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Ripley's Believe It or Not
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ghost Stories and Plays
Would you believe. . .
A ghost leaves a map to a 50-million-dollar silver mine?
Love brings a dead woman back to life?
A skeleton shoots its murderer?
Every one of these spine-chilling tales of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins is true--Believe it or not!
16 eerie stories. . .
9 spooky plays. . .
20 pages of ghostly cartoons!
A ghost leaves a map to a 50-million-dollar silver mine?
Love brings a dead woman back to life?
A skeleton shoots its murderer?
Every one of these spine-chilling tales of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins is true--Believe it or not!
16 eerie stories. . .
9 spooky plays. . .
20 pages of ghostly cartoons!
126 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1968
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November 30, 2015
Each of these spine-chilling tales of ghosts, goblins, and ghouls is absolutely, one hundred percent true. Would you believe that a ghost would leave a map to a fifty-million-dollar silver mine? Is it possible that love could bring a dead woman back to life? Could a skeleton shoot its own murderer?
Every one of these stories may seem totally beyond belief, yet they actually happened. In a book featuring sixteen eerie stories, nine spooky plays and 20 pages of ghostly cartoons, the eminent American cartoonist and entrepreneur, Robert Ripley's legacy of eccentricity survives. Believe it or Not!
To be perfectly honest, I didn't know that much about Robert Ripley before I read this book. I basically recognized his name and knew that he was a newspaper columnist who specialized in strange and unusual facts. Then, several weeks ago, Mareena and I watched a television documentary about the life of Robert Ripley and the creation of Ripley's Believe it or Not! as a worldwide phenomenon. I asked Mareena to see if she could find any Ripley's Believe it or Not! books and she did; I've received two books already, and two more books are coming soon.
I have to say that this book was thoroughly enjoyable. The ghost stories and plays are all purported to be true and are based on factually historical events. In my opinion, all these stories were absolutely amazing and so interesting.
Actually, none of the stories were tremendously detailed; they were just basically abrievated accounts of odd or inexplicable occurrences. The only section that I had a slight problem with were the plays - only because I didn't really understand how that particular style would properly portray what happened. Overall, I loved reading this book and give it an A!
Every one of these stories may seem totally beyond belief, yet they actually happened. In a book featuring sixteen eerie stories, nine spooky plays and 20 pages of ghostly cartoons, the eminent American cartoonist and entrepreneur, Robert Ripley's legacy of eccentricity survives. Believe it or Not!
To be perfectly honest, I didn't know that much about Robert Ripley before I read this book. I basically recognized his name and knew that he was a newspaper columnist who specialized in strange and unusual facts. Then, several weeks ago, Mareena and I watched a television documentary about the life of Robert Ripley and the creation of Ripley's Believe it or Not! as a worldwide phenomenon. I asked Mareena to see if she could find any Ripley's Believe it or Not! books and she did; I've received two books already, and two more books are coming soon.
I have to say that this book was thoroughly enjoyable. The ghost stories and plays are all purported to be true and are based on factually historical events. In my opinion, all these stories were absolutely amazing and so interesting.
Actually, none of the stories were tremendously detailed; they were just basically abrievated accounts of odd or inexplicable occurrences. The only section that I had a slight problem with were the plays - only because I didn't really understand how that particular style would properly portray what happened. Overall, I loved reading this book and give it an A!
December 19, 2013
One of my all-time favorite books when I was growing up. I've probably read it twenty times, and I always got a good shiver. Classic.
June 9, 2019
"Would you believe...?"
Yes, but I won't be particularly enthralled.
I picked this up cheap at an antique mall because I normally enjoy RBION products, but this was a dud. Very few of the stories were actually about ghosts, and the "plays" were laughably awful and over the top. I did enjoy the "cartoons," illustrations of supernatural events accompanied by snippets of context (honestly, I wish the entire book had been comprised of these cartoons). Straight to the giveaway pile.
Yes, but I won't be particularly enthralled.
I picked this up cheap at an antique mall because I normally enjoy RBION products, but this was a dud. Very few of the stories were actually about ghosts, and the "plays" were laughably awful and over the top. I did enjoy the "cartoons," illustrations of supernatural events accompanied by snippets of context (honestly, I wish the entire book had been comprised of these cartoons). Straight to the giveaway pile.
April 12, 2018
Like none of these were about ghosts. A lot of them were about dead people and reincarnation and stuff, but no actual ghosts. Still good. Some very romantic and beautiful stories. “A New Love for an Old” is my favorite. Also “Eileen McSweeny’s Death” and “The Portrait of Henry Fielding.”
October 1, 2024
Eh. Exactly what I expected.
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