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ORLANDO (March 11, 2013) – Lucky is the topic this week as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2013 on Ripley Radio, the official broadcast station of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!  Stacy Lee Goforth tells us that if you believe strongly enough, you can create your own luck and that virtually anything can be a [...]

ORLANDO (March 4, 2013) – While most of us can’t imagine doing a one-armed pushup of any kind, Darryl Learie holds a world record doing them – with all of his weight balanced on a single egg! He stops by this week and explains how he does it without making omelets. Juan Panesso tells us [...]

The 2013 World Sword Swallower’s Day was the largest yet, with more than 40 performers appearing at 18 Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide.  Below is a gallery of high resolution, down-loadable photos. Drag your mouse over the photo for identification and click on it for a larger image.  If used, please credit Ripley’s Believe [...]

ORLANDO  (Feb. 25, 2013) – Detroit’s Deborah Ford retired from the US Post Office in February having never missed a day of work in her 44 years. She visits this week and tells us how she did it. Also this week on Ripley Radio, the official broadcast program of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, we [...]

ORLANDO (Feb. 18, 2013) – This Saturday, February 23, nearly three dozen sword swallowers will gather at 20 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums, worldwide, to celebrate World Sword Swallower’s Day. Dan Meyer, the world’s preeminent sword swallower, and founder of this special day visits with us this week on Ripley Radio, the official radio [...]

ORLANDO (Feb. 4, 2013) – Believe It or Not!, several US cities want to steal the “Icebox of the Nation” moniker from International Falls, Minn.. Chad Lewis joins us this week and tells us about the challenge from these upstarts.  A person’s ashes from cremation aren’t just for urns anymore. Angela explains that all sorts [...]

ORLANDO (Jan. 28, 2013) – This week on Ripley Radio, the official broadcast partner of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, we look at a couple of Legends.  Sideshow historian James Taylor introduces us to Francesco Lentini, a man with three legs who spent his life entertaining the weird and strange-seeking masses.  David Marsh of Marsh’s [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2013) – It was a big year for the weird and strange and this week on Ripley Radio, the official broadcast partner of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, we take a look at some of the weirdest tales of 2012.  Chad Lewis reveals the top roadside attractions he visited during the [...]

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2013) – Ripley’s Believe it or Not! St. Augustine will once again attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest wedding vow renewal ceremony on Sunday, February 10.   

ORLANDO (Jan. 7, 2013) – In our first show of 2013, we talk with the king of Stupid Human Tricks, Brian Pankey. He holds more than 2,000 records for doing stupid things! Gail Ruben, the doyenne of death, joins us again and talks about the brighter side of death – the unique, weird and sometimes [...]