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Tales of the absurd and bizarre made their way to the airwaves through this strange and eccentric old time radio series. Ripley's Believe It or Not starred non other than Robert Ripley himself as he shared his out-of-this-world discoveries and experiences while traveling around the globe. His standard practice was to take note of the unusual sights and practices he came across during his travels and chronicled them in his journal. It was not until 1930 that the program was made available to a public audience. Whereas other old radio shows focused on a particular story of a character or theme, Ripley's Believe It or Not took a more informative slant with each episode and shared odd bits of trivia and weird facts with its listeners. Throughout the years, the program constantly evolved and changed format several times to meet the public's demands. However, like all things, the show ran its course and officially ended in 1948 after an 8-year run.

Thrill yourself with the stories compiled in the wonderful and strange collection of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Click here to read more about Ripley's Believe It Or Not

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Please enjoy these 33 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
11.03.1935	beautiful people
12.01.1935	ripley's believe it or not (09) aviation oddities	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The first tune is, "Rigam...
12.08.1935	ripley's believe it or not (10) man's best friend	+ December 8, 1935. Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The fir...
04.12.1936	ripley's believe it or not (28) bell of the maiden	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The first tune is, "Rhyth...
06.14.1936	ripley's believe it or not (37) france and persia	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The first tune is, "'Tain...
06.21.1936	ripley's believe it or not (38) unusual inventions	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The first tune is, "Who's...
10.25.1936	ripley's believe it or not (42) strange war facts	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: The Bakers Of America (Fleischmann's Yeast). The first tune is, "Bosto...
10.09.1937	ripley's believe it or not (13) lou gehrig	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Huskies Cereal. Ripley's features are about barrels of coins, Queen Victori...
02.05.1938	ripley's believe it or not (30) lonely heart	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "Make Believe." Ripley's features ...
03.19.1938	ripley's believe it or not (36) coming of spring	+ March 19, 1938. Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "You're An Educati...
04.09.1938	ripley's believe it or not (038) titanic	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post Bran Flakes. The war that ended thirty years before it started. An unu...
05.03.1938	ripley's believe it or not (41) echo man	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "I Fall In Love Every Day." Ripley...
05.03.1938	craziest people
07.05.1938	ripley's believe it or not (050) what monarch became a citizen of the us	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "Chansonette." Ripley's features a...
09.26.1938	ripley's believe it or not (62) song that cannot be played in china	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "Tuli, Tuli, Tulip Time." Ripley's...
10.03.1938	ripley's believe it or not (63) four men of munich	+ Red net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes. The first tune is, "Change Partners." Ripley's featur...
04.07.1939	ripley's believe it or not (65)texas night	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. The first tune is, "Hold Tight." Ripley's features are about the ...
06.30.1939	ripley's believe it or not (077) warden's pardon	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. The first tune is, "This Is It." Ripley's features are about, "Th...
07.06.1939	ripley's believe it or not (78) captain and the slave	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. The first tune is, "Hiawatha." Ripley's features are about the st...
08.11.1939	ripley's believe it or not mother goose stories	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. The first tune is, "The Man With The Mandolin." "Believe It Or No...
02.23.1940	ripley's believe it or not (91) live from marineland	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. The program is also known as, "See America First." The program or...
11.22.1940	ripley's believe it or not guest colonel stoopnagle	+ Sponsored by: Royal Crown Cola. A piano-playing parakeet, a story about headhunters, Linda Lee si...
01.17.1942	ripley's believe it or not (001) south america	+ Blue Network. The first show of the season. Ripley tells stories of the Americas. A program inclu...
N/A	ripley's believe it or not (xxx) one hundered sticks of dynamite
N/A	ripley's believe it or not (xxx) no body in the statue

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I am currently writing a paper on unusual people and as such have been listening to a lot of old 'Ripley's' episodes. Your site has been a great help in finding these old shows. However, the show broadcast on July 16, 1937, which has long been a 'white whale' of mine, is sadly absent from your site. This show featured Wenseslao Moguel, A man who survived a firing squad in 1915. I am looking for any information on this episode that can be found. Does it still exist in any form?. Thank you very much for your time.

Jack

Robert Ripley visited some 198 countries, and made 18 trips around the world in search of the strange and unbelievable - which he documented as fact (Believe It Or Not!!). He began his career as a sports cartoonist on the New York Globe. Many of us remember his newspaper Believe It Or Not cartoon series beginning in the 1940s.

Gary