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Gatlinburg, Tennessee (March 28, 2013) – Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies officially opened its new exhibit, “DINOSAURS!” today with numerous VIPs and media, including  Ariana Richards, child leading actress who played Lex Murphy in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park, and Commissioner Susan Whitaker of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. Both spoke today [...]

ORLANDO, (March 25, 2013) – One of the oldest cartoon characters in the world is Popeye the Sailor Man and this week we learn from Chad Lewis that Chester, Ill. lays claim as the hometown of the character and each year holds an off-beat picnic in his honor. Getting into the big leagues is tough [...]

ORLANDO, (March 18, 2013) – Variety entertainer extraordinaire Todd Robbins drops by this week and tells us that he has eaten more than 5,000 light bulbs during his career as part of his act. It’s a learned skill and one has to be very careful, he notes.

NEW YORK (March 11, 2013) – In homage to the late, great Harry Houdini on the anniversary of his birthday, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square sideshow performer Albert Cadabra will execute Houdini’s infamous straitjacket escape hanging from the ceiling of the New York City Odditorium.

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (March 11, 2013) – Join Ripley’s Investigators of the Paranormal and WYRE radio on Saturday, March 16, between 6 and 8 pm as Ripley’s St. Augustine kicks off its new paranormal tours.

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 [...]