Ripley's Believe It or Not 175 Couldn't Say No, Old Time Radio

Ripley's Believe or Not starred Robert Ripley himself as he explains the weird and strange stories from his travels around the world. Ripley's took his first trip around the world in 1922 and kept a sketch book and journal to chronicle all the unusual sites, customs, people, animals, and more. Ripley's Believe or Not radio show first went on the air in 1930 and the show drastically changed formats, time length, and sponsors until it ended in 1948. Ripley's Believe or Not radio show includes the 15 and 30 minute episodes, as well as 1 minute shorter bite size broadcasts. The radio show was able to fund Robert Ripley to go on more world travels and bring back weird world "facts" to delight audiences everywhere. Each show followed a theme such as beauty, South America, War Facts, Inventions, and even craziest people. The show also includes dramatic reenactments of stories and customs, comedy sketches, and music interludes. During part of the show's run, the music was provided by none other than Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra with Harriet Hillard (later Harriet Nelson) performing vocals. Our channel is dedicated to preserving Old Time Radio classic shows, such as this. Enjoy this classic from The Classic Archives! Make sure you check out our online store that contains over 50,000 classic titles on DVD or CD. All of our titles are in the best quality audio sound available. Our MP3 DVD's will allow you to take this title and place it on your IPOD or another MP3 player and carry it around with you on the go! Visit http://www.theclassicarchives.com for titles like these published on DVD.