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ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2012) – Was Don, the celebrated German pooch from the early 20th century, really able to talk as so many stories and legends proclaim?  Huffington Post correspondent Marc Hartzman looked into the popular tale and talks with us this week on Ripley Radio – An On-Demand Oddcast.

New York, NY (Jan. 18, 2012) – As Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace returns to theatres in 3D this February, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square is offering fans the ultimate “galactic” overnight experience with Ripley’s Times Square’s Star Wars Extreme Sleepover.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 17, 2012) – World Champion Light Heavyweight boxer Bernard Hopkins unveiled a wax likeness of himself today during his 47th birthday party at the Joe Hand Gym in Philadelphia. The figure was created by the FX Team at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and is the second such figure created. 

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2012) – Nik Wallenda, the 7th generation high-wire walker of the world-famous Wallenda Family, is attempting to get official permission from the Canadian Government to walk across Niagara Falls in June 2012.

Hollywood, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2012) – The scene along Hollywood Boulevard has always been a bit strange, but now, the entirely new Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Hollywood Odditorium takes it to the next level of bizarre, amazing, unbelievable and downright fun.

Gatlinburg, Tenn (Jan., 12, 2012) Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies has opened a new innovative, family friendly, educational and fascinating new exhibit – “Perfect Predators: SHARKS!”  

ORLANDO, Fla.  (Jan. 9, 2012) – In the early 1900s, Typhoid Mary cooked for people and they soon became very ill or died. It was that simple, but was she a typhoid carrier?  Fran Capo joins us this week to discuss Mary Malone, better known as Typhoid Mary, from the research she did for a [...]

 
ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2012) – The Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow featuring Tyler Fyre & Thrillkill Jill will perform on The Ohio State University Campus in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, January 12.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2012) – Join Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum and Ripley’s Red Trains as we attempt to break a world record!  On Sunday, February 12 at 2 p.m., we will attempt to host the world’s largest wedding vow renewal ceremony at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum in St. Augustine, [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 2, 2012) – Ripley Radio – An On-Demand Oddcast starts off 2012 with an unbelievably weird, bizarre and totally fun show.