The proximity of the river and of the slave state of Kentucky on the opposite shore led to Ripley's role as an early stop on the Underground Railroad, a network of citizens helping slaves escape north to freedom.

George Ripley's early life was heavily influenced by women.

The Mediterranean race was one of the three sub-races into which the Caucasian race and the people of Europe were divided by anthropologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, following the publication of William Z. Ripley's book The Races of Europe ( 1899 ).

One of Clarke's early job was as an uncredited assistant on the " Ripley's Believe It or Not " comic strip.

Ripley's early film and television appearances were limited, so she supplemented her earnings by working as a children's entertainer and by selling menswear door-to-door.

It has been featured on television shows " Real People ", " Ripley's Believe It or Not ", " The Today Show ", " Johnny Carson ".

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 ".

In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produced the TBS Superstation television series Ripley's Believe It or Not !.

While promoting the television show, Ripley's Believe It or Not, on the Howard Stern Show on January 10, 2001, Cain said that his biological father lied to the National Enquirer by saying that Dean's mother left him while he was serving in the Vietnam War.

His work has been featured in numerous newspapers and publications such as Life Magazine, and in television shows such as Ripley's Believe it or Not !, several specials on Discovery Channel, BBC, Channel 4, and on PBS's Nova: " Fireworks!

He has done voices for the animated television series Ripley's Believe It or Not !, The Little Lulu Show, Arthur, A Miss Mallard Mystery, Caillou, Flight Squad, Jim Button, Animal Crackers, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, The Triplets, Team S. O. S.

In addition he has directed or produced over 180 films including movies of the week, The Triangle Factory Fire, Bill, The Chisholms, and Ruby and Oswald, the television series Ripley's Believe it Not, and the documentaries The Making of the President 1960, 1964, and 1968, The Hobart Shakespeareans, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Man Ray — The Prophet of the Avant-Garde, George Plimpton and the Philharmonic and The Poet's View.

She has bested the Big Texan's challenge on more than ten occasions since then, and one such event was filmed for the Ripley's Believe It Or Not television program in 2000.

He has appeared and been interviewed on such television and radio shows as Ripley's Believe It or Not !, Larry King Live, VH1's Totally Obsessed, Kerrang!

After Mute Witnesss British television premiere in 1999, a Daily Record critic wrote that Ripley's dramatic scenes were not as good as her comic ones.

Bon Voyage marked Ripley's last television acting appearance until 2009.

The ossuary was also featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not and is described by Cara Seymour in the final scene of the film Adaptation.

* The 1977 film The American Friend, primarily based on Ripley's Game, also uses plot elements of Ripley Under Ground.

Ripley's life and career has been extensively expanded on in various spin-off comics and novels, many of which discount her death on Fiorina 161, instead providing a chronology continuing on from the end of Aliens.

* Ripley's career as a writer from Alcott School

The canal was featured on Ripley's Believe It or Not in the 1970s due to the phenomenon that in winter the canal freezes before the lakes and then after the lakes freeze, the canal thaws and remains unfrozen for the rest of the winter.

It has been shown that Gerald Gardner's book collection which was acquired by Ripley's Believe It or Not!

* Phllby has a key role in Mike Ripley's short story " Gold Sword " published in ' John Creasey's Crime Collection 1990 ' which was chosen as BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Story to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day on 6th June 1994.

The Timid Soul was a 1941 – 1942 comedy based on cartoonist H. T. Webster's famed Casper Milquetoast character, and Robert L. Ripley's Believe It or Not!

She was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not for memorizing a record 10, 000 songs.

Clayton is also known for its Whiskey Bottle Tombstone, which was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not !.

The essay was later included in Might ’ s anthology, Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp, and the convention itself was mentioned by Ripley's Believe it or Not!

In the 1930s Turlock was cited by Ripley's Believe It or Not as having the most churches per capita in the U. S .; this had partly to do with the variety of ethnic churches, which were established for the relatively small settler population.

Sibley was once cited on Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Ripley's Believe It or Not once claimed the fieldstone wall around the cemetery was the " second longest contiguous stone wall in the world ", after the Great Wall Of China

In the 1930s Daykin was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not, as having more windmills per capita than any other town in Nebraska.

The Friend Police Department, which was initially housed in a tool shed during construction of U. S. Route 6 was reported to be the smallest police station in the world according to Ripley's Believe It or Not.

In 1947, the sign was featured in " Ripley's Believe It Or Not " as the world's largest arboreal sign.

It went on display in New York City after which it was purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Graham was also featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not for being not only " one of the world's foremost mathematicians ", but also " a highly skilled trampolinist and juggler ", and past president of the International Jugglers ' Association.

Scott's brigade was engaged both by the British and by units of Ripley's brigade, who were not aware of the identity of the troops at which they were shooting.

The village is home of the " world famous living sign " which was once featured in a Ripley's " Believe it or Not!

The strong economy in West Bend in the 1930s led Ripley's Believe it or Not to claim that West Bend was the only city in the United States that did not enter the Great Depression.

His head was dissected and mummified and is currently on display at the Ripley's Believe It or Not!

On November 5, 1846, Ripley's book collection, which had served as Brook Farm's library, was auctioned to help cover the association's debts.

The Hive's dining room held fifty people and its library was stocked with George Ripley's personal book collection which was made available for all community members.