Miracle Mike: The Headless Chicken Who Defied the Odds, Mike survived 18 headless months!
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
At Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Niagara Falls, you can come face-to-face with one of the wildest stunts in tightrope walking history. Charles Blondin, the French daredevil who made walking over Niagara Falls look like a stroll through the park, has several of his props on display.
The First Man to Walk a Tightrope Across Niagara Falls
Born in 1824 in France, Charles Blondin was already a tightrope perf →
From Charles Manson's fingerprints to the "Human Roast," Ripley's March Madness Bracket was out of this world!
This March, oddity enthusiasts around the world joined Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for a wild ride through March Strangeness-a head-to-head bracket of our most bizarr →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
Who's up for a trip to Transylvania?
Vampire-like creatures have been described in myths, legends, and tales for millennia, but the vampire craze of the 17th century is still apparent today. People in the eastern reaches of Europe were so scared of vampires that they took precautions lasting to this day. A graveyard in Poland, for example, was discovered to have people shackled at the neck.
Dracula and the Spread of Vampire Lore
As Bram Stoker’s Dracula swept Victorian England, vampire fears finall →
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