Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Dare to Look Annual

Ripley’s Believe it or Not! has been absolutely fascinating to me ever since I watched the show when I was a kid in the 80s.  Their bizarre collections of stories and images sucks me in and I can get completely lost in the weirdness, which is exactly what I did went they sent me their lastest annual.

On September 10th, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Dare to Look! will be released.  This tenth installment of their bestselling annuals contains thousands of facts and stories that you won’t believe, yet are actually true.  Of course, it also features hundreds of color photos that you won’t be able to pull your eyes away from.  Some entries are kind of amusing, like this portrait of Harry Potter made entirely of licorice:

And some of them are kind of creepy, like their 8-page section on the history of ventriloquists.

You might find that there are stranger and spookier things in this book, but when you’re me, ventriloquist dummies are as creepy as creepy gets.

Other intriguing things you’ll find in this book include:

• Pumpkin zombies
• Hobbit house made of balloons
• Dress made of red wine
• Quadruple amputee who swam the English Channel and four inter-contintental straits
• Donkey wedding
• Church licker

I promise I didn’t make any of that stuff up, and it only gets more weird from there.  And if you download the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! app, you can enable the OddScan feature to see extra images and even videos.  For example, if you scan the image of Robert Wadlow, you’ll be able to see an amazing vintage video of the tallest man ever!

To celebrate the arrival of Dare to Look, Ripley’s is offering an exclusive early bird deal that will allow you to purchase the annual for 49% off the regular price, and shipping is free!  To grab this special offer, head to http://bit.ly/ShopDareToLook

Ripley’s sent me a copy of Dare to Look for sharing this information with my readers.