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A Boardwalk Landmark
Is Shutting Down

Dec 1, 2022 6:55 PM CST

A Boardwalk Landmark Is Shutting Down

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City will close Dec. 31

(Newser) - Believe it or not, an iconic part of the Atlantic City Boardwalk is closing soon. The Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum said Thursday that it will close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of tempting Boardwalk strollers with oddities including shrunken heads, mutant animals and models...

No, Kim Did Not Damage the Marilyn Dress, Says Ripley's

Ripley's Insists Kim Did Not
Damage the Marilyn Dress

Jun 17, 2022 1:40 AM CDT

Ripley's Insists Kim Did Not Damage the Marilyn Dress

As early as 2017, there was damage present, statement says

(Newser) - Ripley's Believe It or Not! says you should not believe the claims that Kim Kardashian damaged Marilyn Monroe's iconic gown when she wore it to the Met Gala last month. "Kim Kardashian wearing the 'Happy Birthday' dress has been hotly contested, but the fact remains that...

After 66 Years of Growing,
Longest Fingernails Are Cut

Jul 12, 2018 8:25 AM CDT

After 66 Years of Growing, Longest Fingernails Are Cut

They'll be displayed at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in NYC

(Newser) - They were only fingernails, but to Shridhar Chillal, cutting them off probably felt a bit like cutting off his own hand. That's because for 66 of his 82 years, Chillal, of Pune, India, has been growing the longest fingernails ever recorded on a single hand, his left. They together...

Marilyn's 'Birthday'
Dress Sells for
400 Times Its
Original Cost

Nov 18, 2016 9:53 AM CST

Marilyn's 'Birthday' Dress Sells for 400 Times Its Original Cost

Ripley's scoops it up for $4.8M

(Newser) - It might be the most famous birthday serenade in history, and a new auction only underscores the point. The silk dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in 1962 has just sold for $4.8 million, reports CNN .

Ripley's Runs Low on Oddities

Jun 16, 2009 1:37 PM CDT

Ripley's Runs Low on Oddities

(Newser) - They just don’t make shrunken heads the way they used to. In fact, no one makes them at all, which is a big problem for Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The chain of “odditoriums” has expanded so far and so fast that its collection is stretched to...

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