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ORLANDO, Fla. – (Feb. 2, 2012) – The world famous pair of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! fertility statues will remain on display for an extended period at Ripley’s Orlando Odditorium.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2012) – More than 30 sword swallowers will be “dropping swords” at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide at 2:25 p.m. on February 25, in celebration of the 6th annual World Sword Swallowers Day. In excess of 125 feet of solid steel is set to go down the hatch – [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 30, 2012) – Ethan Trex of the popular web site and magazine, Mental Floss, stops by Ripley Radio this week to discuss the weird topics his publication carries, how they research the bizarre, and how it compares with Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

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 [...]