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Ripleys Believe It or Not! Museum is a world famous family oriented walk through tourist attraction that originated in the U.S.A. The museum is unique in its collection of oddities and it presents a careful balance between the strange, the shocking, and the beautiful. The museum is suitable for both individual and group visits throughout the year.Ripleys Believe It or Not! Museum Thailand features over 10 individually themed galleries with over 350 fascinating real exhibits including primitive torture devices, a mask made from human skin, real human shrunken head, a wax figure of the four-eyed man, and even a Titanic that has been made of more than 1,000,000 matchsticks. Believe It or Not!Ripleys Believe It or Not!From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBelieve It or Not redirects here. For other uses, see Believe It or Not (disambiguation).Robert Ripleys Believe It or Not(January 12, 1941)Ripleys Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. The Believe It or Notpanel proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, television, comic books, a chain of museums and a book series.The Ripley collection includes 20,000 photographs, 30,000 artifacts and more than 100,000 cartoon panels. With 80-plus attractions, theOrlando-based Ripley Entertainment, Inc., a division of the Jim Pattison Group, is a global company with an annual attendance of more than 12 million guests. Ripley Entertainments publishing and broadcast divisions oversee numerous projects, including the syndicated TV series, the newspaper cartoon panel, books, posters and games.Contents hide 1 Syndicated feature panel 2 Books 3 Radio4 Films, television, internet and computer game4.1 Film4.2 Television4.2.1 Philippines series4.3 Internet and games5 Museums5.1 Asia5.2 Europe5.2.1 Denmark5.2.2 United Kingdom5.3 North America5.3.1 Canada5.3.2 Mexico5.3.3 United States California Florida Maryland Missouri New Jersey New York Oregon South Carolina Tennessee0 Texas1 Virginia2 Wisconsin3 Wyoming5.4 Oceania5.4.1 Australia 6 Inaccuracies 7 See also 8 References 9 External linkseditSyndicated feature panelRipley first called his cartoon feature, originally involving sports feats, Champs and Chumps, and it premiered on December 19, 1918, in the New York Globe. Ripley began adding items unrelated to sports, and in October 1919, he changed the title to Believe It or Not. When the Globe folded in 1923, Ripley moved to the New York Evening Post. That same year, Ripley hired Norbert Pearlroth as his researcher, and Pearlroth spent the next 52 years of his life in the New York Public Library, working ten hours a day and six days a week in order to find unusual facts for Ripley. Other writers and researchers included Lester Byck. In 1930, Ripley moved to the New York American and picked up by the King Features Syndicate, being quickly syndicated in an international basis.Those working on the syndicated newspaper panel after Ripley included Joe Campbell (19461956), Art Sloggatt (19171975), Clem Gretter (19411949), Carl Dorese, Bob Clarke (19431944), Stan Randall, Paul Frehm (19381978; he became the full-time artist in 1949) and his brother Walter Frehm (19481989); Walter worked part-time with his brother Paul and became a full-time Ripley artist from 19781989. Paul Frehm won the National Cartoonists Societys Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1976 for his work on the series. Clarke later created parodies of Believe It or Not! for Mad, as did Wally Wood and Ernie Kovacs, who also did a recurring satire called Strangely Believe It! on his TV programs.At the peak of its popularity, the syndicated feature was read daily by about 80 million readers, and during the first three weeks of May 1932 alone, Ripley received over two million pieces of fan mail. Dozens of paperback editions reprinting the newspaper panels have been published over the decades. Other strips and books borrowed the Ripley design and format, such as Ralph Graczaks Our Own Oddities, Strange as it Seems by John Hix and Gordon Johnstons It Happened in Canada. Recent Ripleys Believe It or Not! books containing new material have supplemented illustrations with photographs.Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulzs first publication of artwork was published by Ripley. It was a cartoon claiming his dog was a hunting dog who eats pins, tacks and razor blades. Schulzs dog Spike later became the model for Peanuts Snoopy.editBooksSome notable books: Ripleys Believe It or Not (1929), reprinted in 2004 Ripleys Mammoth Book of Believe It or Not (1955) Ripleys Giant Book of Believe It or Not (1976) Ripleys 35th Anniversary Believe It or Not (1954) Ripleys 50th Anniversary Believe It or Not (1968) Ripleys Believe It or Not Special Edition 2012 (2011)A series of paperback books containing annotated sketches from the newspaper feature: Ripleys Believe It or Not 1st Series (1941) Ripleys Believe It or Not 2nd Series (1948) Ripleys Believe It or Not 3rd Series (1954). Ripleys Believe It or Not 34th Series (1982)Ripley Entertainment produces a range of books featuring unusual facts, news stories and photographs. In 2004 Ripley Entertainment founded Ripley Publishing Ltd, based in the United Kingdom, to publish new Believe It or Not titles.1 The company produces the New York Times bestselling Ripleys Believe It or Not! Annuals, the childrens fiction series Ripleys RBI, an educational series called the Ripleys Twists, the Ripleys Believe It or Not! Special Edition in conjunction with Scholastic USA and a number of other titles.234 At the height of his popularity Robert Ripley received thousands of letters a day from the public,5 and Ripley Entertainment continues to encourage submissions from readers who have strange stories and photographs that could be featured in Ripleys Believe It or Not! books and media.6editRadioIn April 1930, Ripley brought Believe It or Not to radio, the first of several series heard on NBC, CBS and the Mutual Broadcasting System. As noted by Ripley On Radio, Ripleys broadcasts varied in length from 15 minutes to 30 minutes and aired in numerous different formats. When Ripleys 1930 debut on The Collier Hourbrought a strong listener reaction, he was given a Monday night NBC series beginning April 14, 1930, followed by a 193132 series airing twice a week. After his strange stories were dramatized on NBCs Saturday Party, Ripley was the host of The Bakers Broadcast from 1935 to 1937. He was scheduled in several different 193738 NBC timeslots and then took to the road with popular remote broadcasts. See America First with Bob Ripley(193940) on CBS expanded geographically into See All the Americas, a 1942 program with Latin music. In 1944, he was heard five nights a week on Mutual in shows with an emphasis on WWII. Romance, Rhythm and Ripley aired on CBS in 1945, followed by Pages from Robert L. Ripleys Radio Scrapbook (194748).Robert Ripley is known for several radio firsts. He was the first to broadcast nationwide on a radio network from mid-ocean, and he also participated in the first broadcast from Buenos Aires to New York. Assisted by a corps of translators, he was the first to broadcast to every nation in the world simultaneously.7As the years went on, the show became less about oddities and featured guest-driven entertainment such as comedy routines. Sponsors over the course of the program included Pall Mall cigarettes and General Foods. The program ended its successful run in 1948 as Ripley prepared to convert the show format to television syndication.editFilms, television, internet and computer gameThe newspaper feature has been adapted into more than a few films and TV shows.editFilm Ripley hosted a series of two dozen Believe It or Not! theatrical short films in 1930 and 1931 for Warner Brothers Vitaphone. He also appeared in a Vitaphone musical short, Seasons Greetings (1931), with Ruth Etting, Joe Penner, Ted Husing, Thelma White, Ray Collins, and others. A 2-DVD release featuring 24 of these theatrical shorts is available in the USA beginning March 16, 2010 from Warner Home Video, through their Warner Archive manufacture-on-demand program.8 Ripleys short films were parodied in a 1939 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon titled Believe it or Else!. Released on 25 June, directed by Tex Avery and written by Dave Monahan, it featured a running gag in which Egghead (a prototype Elmer Fudd) appeared to declare, I dont believe it! On 5 November of the same year, another Avery documentary parody, Fresh Fish, was released. Written by Jack Miller, this cartoons running gag was a two-headed fish that kept swimming onto