Ripley's has been entertaining fans and visitors for over 90 years with over 80 exciting attractions in over 11 countries. The brand offers best-selling books, a syndicated TV series, and the longest continuously published newspaper comic in history. Ripley's delights people with odd, unique, and incredible artifacts, stories, art, and photographs. Some of my favorite exhibits and stories are the animals with oddities, the tallest woman in the world, people with many tattoos or piercings, and of course the woman who cries glass.
I've been a fan of the TV show for years, and I just started reading the books recently. Let's say I'm beyond hooked! Last year I even visited the Ripley's Believe it Or Not Odditorium in New York City.
If you're looking to get your Ripley's fix, let me introduce you to this year's annual, Dare to Look!
Go ahead and open the book, I dare you!
This hardcover book is chock full of incredible facts, crazy stories, amazing pictures, and lists and interviews too. A fun thing about this book is that it also comes with bonus hidden content which is accessible when you use the Ripley's smart phone app! If you're looking for something to shock you and make you say wow, this book is the perfect pick for you.
I remember watching it on tv and seeing the people with the really long fingernails. I always wondered how those people went to the bathroom!
ReplyDeleteI went to the one in Hollywood and the one in San Francisco but that was long ago and I can't remember specific weird displays. They always had strange stuff. I also saw it on TV.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, sorry for the second entry...the conjoined twins.
ReplyDeleteRipley's books were always a favourite around our house. I always found the conjoined twins fascinating. loriagalbraith at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI think the strangest Ripley's Believe it or Not story was the 42-year old women that wanted to be the world's heaviest living woman. She weighed around 600 pounds and she wanted to weigh more that 1,000 pounds
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I remember watching Ripley's with my family and always discussing the outrages things on the show.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the people from other cultures doing things that they consider normal, yet we think are weird. I live next to a Ripley's Exhibit, and it is one of my favorite places to go for fun.
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I remember watching the show Ripley's Believe it or Not and being amazed at all the oddities there were... I'd wanted to visit their museum but never did unfortunately....
ReplyDeleteI believe I have seen people on there with ridiculously long mustaches. That is always funny!
ReplyDeleteI remember the tallest man who was like 9 feet tall
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I remember when the sci-fi channel first started and they showed re-runs of the old show with Jack Palance and how scary he always seemed to be but how interesting the show was
ReplyDeleteWe used to watch this when I was a kid and I remember one about circus contortionists. It was wild how they could bend.
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Went to the Ripley's in San Antonio, there was a purse made from testicles. Wierd.
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My favorite Ripley's oddity was a display of Jivaro indian shrunken heads. That and a favorite childhood memory was visiting Robert Ripley's house in Santa Rosa California.
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I used to read the Ripley's books cover to cover when I was little
ReplyDeleteMy memory of Ripley's is watching it on TV and see the man made himself look like a tiger. I never been to the museum yet but it's one of the things on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures....they always tell 1000 words !!! It's amazing some of the things that the human body can do.
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I remember going to the Ripley's museum in Wisconsin Dells and I thought there were some crazy things in there but the huge picture of Elvis Presely made out of macaroni shells was really cool
ReplyDeleteProbably the woman with the mummified baby
ReplyDeleteMy kids & I visited the one in Newport Oregon & had a blast..such cool stuff.
ReplyDeleteI was always obsessed with the RubberBand Ball
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory is over family pic---all sitting in the oversized Ripley's chair.
ReplyDeleteI remember the TV show with Jack Palance as the host back in the day! That show was so much fun to watch w/my Dad when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteI can remember when they had paperback books published on a regular basis when I was growing up and I would always read them at my grandmother's house. I have always loved them.
ReplyDeleteI was always intrigued by the Siamese Twins.
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ReplyDeleteI remember the shrunken heads from the WI Dells Ripleys. My dad and I went in there all the time growing up around the area.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory is from 1978. A bus load of my graduating class took a trip right after we our graduation to Gatlinburg. While there we visited the museum. I think they are still recovering from us being there 35 years later.
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I love the Ripley's museum near Orlando -- I love how the whole building looks like it's leaning.
ReplyDeleteWe used to live near Branson, Mo and the kids always wanted to go to Ripleys first. They love the real shrunken heads and there is some kind of illusion house inside.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory of Ripley's is taking my kids to Ripley's aquarium in Myrtle Beach last summer. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I remember watching the guy stick needles through his skin on T.V.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching the guy stick needles through his skin on tv. my brother collects these books. and he would love to add this book to his collect.
ReplyDeleteevery year when we went on vacation at the cottage we rented there was always several ripley's books, loved looking through them - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
ReplyDeletemy husband took me to the ripley museum once in tennessee it was really fascinating all the stuff they have it takes hours to see everything.
ReplyDeletei used to love watching the show when i was a kid and reading the books
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I remember going to the museum. So much weird and awesome stuff! I really like the tornado simulation house thing. lexbaylor17 (at) gmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI recall the Ripley's Believe It or Not comics in the Sunday newspaper when I was but a lad!
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I always loved the rubber band ball.
ReplyDeleteI watched the tv show and I remember a guy with all kinds of piercings..I think that was the show
ReplyDeletei donot have memories but always wanted to go to one of the museum in california but probably will not ever go because i am 71 years young and it is getting harder to travel places over a hour away
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed years ago going to the ripley's museum in Wisconsin dells.
ReplyDeleteWould have to be the nutty ball made of rubber bands
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I went to the museum in New Orleans when I was young. Creeped me out.
ReplyDeleteI remember going to the museum with I was about 14 years old. I saw some pretty freaky stuff in there.
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I used to love Jack Palance's grin when he would say, "Believe it or not"
ReplyDeleteI remember a lady that could Bulge her eyes out real big!! It really grossed me out!!
ReplyDeleteI remember watching the show but i have not been to the museum.
ReplyDeleteI remember the lady with those crazy long fingernails!
ReplyDeleteWe went to a museum when I was much younger - think around Niagara Falls - and always read the believe or not facts in the comics :) a family favorite :) at least it was mine and i always read it to everyone else - LOL
ReplyDeleteI liked the "man marries his pillow" story. I thought it was funny. I like the funny not gross. MY son loves the gross though.
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my husband and i enjoy going to the ripley's believe it or not in st augustine florida and looking at all the strange things!
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I watched both Ripley shows & was always amazed at the things people did! tylerpants(at)gmail.com
ReplyDeletei remember going to the museum once
ReplyDeleteMartin Laurello. The guy who can turn his head 180 degrees
ReplyDeleteI remember watching the show with Jack Palance hosting!
ReplyDeleteI can't stand gross stuff so I don't know if I'll look but this might be a cool gift for someone else I know! We have a Riley's museum here actually too.
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