Talk:Ripley's Believe It or Not!

message: Does the jab about scantily-clad women on the current Ripley's TV series fall outside of NPOV? I would kind of think it does. --Shawn K. Quinn 04:41, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
*It only appears POV if someone has a problem with it, but then sex sells nowadays. Riffsyphon1024 23:51, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article neglects to mention the Original Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine, Florida: CLICK ME!
Which I highly recommend visiting if you are ever in ST Augstine, a lovely and historic town which I also highly recommend visiting if you are ever in Florida. You'll usually find best deals and best weather during the "off" season between March and May...Before the heat and hurricanes really start up.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 06:34, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Museums 

message: Isn't there a Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark?. I recall seeing one there.--Ahmed 00:53, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Museum 

message: Should each series be given an article instead of having them jumbled in with this one?—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 14:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Television series 

message: Does anyone know if the museum in Wisconsin Dells is still open? If it is, it should be added to the list. Zagalejo 14:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wisconsin Dells]]

message: The 'list' of museum locations is completely disorganized, making it difficult to read this page. Suggest following the format of Six Flags to better organize the display of museum locations. Maralia 21:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I'll do it right now.  hmwith  talk 15:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Done! Feel free to make any changes if you see any way to better organize them, but I think the "Six Flags format" works just fine here.  hmwith  talk 16:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you - it's much more readable now. Maralia 18:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Locations

message: Syndicated panel
*The second paragraph is nonsensical at the moment; hope someone can clean it up.
:Oddly enough it was still nonsensical today so I changed it Gr8white (talk) 03:26, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other suggestions for improvement

message: Is there a museum in New Orleans? I only ask because the article on Alferd Packer states that his head, dissected and preserved, is on display at the Ripley's museum in the French Quarter of New orleans Blooddraken 12:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is an old question, but yes there is. It's either near or in Jackson Brewery. I've never been in it, though. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 03:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New Orleans

message: I added the  template to Factuality.Bettering the Wiki 20:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factuality: a synthesis? 

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message: Where's the part that discusses the accuracy of the Ripley claims? As I recall, research revealed that most of the so-called "facts" were actually unverifiable or just plain false. Whether this is true, and if so whether this is consistent across the various aspects of the franchise, is something worth mentioning.Sonicsuns (talk) 04:27, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy 

message: Jim Carrey is set to star in a movie titled "Ripley's Believe it or Not!"  Does anyone have any good sources to make this a part of this article?  Cactusjump (talk) 18:55, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Visit my userpage at User:Wildroot/Ripley. Wildroot (talk) 01:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie 

message: I have found information on a 1994 film on Robert Ripley, but so far with three different titles. Before I add it in, which one would be preferable?
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Allmovie has an image of the box with the title it gives while IMDb and TCM don't have an image. Allmovie and IMDb have 1994 as the date, while TCM has 1996 as the date. TCM does list Richard Portnow as playing Robert Ripley as does IMDb while Allmovie has Portnow as an interviewee.
Okay, I confused myself enough for one day. :) LA (T) @ 13:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  1994 film on Robert Ripley 

message: The Buena Park website says its closed until further notice. Does anyone know if they closed for good?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cousert (talk • contribs) 17:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buena Park 

message: I don't Believe It - I don't believe the listing of each odditorium is suficiently notable to consume this much space in the Wikipedia.   Rebele  | Talk  The only way to win the game is to not play the game.  00:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odditoria 

message: Gold Key put out a "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" comic book: with three subtitles: True War Tales (#1 and #5), "True Demons and Monsters" (#7, #10, #19, #22, #25, #26, and #29), and "True Ghost Stories" and .  Think it's worth mentioning?--BruceGrubb (talk) 09:18, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Gold Key comic 

message: The article is sadly deficient as it gives no account of what this enterprise really is. It looks like it was written by someone who works for them. I would like to know what I believe just about any reasonably educated person reading WP would like to know.
1. Are these "factoids" all true. (The illustration given here shows a ship being struck by a meteor, and for one thing, I am pretty sure there is no documentation of such a thing ever happening)
2. While there are stats here on the thousands of drawings and items involved, and deals with the writers, artists, translators, editors and so on, there is nothing at all on who researched all this material, and how it was checked for authenticity. Can anyone throw some light on this? Myles325a (talk) 05:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As the article explains, "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 and Don Wimmer." Also, "Authorities at the company insist that they thoroughly investigate everything and ensure their accuracy before they publish their research. This is emphasized on their television show, where they often say "If you see it on Ripley's, you can bet that it's real". However, two myths[specify] dispelled by Mythbusters using the scientific method have appeared in their books. One myth dispelled by Snopes had previously appeared in Ripley's books.[11] If one sends a letter questioning an inaccuracy they will receive a card that says "Believe It or Not!"" - SummerPhD (talk) 14:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yes, but is it true? 

message: It seems unlikely that there are enough genuine eg shrunken heads to go round all the Odditoriums.  It is entirely unclear to me if their collections are in whole or part *replicas*
89.168.93.79 (talk) 22:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on Shrunken_head#Trade_in_shrunken_heads, they don't seem to be all that rare. Are some in the Ripley's Museums replicas or, more likely "fakes" of one kind or another? Maybe. Unless we have a reliable source discussing that in direct relation to Ripley's Believe It or Not, though, it has no place in this article. - SummerPhD (talk) 00:23, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Replicas

message: Anyone know who did the cartoons for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.56.3.230 (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cartoon illustrators 

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message: I have cooked over a million sides of smoked ribs by my self. Wanting to see how close I’m to being the most??
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message: There was previously an edit for this article that included:
"If one sends a letter questioning an inaccuracy they will receive a card that says "Believe It or Not!"" (link)
It looks like this did indeed happen, (source) but there is a lack of reliable sources for it. If someone could provide reliable sources, that would be appreciated. --LABcrabs (talk) 05:33, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ripley's BION fan mail 

message: Parking this here:
https://www.comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2015/07/16/ask-the-archivist-r-j-scott
http://pub.canadiana.ca/view/omcn.PortCreditWeekly_8/136?r=0&s=5
--  Zanimum (talk) 18:25, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another comparable feature 

message: The animatronic people aren't there anymore, there's a gorilla made out of tyres instead. I don't know when this change was made, but the band is now gone -bb (talk) 22:57, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to the Australian Ripley's Exhibit 

message: Grand Comics Database lists the two issues on its website #1 (October 2018 - November 2018) and #2 (October 2018 - November 2018)  Old issues can be easily found on Amazon.  Easily confirmed with not even 5 minutes of googling.  Heck, the thing was right there in the list of books Zenescope Entertainment published — Revenge of Wonderland #1—6 (July 2018—January 2019); Ripley's Believe It or Not! #1—2 (October—November 2018 ); Rise of the Djinn #1—3 (October 2021—March 2022)--174.99.238.22 (talk) 10:25, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Links to the actual issues — ;  That should address the reliable source BS we are getting. (we really don't need references that are on the level of 'on a clear day the sky is blue').--174.99.238.22 (talk) 11:08, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Zenescope Entertainment comics