Engrid Barnett

Engrid Barnett

Engrid is an award-winning travel writer and cultural geographer who’s long cultivated an obsession with cryptids, vintage tattoos, roadside attractions, and abandoned places. Her public descent into the weird began in 2017 after signing on with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! A longtime fan of Robert Ripley’s cartoons and quirky trivia, she relishes sorting fact from fiction and feeling mind boggled every step of the way. You can also catch her work in Wild West, Rova, Nevada Magazine, American Trails Magazine and more.

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Edgar Cayce: Tales From the “Sleeping Prophet”
People
Engrid Barnett

Edgar Cayce: Tales From the “Sleeping Prophet”

From Houdini to Marilyn Monroe, celebrities clamored to Edgar Cayce for psychic readings.

The Eggnog Riot Of 1826
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

The Eggnog Riot Of 1826

Everyone’s Yuletide favorite once wreaked havoc in Upstate New York.

The Untold Story of Cat Domestication
Animals
Engrid Barnett

The Untold Story of Cat Domestication

Humans haven’t done much to alter feline behavior over the millennia.

How a Hamster Is Helping Pioneer Space Tourism
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

How a Hamster Is Helping Pioneer Space Tourism

Some say this successful flight paves the way for manned flight.

The Truth Behind the “Failure” of Colgate Beef Lasagna
Food
Engrid Barnett

The Truth Behind the “Failure” of Colgate Beef Lasagna

Apparently, nobody had a craving for freeze-dried chicken and crab meat entrees created by a company best known for mint-flavored toothpaste.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

January 16, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

Google mapped the Liwa Desert in the UAE using a camel with a 360-degree camera.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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