Baseball anyone? During our April 1 episode, our Ripley ensemble has fun with America’s favorite pastime – the Ripley way! We talk with perhaps the strangest and weirdest and most effective promoter of baseball ever – Mike Veeck, we play celebrity Spot the Not! with the Atlanta Braves batting coach, and we find out about [...]
This week we acquire the inside news from The Carny Chroniclers – those who write about the unusual performers who frequent sideshows: James Taylor, publisher of the famed “Shocked and Amazed” series and Tony Gangi, author of the new book, “Carny Sideshows” talk about their editorial exploits, the unusual people they have met, and their [...]
This week we take a seemingly unrelated look at the fact that Aliens do exist and we talk with the owner of an old roadside attraction:
Jerry Chubbuck, owner of the funky roadside attraction, Wonder Tower, in Genoa, Colorado, takes us on a fun tour of this landmark; Jim Moroney tells us of the night he [...]
Gene Kent Nitz and Jeremiah Greer report on amazing findings from their years of researching off-beat historical events and political leaders; We join hundreds of brides in Filene’s basement in New York City as they fight for wedding gowns; We are enlightened with awesome facts about dreams, a dog who smiles only for her master, [...]
During this week’s show – Vampires: How to Love Them, How to Kill Them – we find out there is much more behind today’s views of the Vampire culture than Buffy, True Blood and Twilight. This week, we investigate why Vampires are viewed as sexy and romantic creatures today. Author J.M. Dixon talks of the [...]
No two words in the English language epitomize the world of the strange, weird and beautiful more than Coney Island. This week, Ripley’s looks at a couple of the Coney Island Marvels – world famous performers who have tread the boardwalk of Coney Island many times during their lives: Todd Robbins, who has eaten more [...]
Featured in the Feb. 8 episode: Tennesseans David & Lauren Blair are the world’s most “marryingest” couple – 98 times to each other; Father Mac, the Carny Priest has married more than 100 couples on the carnival midway and on fairgrounds from coast to coast; Buck Wolf and his wife renewed their vows in front [...]
Amelia Klem Osterud explains how she came to write “The Tattooed Lady: A History,” the first-ever definitive history of the tattooed woman and two of the modern day ladies featured in the book, Charon Henning and Thrill Kill Jill elucidate about their sideshow careers and as living as modern-day tattooed ladies. We go Inside the [...]
Tracker Bob” Hiemenz tells us how he has collected more than 61,000 8-Track tapes and how he knows exactly where each one is; Juanita Rose Violini explains her new almanac of weird and bizarre tales and tells us frozen frogs is a recurring theme; Jeremiah Greer visits the Georgia Guide Stones; we learn why it [...]
This week, we explore the amazing world of Daredevils.
Why do they risk their lives to entertain the public and what kind of lives do they really live. Nik Wallenda, the “King of the Highwire” is the 7th generation of the famous Wallenda family and he tells us of his life and upcoming history-making events, including [...]
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