Ripley's Weird News

Poobah the Dwarf and Naked Bookstore Owners Pete Terhune, an 81-year old sideshow performer, also known as Poobah the dwarf, is now retired, and his …

I Can’t Stop Staring at Him That is what Madrid artist Nacho from The Effects Lab surmised that Bert from Sesame Street may look like …

EPISODE 54 Believe It or Not! the American West had its share of outlaw women, many of whom were killers and rustlers – and some …

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 …

Don’t feel too bad about it though, he’s also smarter than Einstein. With an IQ of 170 (that’s 10 points higher than Einstein’s supposed IQ), …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Check out this amazing recreation of the flying balloon house from Disney/Pixar’s “Up” animated film. For the upcoming show “How Hard Can It Be?” on the …

Cake and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! could be the best combination ever. Check out Cake Boss on March 14th at 9pm on TLC to …