Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

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Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

1956

1 Seasons

1 Episodes

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An attempted revival of the 1949 series based on the work of Robert L. Ripley in collecting strange (but true) stories from around the world.

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