Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hair-Raising Facts About The Queen Of Country, Dolly Parton
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! When it comes to crowning the Queen of Country, there’s no competition for America’s own, Dolly Parton. While her chart-topping hits are hard t...
Jul 28, 2020
Watch Ripley’s San Diego Comic-Con@Home Panel: Inside the Vault of Ripley’s Most Exclusive Finds!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Inside the Vault of Ripley's Most Exclusive Finds! Expanding on the legacy of explorer and world traveler, Robert Ripley, the Ripley’s Believe It or ...
Jul 26, 2020
’90s Movie ‘Homeward Bound’ Becomes A Reality
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [July 20-July 26, 2020] Our San Diego Comic-Con panel might be the weirdest thing you see/hear this week, but Homeward Bound became a reality, a ...
Jul 24, 2020
Are Venus Flytraps Indiscriminate Killers?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors features a geeky florist shop worker who discovers his Venus flytrap, Audrey II, can talk. Before the end of the movi...
Jul 23, 2020
10 Doomsday Scenarios That Never Happened
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! As the great alt-rock band R.E.M. sang, "It's the end of the world as we know it...and I feel fine." Turns out, there have been many times in the past when...
Jul 22, 2020
The Surprising Story Of Pirate Captain Kidd’s Buried Booty On Liberty Island
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The likes of Peter Pan and Robert Louis Stephenson's Treasure Island have really warped our view of pirates in popular culture. The exploits of roguish ant...
Jul 21, 2020
Your Memory Is No Match For Griffin, The Ivy-League Parrot
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [July 13-July 19, 2020] Griffin the Harvard parrot, corpse plants, screams to-go, and the rest of the week's weird news from Ripley's Believe It ...
Jul 20, 2020
The Strangest Conspiracy Theories The Interwebs Has To Offer
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's a sign of the times. While the world has been battling a pandemic and social issues, we have also been battling the spread of misinformation. Conspira...
Jul 17, 2020
Who Really Invented The Bagpipes?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo puts on a spectacular performance of bagpipers and drummers in Scotland. The event draws crowds of 220,000. ...
Jul 16, 2020
The Ark Of Williamstown, Kentucky
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...
Jul 15, 2020