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  Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conceived and drawn by Robert Ripley, the panel proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, television, a chain of museums, a book series and a pinball game (produced by Stern Pinball, Inc.).
Ripley's oldest Odditorium, located in the Castle Warden, was purchased shortly after his death in 1949 and opened in 1950.
The Ripley's Museum in Newport, Oregon is at the Historic Bayfront.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Believe_It_Or_Not   (1899 words)

  
 Radio Recall: Ripley on Radio: Believe it or not
Ripley referred to his excellent education but in real life he was a high school drop-out.
Ripley boasted of the 200 countries he'd visited but among his doubtful entries were: Garden of Eden, Channel Islands, Sicily, Tangier, and Sark.
Ripley's radio program ended in 1948, chiefly because he had moved the show to the television studio, however that TV series ended in 1949 with his death.
www.otr.com /ripley_on_radio.html   (1473 words)

  
 Robert Ripley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ripley visited 201 countries throughout his lifetime, all the while collecting information about strange oddities to appear in his columns and cartoons.
Some called Ripley a liar, and accused him of exaggerating, but Ripley, throughout the years and in his claims, gave appropriate sources, and also claimed to be able to "prove every statement he made".
Ripley is to be the focus of Believe It or Not, a film scheduled for release in 2009.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Ripley   (734 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not® Museum
Robert Leroy Ripley, artist, author, and radio broadcaster, was born on Christmas Day, 1893, in Santa Rosa, California.
Ripley was also a natural athlete who longed for a career in baseball, but his dreams of pitching in the Big Leagues were shattered when he broke his arm while playing his first professional game.
Ripley lived up to his reputation as a man who thrived on all things strange, and his personality was in many ways as unusual as the stories and objects he collected!
www.ripleysf.com /ripley/about/about.html   (578 words)

  
 Presentation House Gallery - Ripley
Robert Ripley’s world-wide reputation as a chronicler of the odd, unusual and unexpected is based on his widely syndicated “Believe it or Not!®”; newspaper feature.
Ripley’s presentation of extraordinary events and acts was backed up by photographic evidence sent in by those whose claims he popularized.
This exhibition, originally organized to celebrate the Ripley centennial celebrations in 1993, consists of 126 vintage photographs, letters and sworn affidavits sent in to substantiate and enliven the claims submitted to Ripley.
www.presentationhousegall.com /ripley.html   (129 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Roads Taken: Some Founders of The New World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dillon Ripley is also a Mayflower Descendant, and in the direct line of William Ripley, Planter of the Commonwealth (1598-1656), Progenitor of the American Ripleys.
William is a descendant of Robert Ripley, Thomas Coates, and Christianna Innes Shipley.
Earl Ripley was a descendant of Robert Ripley of Yorkshire and Nova Scotia.
www.familytreemaker.com /users/r/i/p/Richard-C-Ripley/index.html   (3490 words)

  
 ROBERT RIPLEY term papers, research papers on ROBERT RIPLEY, essays on ROBERT RIPLEY, AcaDemon, Term papers, 060907
Ripley revolved around Tom Ripley, the cold, callous and amoral protagonist whose main objective in life was to achieve a higher social status at any cost.
Robert Fancher is presented and rebuffed as a critic of this basic philosophy.
The paper concludes that Robert Browning was one of the major moral-aesthetic thinkers of the 19th century, who believed that imperfection, which is what separates Heaven from Earth and God from man, is the law of life.
www.academon.com /lib/essay/robert-ripley.html   (3138 words)

