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ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2010) – More than 25 sword swallowers will be performing shows at more than a dozen Ripley Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide in four countries at 2:27 p.m. on February 27, in celebration of the Fourth Annual World Sword Swallowers Day.

ORLANDO, Fla.  (Feb. 22, 2010) – Ripley Entertainment Inc., a global leader in location-based entertainment, has acquired two of its most successful Believe It or Not! Odditorium franchises – in Orlando, Fla. and Branson, Mo.  

During this week’s show – Vampires: How to Love Them, How to Kill Them – we find out there is much more behind today’s views of the Vampire culture than Buffy, True Blood and Twilight. This week, we investigate why Vampires are viewed as sexy and romantic creatures today. Author J.M. Dixon talks of the [...]

Featured on This Week’s Oddcast: No two words in the English language epitomize the world of the strange, weird and beautiful more than Coney Island. This week, Ripley’s looks at a couple of the Coney Island Marvels – world famous performers who have tread the boardwalk of Coney Island many times during their lives: Todd [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. – (Feb. 12, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! San Francisco will close down for the winter months while it undergoes Phase One of a Two Phase multi-million dollar renovation. 

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – (Feb.  11, 2010) – The votes are in and Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls has been chosen as a Best Family Hotel in Canada by Trip Advisor in its 2010 Travelers’ Choice Awards.

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia, (Feb. 9, 2010) – Genuine shrunken heads, the world’s smallest production automobile, a bevy of fun interactive gizmos, amazing matchstick art and an eclectic selection of  freak animals have invaded this beach-side resort as Ripley’s has opened its new  Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Cavill Mall.

Featured in the Feb. 8 episode: Tennesseans David & Lauren Blair are the world’s most “marryingest” couple – 98 times to each other; Father Mac, the Carny Priest has married more than 100 couples on the carnival

ORLANDO, Fla. – (Feb. 3, 2010) – Here’s something to chew on: Gary Duschl has a gum wrapper chain that stretches for 12 miles.

That’s 42 times the height of the Empire State Building.

LONDON, England (Feb. 1, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! was a spectacular sight of red tonight as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) launched National Heart Month this February.