Before there was YouTube or Mythbusters or The Amazing Race, there was Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley. Ripley's pioneering mix of the strange, the shocking and the barely believable grabbed ...

Robert L. Ripley (December 25, 1890 – May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel ...

When “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!” puts you in a book celebrating weirdness. “It felt surreal when I found out that I was going to be featured in ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’ because it is such a ...

Strange occurrences, odd historical facts and unusual artistic and social activities are explored. Ripley's Believe It or Not! is the name of several documentary television series based on the ...

We’ve all heard the legend: The Akron Airdock is so large that clouds form inside the hangar and it sometimes rains. Is it true? The story, which has circulated for 95 years, owes its enduring ...

Believe it or not, Robert L. Ripley, creator of the “Believe It or Not” Series has just reached Sydney on the luxury liner Mariposa. Ripley was delighted with Sydney Harbour. He was amazed to know ...

Ripley, Carol McKenzie, passed away peacefully on April 27th. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Ripley and her son, Robert L Ripley Jr. She is deeply missed by her daughters, Cynthia ...