Believe It or Not!
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The show is an unpredictable and fun-filled hour that will prove beyond all dimensions that Ripley’s is indeed, the global authority on the weird, strange and bizarre. Each show provides listeners with amazing and absolutely true tales of today as well as unbelievables from the extensive archives of the company that has been freaking out families for more than 90 years!
Bad Girls, Steampunk & Broken Wings
Monday, April 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
EPISODE 54 Believe It or Not! the American West had its share of outlaw women, many of whom were killers and rustlers – and some actually ended up on the short end of a long rope as a result. Author Michael Rutter has documented these bad girls in his “Bedside ...
The Mouse House, Cremains & a Knife Throwing Breast Surgeon
EPISODE 53 Forty years ago this fall, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida and the state, city and the world has not been the same since. Disneyphile Chad Emerson has compiled a book of essays from Disney aficionados around the world to celebrate the four decades of the Mouse ...
Year of the Rabbit, a Carny Priest, and a Bunch of Creeps
EPISODE 52 Jody Pliszka explains what the Chinese Year of the Rabbit means to all of us and what we should expect if we were born under one of the five signs of the rabbit. Listen to the Oddcast Partner Networks Additional random amazements discussed this week ...
Talking Animals & a Pyramid on Pike’s Peak
EPISODE 51 “Bats Sing, Mice Giggle” is the name of the new book by Dr. Karen Shanor, a researcher who reveals some amazing and surprising facts about the way animals communicate. Listen to the Oddcast Partner Networks Additional random amazements discussed this week UFO Phil, perhaps ...
Frozen Dead Guys & a Sideshow Talker
EPISODE 50 Author Gail Rubin’s slightly irreverent but quite practical look at death and funerals led her to be a part of this year’s Frozen Dead Guy Festival where she unveiled her new game, the Newly Dead Game. She talks with us about how to plan for your own funeral ...
The King Elvis, Buddy Holly & a Great Fish Story
EPISODE 49 There are still mysteries and controversy surrounding what many feel is the day the music died, Feb.3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in a plane crash. This week we talk with Gary Moore, author of the book “Hey Buddy” and he unveils ...
Faces in the Clouds & Weird Baseball Injuries
EPISODE 48 Tom Lumbrazo claims that angels and other spirits create cloud formations as a way to communicate with earthlings. He has been studying this concept for years, written two books about it, and says it has changed his life! Ralf finishes off his countdown of the 2010 Stupidity Awards ...
Collecting Coffee Cups & Meteorites
EPISODE 47 We travel to the extremes of collecting this week as we talk with Charles Hubbell about his collection of 16,000-plus ceramic coffee cups – all gathered in less than five years! Then we go north to Michigan to talk with John Morris, who has more than 100 meteorites ...
The Florida Monster & New Jersey Oddities
EPISODE 46 World renown cryptozoologist Loren Coleman talks with Ripley Radio as he sets off on a research mission for information on the Florida Monster for an upcoming book. Listen to the Oddcast Partner Networks Additional random amazements discussed this week AOL’s Lee Speigel reports that ...
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