Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Lawn Chair Larry and His Balloon Trip to the Sky
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Lawn Chair Larry On July 2, 1982, Vietnam veteran and truck driver Larry Walters of California set out to fulfill his life-long dream of flying. The plan w...
Aug 28, 2017
How the Massive Niagara Falls Ran Dry
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls Ran Dry Everyone knows about the day the music died, but what about the day Niagara Falls ran dry? On the morning of March 30, 1848, people l...
Aug 25, 2017
How the Massive Niagara Falls Ran Dry
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls Ran Dry Everyone knows about the day the music died, but what about the day Niagara Falls ran dry? On the morning of March 30, 1848, people l...
Aug 25, 2017
Ham the Space Chimp: The World’s First Ape in Space
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ham the Space Chimp Three months before Alan Shepard became the first American human in space, the U.S. launched a chimpanzee astronaut. His name was Ham. ...
Aug 25, 2017
Ripley’s Slot Machine Is Really out of This World!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley’s Slot Machine Believe it or not, we’ve had several Ripley’s slot machines! Yup, who would have thunk? Mikohn Gaming Ripley’...
Aug 25, 2017
Ripley’s Slot Machine Is Really out of This World!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley’s Slot Machine Believe it or not, we’ve had several Ripley’s slot machines! Yup, who would have thunk? Mikohn Gaming Ripley’...
Aug 25, 2017
Ham the Space Chimp: The World’s First Ape in Space
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ham the Space Chimp Three months before Alan Shepard became the first American human in space, the U.S. launched a chimpanzee astronaut. His name was Ham. ...
Aug 25, 2017
How Simon the Cat Earned A Military Medal
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Simon the Cat After the end of World War II, a conflict was brewing in China. The HMS Amethyst, an armed frigate in the British Navy was sent to patrol the...
Aug 24, 2017
How Simon the Cat Earned A Military Medal
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Simon the Cat After the end of World War II, a conflict was brewing in China. The HMS Amethyst, an armed frigate in the British Navy was sent to patrol the...
Aug 24, 2017
Inside the Chimbu Tribe’s Skeletal Body Paint Ritual
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shatter Your Senses: Sing Sing Skeletons Ripley books are no stranger to unbelievable body painting, like that of Italian artist Johannes Sttter, but the c...
Aug 22, 2017