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

Patience Worth, The Ghostly Author, And Her Medium
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Around the turn of the century, spiritualism had risen in popularity for a number of reasons, and women were almost always at the forefront of the movement...
Sep 02, 2020

New Research Suggests Our Fingers Evolved From Ancient Fish
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Believe It or Not! fish have most recently been linked to the evolution of our human hands and fingers. That's right! A new study suggests that our hands a...
Sep 01, 2020

The Royally Fascinating Life Of Diana, Princess Of Wales
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Princess Diana was just 36 years old when she died in a tragic car crash in 1997, but in this short lifetime, it’s safe to say she did a whole lot of...
Aug 31, 2020
Wild Tales of Cannibalism from the Animal Kingdom
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Archaeological and genetic evidence continues to tell us much about the human past. Some of it is downright hard to swallow. For example, there's evidence ...
Aug 28, 2020
150-Pound Runaway Tortoise Makes Daring, Yet Slow, Escape
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [August 24-August 30, 2020] A tortoise on the run, the theft of a corpse confirmed, and a resourceful solution for public urination-all round-up in this we...
Aug 28, 2020

Moonwalk Your Way Into the Unbelievable Life Of Michael Jackson
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In this day and age, it's hard to keep up with all of the popular dance trends. But, there is one dance out there that just about everyone knows-Thriller, ...
Aug 27, 2020

Mask Up, Hollywood! Our Dino Is Rockin’ A New Accessory
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Taken a drive down Hollywood Boulevard recently? You may have noticed our dinosaur rocking his massive PPE and boasting a punny “Rawrsh your hands!...
Aug 25, 2020

The Early Farming Roots Of Hollywood
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! From the outside looking in, it's easy to get caught up in all the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. The movie industry is a force of nature, after all, and t...
Aug 25, 2020

Child Archer Defies The Laws Of Gravity
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [August 17-August 23, 2020] Beachy boar madness, a town coated in chocolate, and the mysterious reappearance of a missing LEGO-all round-up in th...
Aug 21, 2020

The Mystery Of Canadian Lake Monster Ogopogo
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In this weird, wide world of ours, who's really to say what's possible and what isn't? Cryptozoologists around the world have dedicated their lives to prov...
Aug 19, 2020