  
 Ripleys Believe It or Not - Orlando Area Museums and Attractions
Ripleys Believe It or Not - Orlando Area Museums - The Orlando Odditorium appears to be sinking into one of Florida's infamous sinkholes.
For over 40 years, Robert Ripley-- the modern Marco Polo and the real-life Indiana Jones-- traveled the world collecting the unbelievable, the inexplicable, the one-of-a-kind.
First published in 1929, Robert Ripley's works were read worldwide in over 300 newspapers, translated into 17 languages and held a readership of over 80 million.
www.orlandosuites.com /ripleys-believe-it-or-not.html   (253 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum: About Ripley's Museum
In the first half of the 20th Century, Robert Ripley was one of the most famous people in the world.
Robert Ripley was frequently called the "modern Marco Polo" because like the famous adventurer of the middle ages, he was the most traveled man of his time.
On May 27, Robert Ripley died of a heart attack at the age of 55.
www.staugustine-ripleys.com /about/bio.php   (559 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Robert Ripley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Taps (Butterfields Lullaby), sometimes known by the lyrics of its second verse, Day is Done, is a famous musical piece, played in the U.S. military during flag ceremonies and funerals, generally on bugle or trumpet.
Conceived and drawn by Robert Ripley, the panel proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including a radio program, a television show, a chain of museums, a pinball game and a series of books.
Ripley's second Odditorium, located in the Castle Warden, was purchased shortly after his death in 1949 and opened in 1950.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Ripley   (2564 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not (1994)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The goal of Ripley was to make the exotic comfortable, to show the world in all its glory to the average American.
This documentary film on the life and times of Ripley and the Believe It Or Not phenomenon, is as fascinating and splendid as Ripley himself was.
Ripley, for all his travels, at times seems the most innocent of all, with his perpetual grin and waving arms, his child-like enthusiasm combined with shrewd business sense.
us.imdb.com /title/tt0249114   (615 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not Coupon Discounts
Ripley holding a Shrunken Head during one of his radio broadcasts.
Amongst the rarest curiosities in the Ripley collection of unbelievable artifacts were shrunken heads from Ecuador, South America.
Ripley's Museum is open 365 days a year from 9:00am to 1:00am.
www.destinationcoupons.com /Florida/Orlando/activity_ripley%27s/ripley.html   (428 words)

  
 The Riddle of Master Lu - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine
When Ripley and Mei Chen return to the Odditorium, they find that the world's longest snake is missing from his tank and is threatening Feng Li.
You simply left click wherever you want Ripley to go on the screen and if you are in a rush and prefer not to watch Ripley walk over to his destination, you can right click to skip the animation sequences.
Ripley carries a journal with him and writes down all the clues to The Riddle of Master Lu that he finds inside it.
www.csoon.com /issue9/masterlu.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Titans of Fortune by Daniel Alef -- Robert Ripley
Robert Leroy Ripley, the shy artist, author, and radio broadcaster, was born on Christmas Day, 1893, in Santa Rosa, California.
A talented, self-taught artist, Ripley sold his first drawing to Life magazine when he was 13 years old.
A natural athlete, Ripley longed for a career in baseball, but his dreams of pitching in the big leagues were shattered when he broke his arm playing his first professional game as a New York Giant.
www.titansoffortune.com /allothers/articles/Coming_Attractions/Newspaper_Kings/Robert_Ripley.php   (100 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The new Ripley Museum is located right across the street from the old Hollywood Wax Museum, and just a few doors east of the new Guinness World Record Museum; the Ripley people obviously hope to give their neighbors a run for their money.
This is the second "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" museum to open in the southland.
The Ripley's opened its doors a few years ago in Buena Park, right across the street from Movieland Wax Museum.
www.seeing-stars.com /Museums/Ripleys.shtml   (1381 words)

  
 Robert Ripley in directory.co.uk
There he added Robert to his name and went to work as a sports cartoonist for...
Robert Leroy Ripley, artist, author, and radio broadcaster, was born on Christmas Day...
Robert Ripley's collection displayed in this Orlando Odditorium which appears to be sinking in one
www.directory.co.uk /Robert_Ripley.htm   (225 words)

  
 George Ripley
Robert Ripley Born: January 23, 1653/54 in Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire, England Died: March 24, 1738/39.
Robert Ripley Born: January 02, 1734/35 in Ingleby Greenhow, Battersby, Yorkshire, England Died: September 12, 1797 in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, was married to Isabella Bean Born: April 18, 1743 in Ingleby-Greenhow, Yorkshire, England Died: June 08, 1830 in Nappan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Married: January 02, 1762 in Yorkshire, England.
Elizabeth Ripley Born: August 27, 1767 in Yorkshire, England Died: 1841.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~wltravis/ripley.html   (432 words)

  
 Livermore's Centennial Light Articles
Founded by Robert Ripley, the company is famous for finding oddities like long-burning light bulbs.
Livermore's bulb was discovered in 1972 by Ripley's San Francisco museum curator Charles Tellen, Meyer said.
Ripley's is aware of the challenges to the age of the Livermore bulb, but so far hasn't taken away its title.
www.centennialbulb.org /newsppr2.htm   (613 words)

