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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.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2012) – This week on Ripley Radio we talk with a Florida woman who left $1,000 in cash on the kitchen counter only to be eaten by her dog! How she got it back may surprise you!

NEW YORK (Nov. 21, 2012) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square was named Franchise of the Year, the highest recognition bestowed to a franchise, at the annual Ripley Entertainment Managers Meeting in Paradise Island, Bahamas, October 20-26, 2012.

New York, NY (March 7, 2012) – Today DietBet.com, an online social dieting game that gives players the opportunity to compete to lose weight, announced several members of All Pro Eating will pull a dietary 180 and participate in a dietbet.

ORLANDO, Fla. – (March 10, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, the authority on all things odd, unusual and unbelievable, today became part of one of the largest oddities in the world – a 12-mile long gum wrapper chain.

New York (July 15, 2009) – Todd Robbins has eaten more than 4,000 lightbulbs – all in the name of entertainment! He also drives nails up his nose and swallows swords, but he’s lost count on those acts!
He also puts on a great, albeit, unusual and exciting show, which he will share with New Yorkers [...]

New York, NY (March 31, 2009) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square today unveiled a portrait of President Barack Obama made entirely of gumballs-12,784 of them! The amazing 12,784-gumball portrait is now on display at Ripley’s
The one-of-a-kind, six-by-six foot portrait of the President, which can be seen for free from Ripley’s street entrance, will [...]

Orlando, Fla. (Oct. 16, 2008) – Couples anxious to conceive have made pilgrimages to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! corporate offices in Orlando during the last several years to stroke a pair of famous African fertility statues.
But one California woman couldn’t make the journey, so she faxed her handprints to Ripley’s headquarters where they [...]

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2008) – More than 300 of New York City’s finest event planners kicked off the countdown to the holidays on Tuesday evening with a sample of Manhattan’s newest and coolest event venue:  Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square. 
Corporate parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other special events now possible [...]

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2008) – Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Times Square today launched its new School Field Trip experience, complete with study guides that meet state learning standards for multiple subjects.  Tri-State area teachers now have a new and exciting option for field trips that will excite, amaze and educate their [...]