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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! — a journey through the weird, wacky, whimsical, wild, and totally unbelievable world of the odd, strange and unusual. Amazing and absolutely true tales happening right now and reported from around the world by a cast of thousands as well as stories ripped from the archives of the company that has been freaking out families for more than 90 years!
New Episodes of Ripley’s Oddcast are posted weekly

Previous Episodes

Biography

Ripley Radio: An On-Demand Oddcast

THE RIPLEY’S WEBTALKRADIO ENSEMBLE INCLUDES…

TIM O’BRIEN
VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS, RIPLEY ENTERTAINMENT INC.
As Ripley corporate spokesperson, Tim O’Brien appears on hundreds of TV and radio shows each year. In addition, his duties include editing the daily cartoon and maintaining the company’s online newsroom. During his journalism career prior to joining Ripley, Tim had more than 5,000 articles and 3,000 photos published. As an aside, he has ridden nearly 500 different roller coasters In 27 different countries. He has written 13 books including Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Amusement Park Oddities and Trivia, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities and Trivia, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Frog Oddities. Tim has a double Masters degree in Broadcast Journalism and Film Production from The Ohio State University.

“Ralf with an F”
DIRECTOR OF GHOST TOURS
RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.
“Ralf with an F” is Ralf Ingwersen. Although Ralf has been with Ripley’s since 2005, he spent nearly 20 years as a broadcaster prior to arriving in the Nation’s Oldest City. Using the air-name Atom Taler, he entertained listeners with irreverent humor for a decade as the morning show host on rock station 96 WAVE in Charleston SC, then switched mediums – but not attitudes – by jumping to the TV side and serving as the sports director of that city’s NBC affiliate for several years. Ralf is married with two children and is quite adept at balancing items on his nose (nothing larger than a vacuum cleaner please).

EDWARD MEYER
VICE PRESIDENT, EXHIBITS AND ARCHIVES, RIPLEY ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Edward Meyer has written, edited and published more than 50 books for Ripley Entertainment. He has made more than 40 television appearances on behalf of the company and directed and produced more than 100 Ripley museum films. He is credited with researching more than 160 “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” television episodes during both of the show’s runs, in 1980–84 and 2000–04. In the past 30 years, Edward has acquired more than 20,000 exhibits for Ripley’s museums worldwide and has served as Ripley’s collection curator since 1984. Ironically, he has worked for Ripley Entertainment (31-plus years) longer than Robert Ripley himself did (31 years). Believe It or Not!