the screen to ask, Pardon me, but can you tell me where I can find Mister Ripley? A movie about the life of Robert Ripley, starring Jim Carrey as Ripley, is in development.citation needededitTelevisionSee also: Ripleys Believe It or Not! (TV series) The first Believe It or Not TV series, a live show hosted by Ripley, premiered March 1, 1949. Shortly after the 13th episode, on May 27, 1949, Ripley died of a heart attack and several of his friends substituted as host, including future Ripleys Believe It or Not! president Doug Storer. Robert St. John served as host from the second season until the series ended on October 5, 1950. Ripleys Believe It or Not! aired from 1982 to 1986 on the American ABC television network. Based on three pilots/specials conceived, produced and directed by Ron Lyon and Jack Haley, Jr, (198081) the series was a Haley/Lyon/Rastar production in association with Columbia Pictures. Featuring film star Jack Palance who hosted the popular series throughout its run, the series had three different co-hosts, who appeared from season to season, initially actress Catherine Shirriff followed by Palances daughter, Holly Palance, later singer Marie Osmond. The 1980s series reran on the Sci-Fi Channel (UK) and Sci-Fi Channel (US) during the 1990s; it is currently airing on NBCUniversals horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller. An animated series, Ripleys Believe It or Not!, was produced for Fox Family in 1999 and followed the adventures of Michael Ripley, Robert Ripleys nephew. The show was aimed at a younger audience, and would often feature Michael going around the world. The most recent series based upon the comic strip, once again titled Ripleys Believe It or Not! debuted in 2000 on TBS. Hosted by actor Dean Cain, executive-produced by Dan Jbara and co-executive-produced by Dennis Lortz, the series took a slightly more sensationalistic approach to its subject matter and premiered as the highest-rated original series on cable at that time.9 The series was cancelled in October 2003 after four seasons. Like the previous syndicated live-action series, this latest edition moved to the Biography Channel for reruns, and continues to air today.Outside of the U.S., re-runs of this 3rd series are still screening in countries such as Australia, where the show is currently broadcast on the Australian version of the Sci-Fi Channel.editPhilippines series In 2006, the Philippines made a local adaptation of Ripleys Believe it or Not! with a local host. ABC 5(now known as TV5) was the first to make it with Raymond Bagatsing as host. The show however was short-lived. In 2008, GMA Network bought the rights and revived Ripleys in the Philippines. This time Chris Tiu of theAteneo Blue Eagles was chosen as host. It is part of the Bilib Ka Ba? Nights (Do You Believe? Nights) Block of the Network which premiered August 18, 2008.editInternet and games In 2006, the R website held a Dear Mr. Ripley contest in which contestants submitted unbelievable stories and with a public vote selecting a winner. The submissions included stories about a two-faced kitten, a car hurdler, a painting on human flesh canvas, a snake swallowing a golfball, an unopened deck of cards in a thin-necked bottle, a collector of Converse shoes with over 400 pairs, a man who survived a dumptruck falling on him, a painting made of nail polish, a child who played sports while hopping on a pogo stick, and a tongue swallower. The winners were announced on December 15, 2006. In 2003, a Ripleys Believe It or Not! pinball machine was released.10 The point and click adventure game Ripleys Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu was published and developed by Sanctuary Woods, and released in 1995.editMuseumsRipleys Believe It Or Not museum at Innovative Film City inBangalore, India.When Ripley first displayed his collection to the public at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1933, it was labeled Ripleys Odditorium and attracted over two million visitors during the run of the fair. (In an apparent promotional gimmick, beds were provided in the Odditorium for people who fainted daily.) That successful exhibition led to trailer shows across the country during the 1930s, and Ripleys collections were exhibited at many major fairs and expositions, including San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas