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Inside Ripley’s World
We pull the curtain back a little to give you a glimpse inside the world of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! You get a front row seat to all the new exhibits that come in to our warehouse before they even get to a museum, walk inside the F/X department to see how wax figures some to life, or take a peek inside Ripley’s awesome books!
Big Money! Big Prizes! I Love It!
An all new book for Ripley’s, Unbelievable Stories For Guys is coming out in time for Father’s Day. One for the grown-ups, this quirky new Ripley’s book is filled with bizarre and hilarious “Believe It or Not!” stories, trivia and lists—perfect for any fan of the unusual, and the ...
Bull Balls
The latest book in our Curioddities series is coming out soon. Here’s a preview of the book, Simply Shocking. Competitors taking part in the Shepherd’s Shemozzle race in the annual Huntaway Festival in Hunterville, New Zealand, need either a starving appetite or a very strong stomach. As part of the ...
It’s a Party In His Mouth!
The latest book in our Curioddities series is coming out soon. Here’s a preview of the book, Simply Shocking. When Travis Fessler fancied a crunchy snack, he decided to pop 11 live Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches into his mouth at once. The insect fan from Kentucky intended to raise awareness for ...
When Crime Pays, It Pays Big
An all new book for Ripley’s, Unbelievable Stories For Guys is coming out in time for Father’s Day. They say crime doesn’t pay, but through a combination of luck, skill and totally evil ruthlesness, come people come out ahead…at least for a while. Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman is the 10th richest ...
Man Up!
An all new book for Ripley’s, Unbelievable Stories For Guys is coming out in time for Father’s Day. Who doesn’t love Nikola Tesla? He’s got a rock band, a car, and even a lightning gun named after him. Anyway, back to the book. If you like what you see, you ...
Simply Shocking
The latest book in our Curioddities series is coming out soon. Here’s a preview of the book, Simply Shocking. Venture out at night and you might see some of the unbelievable organisms that look like regular citizens of the natural kingdom in the light, but can produce stunning luminous colors ...
Daily Dose of Bug Bits
Over the holidays, Kimberley Davis of the Davis Daily Dose got a copy of Strikingly True for a giveaway and was fascinated by what she saw. It is filled with stories of the weird, wild, and crazy. Stories like that of Jonathon Trappe who traveled across the English Channel attached ...
Leap of Faith
Inside Strikingly True, page 154. Now available as an iBook. Escape artist and evangelist Anthony Martin performed a daring skydive from an airplane flying at 13,500 ft (4,115 m) over Illinois—wearing handcuffs that were locked to a chain around his neck and linked to leather cuffs fastened above each elbow. ...
Toasty!
All of our Ripley’s Twists are now out as ibooks, including Twists Space. Here’s a little more from Space, a look at the innermost planets of our solar system, Venus and Mercury. Though farther from the Sun than Mercury, Venus is even hotter (about 860°F), because it is blanketed by ...
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