Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A Historic Acquisition Joins Ripley’s Collection: President Lincoln’s Hair
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Newest Addition to our Collection Believe It or Not!, Ripley's is now the owner of a thick, two-inch tuft of hair clipped postmortem from the head of P...
Sep 17, 2020
Inside The Ring With Muhammad Ali
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It’s no hidden feat that Muhammad Ali tops the charts as one of the world’s most renowned and talented boxers. Over the course of two decades, ...
Sep 17, 2020
65 Years Later, Kelly Residents Still Battle UFO Stigma
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! EDITORS NOTE: This article is a point-of-view story written by Ripley's contributor and Believe It or Notcast host, Ryan Clark. From vampires in New Orlean...
Sep 16, 2020
Indian Doctors Make A 15-Pound Hair-ifying Discovery
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [September 7-September 13, 2020] Keys to a candy kingdom, the song you'll never hear the end of, and a timber-y tale of survival-all round-up in this week'...
Sep 11, 2020
A Behind-The-Scenes Look Into The Life Of Marilyn Monroe
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Marilyn Monroe is perhaps one of the most iconic pop-culture legends. The actress and public figure served as a symbol of Hollywood and all the glitz and g...
Sep 10, 2020
The Curious History And Remarkable Reinvention Of The Pyrophone
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Music fans in the mid-to-late 19th century had a blast playing the pyrophone-literally! That's because the odd sounds made by pyrophone players-pyrophonist...
Sep 09, 2020
Things Get Weird With ‘Florida Man,’ Robert Ripley
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Turn on the news and, no matter what part of the country you're in, you've got a pretty good chance of hearing, "A Florida Man..." followed by something ab...
Sep 04, 2020
A Reminder To SSS-Shut Your Mouth When You Sleep!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [August 31-September 6, 2020] A superstar parrot, some seriously stressed out elephants, and the future of flying cars-all round-up in this week'...
Sep 04, 2020
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