Robert Ripley

Robert Leroy Ripley ( born December 25, 1893 in Santa Rosa, California, † May 27, 1949 ) was an American cartoonist, radio reporter and world traveler.

Biography

Robert Ripley has made in his early years as a cartoonist a name. So he drew cartoons in newspapers, for which he worked as a sports reporter and traveled the world. He has extensively documented and used for collection of anecdotes and curiosities (English oddities ) that he, if he could not take, and recorded under the title of Ripley's Believe It or Not His travels! published as a comic strip collection and radio show. The German television adaptation broadcast by RTL 2. In 1933 he opened his first museum in Chicago where he exhibited the collected curiosities - a Odditorium. He died on 27 May 1949, 55 years after a heart attack. Today there are over 20 Odditorien around the world, most of them in the U.S..

In 1995, a computer game, The Riddle of Master Lu in which Ripley plays the main role appeared. It was, among other reasons, to travel the world and curiosities that are found in the individual adventures to send to New York City.

After the death of Robert Ripley, the tradition of collecting unbelievable from around the world, was continued by Ripley Entertainment. The company has for its collection of exhibits a database, a photo archive and a warehouse. The company's goal is to continue the tradition of Robert Ripley.

Filming

The life of Robert Ripley is now being made ​​into a film by Chris Columbus, entitled " Believe It or Not " with Jim Carrey in the lead role.