Category Archives: Weird News – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

The Time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pranked Houdini With Dinosaurs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While it may be known that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and magician, Harry Houdini, were acquaintances, how they came to be this wa...
Apr 01, 2021
Check Out This 2,000-Year-Old Peruvian Femur!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...
Mar 31, 2021

Baseball’s Notoriously Superstitious, Strange, And Screwball Sluggers
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! America's favorite pastime is back in full swing, bringing with it bleachers (somewhat) full of enthusiastic fans-and a great opportunity to revisit a few ...
Mar 31, 2021

America’s First Doomsday Cult Hideaway
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Tucked away in a remote section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the former meeting place of America's very first doomsday cult. Named after the groupR...
Mar 30, 2021

Betty the Frog Crowned Cadbury’s Easter Bunny
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [March 22-March 28, 2021] Cinnamon Toast shrimp tails, an invasive water monster, and a lunar plan to save the animals-all round-up in this week's weird ne...
Mar 26, 2021

Beyoncé: Star Search Finalist to Record-Breaking Phenom
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Few performers hold a candle to Queen Bey. She's received a whopping 79 nominations-the most of any woman in Grammy history. What's more, Beyonc has cleane...
Mar 25, 2021
Achieving Sleight Of Hand With The Kepplinger-Style Holdout Device
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...
Mar 24, 2021

Beauty And Brawn: How Female Circus Performers Rewrote The Rules
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Some women have always been fierce and fearless creatures, refusing to fit into the dainty, delicate molds prescribed for them by society. These daring fem...
Mar 23, 2021
Could Bigfoot Be Deemed ‘Real’ In Our Lifetime? Possibly!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cryptozoology is the study of creatures only known through anecdotal evidence-from grainy footage to he-said-she-said rumored sightings. Your mind likely g...
Mar 19, 2021

Dozing Arctic Walrus Drifts All The Way To Emerald Isle
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [March 8-March 14, 2021] Ancient biblical artifacts, a bite of burglary, and a barkseat driver-all round-up in this week’s weird news from RipleyR...
Mar 19, 2021