Live Mermaids, Scary Roller Coasters, Rare Amusement Parks & Ronald McDonald: All on Ripley Radio Oddcast

Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach has landed a fresh crop of Mermaids from the Atlantic and will be featuring their beautiful underwater show daily throughout the summer and we learn from the world’s leading roller coaster builder why people love to be scared!  All on the June 20 episode of Ripley Radio – An On-Demand Oddcast!

• Former aerospace engineer Jim Seay explains why people of all ilk the world over love to be scared to death on roller coasters. He should know – he’s the creator of the world’s scariest coasters and he is our special guest this week.
  

  Live Mermaids at Ripley Aquarium in Myrtle Beach

• One of the oldest types of amusement parks – dating back 100 years – is the trolley park and there are only 11 true examples of this wonderful slice of Americana still in operation. Author and long time historian of Trolley Parks, Ron Gustafson, tells us why these remaining gems are loved by all who attend. 
• The Lizardman will be visiting Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Odditorium this month and will unveil a remarkable wax figure of himself, and then hang around a few days entertaining and meeting Ripley’s guests. The Odditorium’s manager Michael Hirsh outlines the other exciting sideshow acts lined up for the summer.
• Chad Netherland of Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach reports that the aquarium will become the first major U.S. aquarium to feature live mermaid shows on a daily basis throughout the summer! 
• Edward Meyer lists the articles found in a lake that lies below a major European roller coaster, including false teeth and glass eyes!
• Ronald McDonald stops by for another visit and tells us that he has been a fan of Ripley’s for years and then gives us his impersonation of Jack Palance’s rendition of “Believe It or Not!”
• Intern Abby reports on the Happify app.
• Ralf explains why Texas is trying to make noodling (catching catfish by hand) legal.

Ripley Radio is a journey through the weird, wacky, whimsical, wild, and totally unbelievable world of the odd, strange and unusual. Each show provides listeners with amazing and absolutely true tales of today, as well as unbelievable facts culled from the extensive archives of the company that has been freaking out families for more than 90 years!

The weekly broadcast is an unpredictable and fun-filled show that proves beyond all dimensions that Ripley’s is indeed, the global authority on the weird, strange, bizarre and the UNBELIEVABLE!

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About Ripley Radio
Ripley Radio is owned by Ripley Entertainment Inc., keepers of the venerable Ripley’s Believe It or Not! brand and is a global leader in location-based entertainment. More than 12 million guests visit its 80-plus world-wide attractions annually. The Orlando-based company also has divisions that oversee publishing, licensing and broadcast operations.  Ripley Entertainment is a Jim Pattison Company, the third-largest privately held company in Canada.

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Ripley Radio Executive Producer
VP Communications
Ripley Entertainment Inc.
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