Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kitbashed Blaster: How Han Solo’s Iconic Weapon Was Made
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...
May 19, 2021
Celebrating André The Giant’s Life Of Epic Proportions
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Andr the Giant is one of the most famous names in wrestling: a giant both in stature and in personality. Had he still been alive today, he would be celebra...
May 19, 2021
Clara Glen Pet Cemetery: One Of America’s Oldest Postmortem Menageries
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nestled among the pristine lawns of suburban homes in Linwood, New Jersey, is one of the nation's oldest pet cemeteries. Established more than 100 years ag...
May 18, 2021
How Christina Hunger Taught Her Dog Stella To Talk
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Adding a four-legged family member to any home is sure to be a day that fur moms and dads will never forget. For Christina Hunger, author of How Stella Lea...
May 17, 2021
Serena Williams: Acing Life On And Off The Court
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Serena Williams is a tennis court titan with an impressive 308 grand slams and four Olympic gold medals to prove it. Recently, she beat both the All-Time W...
May 14, 2021
Deep-Sea Angler Makes Way To California Coast
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [May 10-May 16, 2021] Grumpy pups, a mystical mooer, and the spirit of Chernobyl-all round-up in this week’s weird news from Ripley’s Believe I...
May 14, 2021
Walking A Mile In Robert Wadlow’s Shoes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...
May 12, 2021
The Donner Party: Horror And Cannibalism In The Mountains
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On April 17, 1847, the horror of the Donner Party's infamous ordeal came to its conclusion high in the Sierra Nevada mountains along Truckee Lake's banks (...
May 11, 2021
The Platypus’s Journey to Motherhood: Biting, Dancing, and… Oozing?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The animal world is full of fascinating moms. Emperor penguins must waddle hundreds of miles through ice and snow to relocate their eggs. African elephants...
May 09, 2021
The Platypus’s Journey to Motherhood: Biting, Dancing, and… Oozing?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The animal world is full of fascinating moms. Emperor penguins must waddle hundreds of miles through ice and snow to relocate their eggs. African elephants...
May 09, 2021