Previous Episodes

• Ripley Radio - Leaking Brain Fluid and a Visit to the Hobo Festival June 17, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Ball of Twine Controversy, UFO Phil, and is it Real or is it Fake? June 10, 2013
• Ripley Radio - A Bumbling Thief, a Porsche’s Curse, & Jet Engine Art Work June 3, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Leeches, Mermaids & a Sword Wielding Bishop May 27, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Biggest Catfish, Largest Organism & the Smallest Park May 20, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Zombification, a Zombie Café & Zombies in Pittsburgh May 13, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Unbelievable Volcanoes, Dinosaurs & Whales on Tour May 6, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Smelling Like a Zombie & a Lake Monster Named Pepie April 29, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Rocks that Move, an Honest Thief & a UFO Festival April 22, 2013
• Ripley Radio: An On-Demand Oddcast -Peanut Shell Artwork & The Sexiest Con-joined Twins Ever April 15, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Why We Love Horror Flicks & a Chat with a Blind Movie Critic April 8, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Seven Years of Hiccups & Human Spontaneous Combustion April 1, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Visiting Popeye’s Home Town & a Half-Blind Baseball Pitcher March 25, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Favorite Foods of Dead Celebrities & The Art of Eating Light Bulbs March 18, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Getting Lucky, Being Lucky & Lucky Charms March 11, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Pushups on Eggs, a $185,000 Cigar & Walking on Water March 4, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Wild Men, Hot Water Bottles & Not Missing Work for 44 Years February 25, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Sword Swallowers Day & The Smartest Horse Ever February 18, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Valentine’s Day Oddities & Weirdness February 11, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Art from Cremains, Wheelchair Bowling, and a Sub-Zero Challenge February 4, 2013
• Ripley Radio - The 3-Legged Man Named Lentini and the Alligator Man Named Jake January 28, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Why The World Didn’t End, The Elephant Man & Top Medical Maladies January 21, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Top Stories of the Weird, Strange & Unusual of 2012 January 14, 2013
• Ripley Radio - King of Stupid Human Tricks & Crashing a Biker’s Funeral January 7, 2013
• Ripley Radio - Hard Core Jousting, Sunken Treasures & Jim Morrison & The Doors December 31, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Witch Doctors, Alien Hands & 7 Billion People December 24, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Roadkill Nourishment & Money-Eating Mongrel December 17, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Weird Santa Tales, Signs From the Other Side & Running in Flip Flops December 10, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Lizardman Speaks, Ring Shui, and Tattooing on a Roller Coaster December 3, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Hobbit Food, a Long Walk & 300 Years of travel for Cromwell’s Head November 26, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Funerals, Sea Turtles & Percilla the Monkey Girl November 19, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Portals to Heaven and Hell & an Armless Video Star November 12, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Goblinproofing, Pop Culture Apocalypses & Ma Barker November 5, 2012
• Ripley Radio - A Psychic Astrologer, Graveyards & Werewolves October 29, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Scary Things, Live Psychics & Weird Burial Rituals: all on October 22 Halloween Edition of Ripley Radio October 22, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Witch Watch, Ghosts in a Barn & A Little Tyke Driving a Big Truck October 15, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Burning Rocks, Paul Bunyan & Professional Snuggling October 8, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Jesus Toast, Tom Thumb and Small Horses October 1, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Downloading the Weird, Miniatures & Giants September 24, 2012
• Ripley Radio - The Minister who Went to Hell & Back, Clairvoyance and Occult Powers September 16, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Bad Girls, Steampunk and Broken Wings September 9, 2012
• Ripley Radio - The Mouse House, Family Cremains & a Knife Throwing Breast Surgeon September 3, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Year of the Rabbit, a Carny Priest and a Bunch of Creep August 26, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Talking Animals & a Pyramid on Pike’s Peak August 19, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Frozen Dead Guys & a Veteran Sideshow Talker August 12, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Elvis, Buddy Holly & a Great Fish Story August 5, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Flying Cars, Presidential Pets & an Italian Art Museum in a Pizza Shop July 30, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Cars that Float, Wild West Shows & Rowdy Beer-Drinking Cows July 23, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Chasing UFOs & Hunting for Big Foot in Texas July 16, 2012
• Ripley Radio - A Summer Sideshow, a Bacon Coffin, & a Space & Bicycle Museum July 9, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Weird Medical Maladies, Proof of Reincarnation & Miss Artichoke 1948 July 2, 2012
• Ripley Radio - The Tanning Mom Action Figure & How to Train Fleas June 25, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Getting Booted from a Buffet & a Juggling Triathlete June 18, 2012
• Ripley Radio - Man Becomes First Time Father at 94 & a Swashbuckling Bar Owner June 11, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Dinosaurs Roaming Africa, a Huge Tree House & A Cure for Hiccups June 4, 2012
• Ripley Radio – UFOs Over Las Vegas, an Adventurous Cow & Twitter Saves a Wedding May 28, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Mini-Kiss, Hot Dog Pizza & Home-Made Nuclear Reactors May 21, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Taco-Copters & The Heart Attack Grill May 14, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Weird Festivals and a Trip to the Titanic May 7, 2012
• Ripley Radio – The UFO Congress, Mob Museums & a Swami Nerd April 30, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Tattooed Mayor, US Stonehenges & Ripley’s President April 23, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Area 51, The Hair Hangers of Ringling & Ripley Joins Hall of Fame April 16, 2012
• Ripley Radio – How to Eat Chocolate Bunnies & Tattoos That Vibrate April 9, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Girls Turning into Gorillas & Tax Problems of the Rich and Famous April 2, 2012
• Ripley Radio – The Boogeyman of New Jersey & The Tennessee Giant March 26, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Orange Haired Daredevil & Homer Simpson’s Favorite Beer March 19, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Pizza Cravings, Getting Lucky, & Life on the Moon March 12, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Boxing Chimps, Flying Squirrels & the New Jersey Devil March 5, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Doomsday TV & A Man with Two Mouths February 27, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Cheese and Children in the White House February 20, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Sword Swallowing, Ripley’s Historic Cartoon & 101 Marriages February 13, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Fish Odor, Jersey Devil & Building Your Own Casket February 6, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Mental Floss, Starbuck Surprises & a Dog Named Ripley January 30, 2012