andCleveland. In New York, the famed Times Square exhibit opened in 1939 onBroadway. In 1950, a year after Ripleys death, the first permanent Odditorium opened in St. Augustine, Florida.As of December 2010, there are 32 Ripleys Believe It or Not! Odditoriums around the world. Odditoriums, in the spirit of Believe It or Not!, are often more than simple museums cluttered with curiosities. Some include theaters and arcades, such as the ones in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Others are constructed oddly, such as the Orlando, Florida Odditorium which is built off-level as if the building is sinking.editAsia(Alphabetical, by country) Victoria Peak, Hong Kong (closed) There was an Auditorium in The Peak. Bangalore, India This Ripleys Museum is at the Innovative Film city. Jakarta, Indonesia (closed) - This Ripleys museum was located in Pondok Indah Mall Kuwait City, Kuwait (closed) This Ripleys museum was located in the Hadiqat Al Sheaab Amusement Park. Genting Highlands, Malaysia This Ripleys museum is inside the First World Plaza. Mandaluyong City, Philippines (closed) This Ripleys museum was in the Shangri-La Mall in Ortigas. Jeju Island, South Korea - This Ripleys museum is located at the Jeju Jungmun resort. Pattaya, Thailand This Ripleys museum is in Royal Garden Plaza in Pattaya. It appears as if an airplane has crashed into it.editEuropeeditDenmark Copenhagen This Ripleys museum is a smaller one located close to the city hall and next to the giant bronze statue of Jacob McCartney Walters.editUnited Kingdom London This Ripleys museum is the worlds largest and it opened on August 20, 2008 at the London Pavilion, 1 Piccadilly Circus. It houses over 500 exhibits from educational artifacts to the truly weird and wonderful. It is famed for its large collection of Marilyn Monroe personal belongings and interactive exhibits. Blackpool This Ripleys museum was the first and it is based in the popular holiday destination ofBlackpool. Great Yarmouth (closed) There was an Odditorium in Great Yarmouth on the east coast of England. It opened in 1993 and closed in 1997.11 It is now an indoor miniature golf course that uses some of the leftovers from the Odditorium as scenery for the holes.editNorth AmericaeditCanadaRipleys in Niagara Falls, Ontario Cavendish, Prince Edward Island This Ripleys museum is located in a concentrated area of tourist attractions adjacent to the Prince Edward Island National Park. It is Canadas other Ripleys attraction. A lighthouse (the top broken) features the Ripleys sign. The museum is adjoined to a wax museum and also features a mini-golf attraction. Niagara Falls, Ontario This Ripleys museum is shaped like theEmpire State Building fallen over, with King Kong standing on top of it. This is the second oldest Ripleys Museum in the world and is one of two in Canada. Located across the street is a Ripleys 4D Moving Theatre, and up the street there is a Louis Tussauds Wax Works which is owned by Ripleys. Toronto - An aquarium is being planned and built next to the CN Towerand Metro Toronto Convention Centre.12 The 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) structure will boast the longest underwater tunnel in North America and is scheduled to open in 2013.editMexico Guadalajara Opened in 1994 13 this Ripleys museum is a small one like Mexico Citys location. It is near downtown. Mexico City Opened in 1992, this Ripleys museum is shaped like a medieval castle and has 14 exhibition halls within it. This was the first of three locations to open in Latin America.=editUnited StatesSt. Augustine, Florida OdditoriumPanama City Beach, FloridaOdditoriumRipleys shark being producededitCalifornia Buena Park (closed) This Ripleys Museum was located in Buena Parks E-Zone district on Beach Boulevard, close to Knotts Berry Farm. This is the location where Steve Sindad broke the world record for consuming ranch dressing, drinking 61 bottles worth (about 7 gallons). It closed its doors on March 30, 2009. Hollywood This Ripleys Museum is on Hollywood Boulevard. San Francisco This Ripleys Museum is located near Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco.editFlorida Key West This Ripleys Museum is located on the famous Duval Street. Orlando This museum is located on the busy International Drivetourist corridor, and is bu