Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
London Sewer’s Fatberg and a Historic Treasure Washed Up By Hurricane
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [September 17-23, 2017] A man climbs a frigid mountain in his boxers for charity, a hurricane unearths a historic treasure, and London decides to...
Sep 22, 2017
Rapture Pet Care Takes Care of Your Pets After the Apocalypse
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Rapture Pet Care We hear news about the impending apocalypse everywhere. In news reports, Mayan calendars, the Bible, and even those guys on the street cor...
Sep 22, 2017
Or Not: Do Lemmings Jump to Their Deaths?
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...
Sep 22, 2017
The Man Who Survived Execution: El Fusilado
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Man Who Survived Execution Sentenced to execution by firing squad during the 1915 Mexican Revolution, Wenseslao Moguel survived despite being shot nine...
Sep 20, 2017
Want to Be the next Marilyn Monroe?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Most Expensive Dress You can now have a little bit of American and Hollywood history when you visit our Grand Prairie Ripley’s Believe It or Not!...
Sep 19, 2017
The Star Sand Beaches of Japan
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Star Sand You don't have to look to the sky to see stars in Okinawa, Japan-just visit the islands of Taketomi, Hatoma, and Iriomote, where starshaped sand ...
Sep 19, 2017
The Origins of Gaff Taxidermy as Historical Oddities
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gaff Taxidermy Have you ever been fooled by the legend of the jackalope, Fiji mermaid, or furry trout? How couldn't you? Tchotchke shops and restaurants ar...
Sep 19, 2017
Living Dangerously with Half-Man Short E.
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Half Man Short E. Dangerously Short E. Dangerously has traveled the globe, wowing audiences with acrobatic feats, fire-breathing, and glass-walking-on his ...
Sep 15, 2017
Or Not: George Washington’s Teeth Were Wooden?
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...
Sep 15, 2017
Canada’s Strange Gopher Hole Museum
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gopher Go for it, Torrington! If you are visiting Torrington, Alberta, Canada, there is only one thing to do. Home to less than 200 residents, but 11 fire ...
Sep 12, 2017