• Ripley Radio – A Talking Dog and What’s Banned from Wal-Mart January 23, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Bizarre Economic Indexes & Walking Over Niagara Falls January 16, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Typhoid Mary & A Tree in Disneyland January 9, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Hard Core Jousting, Sunken Ships & The Doors January 2, 2012
• Ripley Radio – Aliens, Dwarf Basketball & a Funky Tower December 26, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Christmas Weirdness and Couch Surfing December 19, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Witch Doctors, Alien Hands & 7 Billion People December 12, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Roadkill Nourishment & Money-Eating Mongrel December 5, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Side Show Money, Weird Winter Sports & Messages in a Bottle November 27, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Funerals, Sea Turtles & Priscilla the Monkey Girl November 21, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Weird Medical Maladies, Proof of Reincarnation & Miss Artichoke November 14, 2011
• Ripley Radio – All About Saints, Friendly Aliens & Odd Thanksgiving Traditions November 7, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Halloween Stories and Witches: When to Love Them; When to Fear Them October 31, 2011
• Ripley Radio – The Door to Nowhere, Missile Mail & Ripley’s Food Drive October 24, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Vampire Tours, Hulk Hogan & The World’s Largest Plow October 17, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Bernard Hopkins, Schweddy Balls & Christopher Elliott’s Book of Scams October 10, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Buddy Holly, Laurel & Hardy, and Feel-Good Dog Stories October 3, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Burlesque Queens, The Mob, & Stupid Things Drunks Do September 26, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Lassie, a Boy Named Timmy & a Lifeguard Wearing Speedos September 19, 2011
• Ripley Radio – The Bearded Lady Finds Her Son and WE Find the Center of the Universe September 12, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Bobo the Clown’s Daughter & The World’s Largest Family September 5, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Conversations with 21st Century Tattooed Ladies August 29, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Getting ready to die on Dec. 21, 2012 & Driving a short street in Ohio August 22, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Exploring Roadside America, Weeki Wachee Springs & Lady Gaga August 15, 2011
• Ripley Radio – High Wire Walking Wallenda and Rocket Sword Swallowing Murrugun August 8, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Elvis, Buddy Holly & a Great Fish Story August 1, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Why We Love Horror, Marilyn Monroe’s Vacant Neighbor & Fried Twinkies July 25, 2011
• Ripley Radio – A Fertility Statue Baby, a Solar Bikini, & Should Clowns Be Licensed July 18, 2011
• Ripley Radio – The Cat From Hell, Improv in NYC, & How Hollywood Got its Name July 11, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Seeing Ghosts, Finding a Job with Feng Shui, & Attending Sideshow School July 4, 2011
• Ripley Radio – A Visit to a Voodoo Museum & Other Offbeat Locales June 27, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Unique Amusement Parks, Scary Coasters & Live Mermaids June 20, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Demolition Derbies, Marilyn Monroe & Pygmy Cannibals June 13, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Eating Bugs, Fried Butter, & McBurgers June 6, 2011
• Ripley Radio – A Mermaid Parade, The Penguin Boy & New Ears May 30, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Totally Weird and Unbelievable Family Vacation Spots May 23, 2011
• Ripley Radio – He-Brew, Doomsday Wishes & a Front Yard Toilet Planter May 16, 2011
• Ripley Radio – An Elephant Movie Star & Richard Simmons’ New Gig May 9, 2011
• Ripley Radio – An A-Bomb Falls on New Mexico & a Dog Rescued at Sea May 2, 2011
• Ripley Radio – A Naked Bookseller, and a Retired Dwarf Named Poobah April 25, 2011
• Ripley Radio – A Minister who Went to Hell, Clairvoyance & Occult Powers April 18, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Bad Girls, Steampunk & Broken Wings April 11, 2011
• Ripley Radio – The Mouse House, Cremains & a Knife Throwing Breast Surgeon April 4, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Year of the Rabbit, a Carny Priest, and a Bunch of Creeps March 28, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Talking Animals & a Pyramid on Pike’s Peak March 21, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Frozen Dead Guys & a Sideshow Talker March 14, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Elvis, Buddy Holly & a Great Fish Story March 7, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Faces in the Clouds & Weird Baseball Injuries February 28, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Collecting Coffee Cups & Meteorites February 21, 2011
• Ripley Radio – The Florida Monster & New Jersey Oddities February 14, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Celebrating World Sword Swallowers Day February 7, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Witches, Spooks & The Bearded Lady January 31, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Weird & Strange Lists of 2010 January 17, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Sideshows: Live! January 3, 2011
• Ripley Radio – Feng Shui Ghostbusting & Mysteries December 13, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Reincarnation of Historical Figures December 6, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Clowns: Are they Really Scary? November 22, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Pirate Myths & Reality November 8, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Real Life Superheroes October 25, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Roadside Marvels August 29, 2010
• Ripley Radio – UFO’s: The Great Cover-Up July 21, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Unbelievable World of Rock & Roll July 5, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Why We Love Horror June 14, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Everyday Magic Spells May 31, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Glorious Cryptids May 16, 2010
• Ripley Radio – God Made Me Do It! May 3, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Weirdness on I-95 April 21, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Baseball Oddities April 4, 2010
• Ripley Radio – The Carny Chroniclers March 16, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Aliens & A Funky Tower March 8, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Historical Oddities March 1, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Vampires – How to Love them, How to Kill them. February 23, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Strange & Wonderful Love February 8, 2010
• Ripley Radio – The Colorful World of Tattooed Ladies February 1, 2010
• Ripley Radio - Amazingly Weird Collections January 25, 2010
• Ripley Radio - Daredevils January 24, 2010
• Ripley Radio – Helpful Fears & Strange Phobias January 11, 2010
• Ripley Radio - Will We All Die in 2012? January 4, 2010
• Ripley Radio - Why Do They Do What they Do? December 28, 2009
• Ripley Radio - Mysteries & Conspiracies December 21, 2009
• Ripley Radio - Women of Strength and Speed November 30, 2009