Ripley's Weird News

Ever notice how our favorite and beloved Disney movies have a common theme of either an absent mother or the death of a mother? 

“Crack open a two-liter of Pepsi before locking into a video game, charting your future in a game of MASH, or watching movie after movie.”

Kites with keys aside, people have known about electricity for centuries.

The supernatural events in The Omen were nothing compared to the spooky real-life horrors that plagued the movie’s cast and set.

Could it be that Pablo Escobar inadvertently helped his country’s environment by introducing ‘cocaine hippos’ to it? 

We certainly hope your imagination is not exactly “running amok.”

The sound of their buzzing wings is a traditional form of anxiety and stress relief for everyone from school children to firefighters.

Despite the hype, Egyptian mummy curses are shockingly rare and downright bland.

Weird, yes. But not at all uncommon. It’s a fact: Pigs eat people.

What were the odds of two bear attacks in one night? Infinitesimal but not impossible.