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Here’s a preview of this week’s show: “Tracker Bob” Hiemenz tells us how he has collected more than 61,000 8-Track tapes and how he knows exactly where each one is; Juanita Rose Violini explains her new almanac of weird and bizarre tales and we find that frozen frogs is a recurring theme; Jeremiah Greer, our [...]

This week, we explore the amazing world of Daredevils: Why do they risk their lives to entertain the public and what kind of lives do they really live. Nik Wallenda, the “King of the Highwire” is the 7th generation of the famous Wallenda family and he tells us of his life and upcoming history-making events, [...]

Would you Race Through a Dark Building full of Weird and Bizarre Items and Eat Mysterious Stuff? Well, would you?
New York, NY (Jan. 13, 2010) – An outrageously fun and unmistakably unique competition is taking place  on Valentine’s Day weekend at New York’s most extreme and fascinating attraction – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times [...]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – (Jan. 13, 2010) – Got Cabin Fever, that scourge of long cold winters? The Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls has the best remedy available short of a trip to the Caribbean – a weekend at the indoor waterpark resort.  
Despite Canada’s freezing temperatures, the Great Wolf Lodge invites guests to [...]

Featured in this Episode Are: Dr. Craig April shares some of the strangest phobias he has treated as a psychologist and we play a weird phobia quiz; Margie Warrell tells us why fear of the weird and unknown and the resulting adrenalin rush is good for you; we hear a disturbing fact about the world’s [...]

Ripley’s Believe It or Not owns the world’s larget collection of 19th century Vampire Killing Kits.

Reporter Buck Wolf of Sphere (formerly AOL News) visited the NYC Odditorium with his video camera and created a great video on this rare item.

Check out the video!

New York, NY (Jan. 11, 2010) – Imagine waking up from a dream only to realize that you’re still surrounded by massive meteorites, dinosaur fossils, shrunken heads, Egyptian mummies, two-headed animals and live hissing roaches! Spending a night at this museum may redefine a wild weekend in New York.
 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square [...]

The big announcement about Ripley’s largest and most costliest exhibit at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, received a great deal of news, including this nice writeup from Knoxnews.com.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (Jan. 7, 2010) – A new colony of African Black Footed Penguins is set to take up residency in a new indoor/outdoor multi-million dollar habitat at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in March.
The naturalistic exhibit is the largest and costliest expansion ever at the aquarium, now celebrating its 10th year in the foothills [...]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – (Jan. 6, 2010) – The top executives of Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls believe that treating their team members well is the key to providing their guests a great experience. The Tourism Industry Association of Canada agreed and has honored the Lodge with a national award of excellence for its [...]