Princess Pauline von M...
Mar 30, 2018

Marie Antoinette Never Said “Let Them Eat Cake”
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...
Mar 30, 2018

Marie Antoinette Never Said “Let Them Eat Cake”
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...
Mar 30, 2018