Posts in category Unboxing

If you think this episode’s scrap metal eagle was big, or Len Hughes’ matchstick replica of the Statue of Liberty was intricate, get ready for patriotic photographer Arthur Mole!

No, not THIS election. We are going back in time to bring you some of the strangest moments in government history.

As recently as 1977, the guillotine was still being used in France, …the same year Star Wars was released! Hold onto your hats; because heads will roll in this week’s Unboxing episode!

From just about the beginning, animal oddities have been a staple of the Ripley’s collection. While two-headed animals have long been stars of the show, today we’re unboxing some new additions.

For over 50 years people have been fascinated with the circumstances and mystery surrounding the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Today we unbox the bedroom set of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating JFK.

B.I.O.N. The U.S. Olympic team nearly missed the 1896 Olympics in Athens because Greece was still using the Julian Calendar! Keeping it timely, we’ve pulled together some of our favorite gold-medal-worthy stories!

They’ve proven the Brooklyn Bridge was architecturally sound, acted as tanks, and are champs on the polo field. This World Elephant Day, cheers to you, you peculiar pachyderms!

There are plenty of odd funerary customs out there—from Tibetan sky burials to Mushroom Death suits—but, when most of us expire, we retire to a mass-produced wooden box or urn. Not in Accra, Ghana.

We traveled to Colombia and brought back a haul! Meet Zuly Sanguino, born with Tetra-Amelia Syndrome, an artist who doesn’t let her disability stop her.

Believe it or not, in its heyday, Khon actors were muzzled when performing in order to not even utter a sound!