  
 Louis Tussaud's Plaza Wax Museum & Ripley's believe It or Not!
Robert Ripley from all over 198 countries around the world.
Visitors to Ripley’s collection will travel back in time and become familiar with the most curious object in the entire collection.
Robert Ripley himself, via photographs, vintage film footage, and memorabilia.
www.plazawaxmuseum.com /Flash/ripleysbion.asp   (528 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not - San Francisco Coupons
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® Museums are proud to offer you this fantastic collection of the world's strangest oddities!
This exhibit is one of several "fine art" pieces in the San Francisco Ripley's Believe It or Not!® Museum, which also houses an eight foot tall Stegosaurus made entirely from chrome car bumpers and a self-portrait of Van Gogh made from toasted bread!
Ripley's Museum is open everyday (including all major holidays).
www.destinationcoupons.com /California/sfo/Ripley/ripley.html   (461 words)

  
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Meanwhile, in the Sahara Desert, Ripley is pursued by two 'baddies' intent on relieving him of his 'treasure', and his life.
Once back in New York Ripley learns that men of evil intent are seeking a 'key' to unlock the tomb of China's First Emperor in the belief that the great seal, which is said to rest there, will give them access to unlimited power.
Ripley is portrayed as a sensitive and intelligent man, not a wooden action hero and the female characters, Mei Chen and Dr Samantha Twelvetrees, are refreshingly presented as capable and intelligent women, though for some strange reason both seem to have a slight lisp.
www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=117   (1261 words)

  
 Adventure Gamers : The Riddle of Master Lu
The game is based on the adventures of Robert Ripley who drew a daily cartoon describing "oddities" collected from around the world.
It is obvious the care the writers took in researching Robert Ripley and creating wonderful locales for him to explore.
UHS has hints for Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu.
www.adventuregamers.com /article/id,90   (587 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not!® 11 Themed Galleries: The Peak Tower Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
An eerie welcome from the ghost of Robert Ripley and his haunting challenge to "Believe It or Not!"
Features the incredible Rodney Fox display and documents the story of the man who was viciously attacked by a great white shark in Australia and lived to tell the tale.
Robert Ripley, the modern Marco Polo, travelled to 198 countries and amassed a gigantic collection of "unique" items.
www.thepeak.com.hk /tower/ripleys_galleries.html   (139 words)

  
 Ripley's Believe It or Not Board Game
The Ripley's Believe It or Not Game presents the best of Robert Ripley's macabre stories, cartoons and exhibits in a light-hearted and humorous setting.
On each turn, players travel the world with Robert Ripley, then listen to a wild fact and decide whether to believe it or not.
Ripley's has been loved around the world since it was started in 1919.
www.homeschooldiscount.com /hc2/UG_ripleys_game.htm   (321 words)

  
 r.b. ripley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began collecting images for a 360-degree panorama of new terrain, the rover captured this view of a dark boulder with an interesting surface texture.
Over the last eight months, I have very purposefully and systematically removed myself from other writers who seem operate (nee, thrive) on negativity, particularly when it is mixed with contempt and put forth as "criticism" of my or anyone else's work.
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
rippedblog.blogspot.com   (1534 words)

  
 Pinball News - First and Free
is all about traveling with the legendary Robert Ripley across seven continents to discover the strange, the bizarre, the unusual!
is the creation of Robert Ripley, who was born in 1890 in Santa Rosa, California.
Ripley sold his first cartoon to LIFE magazine at the age of 18, and at the age of 29 the first Believe It or Not!
www.pinballnews.com /games/ripleys/index3.html   (503 words)

  
 Robert Ripley Essays and Term Papers on Robert Ripley Essay Paper Research
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 Radio: Ripley's Believe It or Not by Robert Ripley
Believe it or not, Robert Ripley first presented his strange and wonderful stories on the radio in 1930.
These stories of the strange and unusual have been captured here by Radio Spirits in a 3 hour digitally restored and remastered collection; a collection that will leave listeners of all ages taking a journey into the bizarre where truth is stranger than fiction.
Experience the phenomenom of Robert Ripley 's creation that continues to fascinate and entertain audiences to this day.
www.vintagelibrary.com /pd.cfm?skey=S0323050735297612&pcode=rdripley   (179 words)

  
 Comics2Film: Ripley's Believe It Or Not Biographical Feature (Archive)
A press release from Sony Signatures announced that the company is beginning a franchise push based on the Ripley's Believe It or Not "brand".
The concept, which began as a comic strip by cartoonist Robert Ripley has endured as a world-wide fascination for 81 years.
Here's how the TV series is described in the press release: "The New Ripley's Believe It or Not, distributed by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, will debut on TBS Superstation in January 2000.
www.comics2film.com /RipleyBioArch.shtml   (486 words)

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