Author Archives: Syndicated Content

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

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