Tiny Stowaway Found with Mummified Bishop
Lund University has studied the mummified body of Bishop Peder Winstrup, the original benefactor and chancellor of their school, for 350 years!
All the bizarre, seldom seen, and utterly delightfully odd and strange people, places and stories from a bygone era
Lund University has studied the mummified body of Bishop Peder Winstrup, the original benefactor and chancellor of their school, for 350 years!
It’s one of the oddest stories we’ve ever heard. It’ll make your head spin. The day was September 10, 1945. Farmer Lloyd Olsen was going …
No Photoshop – Just Unbelievable Ripley’s has always been a home to those deemed undesirable, freakish, or too shocking and strange to be part of …
Sold in the 19th century, these Vampire Killing Kits would keep you prepared against Vampires! With EXTRA Holy Water, just in case those stories were true.
1. The Runaway Elephant* On 21 July 1950, circus director Franz Althoff had Tuffi, then a four year old Indian elephant, take the monorail in …
No, no … I’ve Got This! In 1961, a twelve man Soviet crew was building a new base in the Antarctic. The crew was trapped …
All of these holiday traditions are still alive today! From celebrating radishes to tossing out the tree in Germany!
The 1914 Christmas Truce was an unbelievable shining moment of the best of humanity in the midst of the darkness and horrors of WWI.
We are looking for women who have been helped by our Legendary African Fertility to be featured in a new Ripley’s fertility statue video!
Edward Meyer guides you through the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! collection in our warehouse.