ORLANDO, FL, February 09, 2012
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Does the famed New Jersey Devil really have a bathing pool deep inside the state's Pine Barrens? Author Fran Capo's new book, Myths and Mysteries of New Jersey, has a chapter on the Devil's Bathtub and she drops by this week to tell us about her weird experience when she visited the mysterious body of water.
Co-host Ralf discovers the North House Folk School in Minnesota where students learn to build their own caskets! The school's Jessa Frost says the casket can serve as a coffee table or as a book shelf until you are ready to use it for the intended purpose.
Further Weird, Bizarre, Fun and Unbelievable Subjects Covered this week:
- Jodi Pliszka, The Solutionologist, talks about a smelly weird medical malady simply known as Fish Odor Syndrome.
- Intern Abby relates the hilarious tale of a man dressed up as Frosty the Snowman who inadvertently terrorized a small town.
- Angela goes techie on us this week and discusses the Internet of Things. She explains how a person's "things" will someday all be interconnected and will "talk" with and respond to each other, without any help from you!
- We learn how a man in Nome, Alaska, trapped in his car during a snowstorm for nearly four days was able to survive the cold without food or water. What kept him nourished? He ate the frozen beer from the 12-pack of Coors he had in the back seat!
- How far does a modern-day cannonball fly and how much damage can it do along the way? We hear of an unbelievable accident on the set of the TV show MythBusters that provides some answers.
- Dinosaurs are heading to Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC, and Ripley archivist Edward Myer talks about these huge robotic beasts as well as other related items in the Ripley collection - including prehistoric insects encased within an amber rock!
Ripley Radio(http://www.ripleyoddcast.com/) is a journey through the weird, wacky, whimsical, wild, and totally unbelievable world of the odd, strange and unusual. Each show provides listeners with amazing and absolutely true tales of today, as well as unbelievable facts culled from the extensive archives of the company that has been freaking out families for more than 90 years!
The weekly broadcast is an unpredictable and fun-filled show that proves beyond all dimensions that Ripley's is indeed, the global authority on the weird, strange, bizarre and the UNBELIEVABLE!
For detailed information on each show, the hosts and a look at the extensive archives, please visit the Ripley Radio website. Ripley Radio - An On-Demand Oddcast is also on Facebook(http://www.facebook.com/RipleyRadio). Drop by and "Like" us!
About Ripley Radio
Ripley Radio is owned by Ripley Entertainment Inc., keepers of the venerable Ripley's Believe It or Not! brand and is a global leader in location-based entertainment. More than 12 million guests visit its 80-plus world-wide attractions annually. The Orlando-based company also has divisions that oversee publishing, licensing and broadcast operations. Ripley Entertainment is a Jim Pattison Company, the third-largest privately held company in Canada.
Contact
Tim O'Brien
Ripley Radio Executive Producer
VP Communications
Ripley Entertainment Inc.
obrien@ripleys.com
Office - 615-646-7465
Cell - 615-496-5949
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