Before clickbait, there was this guy. The original 'you won't believe what happens next.'
A documentary examining the life of Robert L. Ripley (played by an actor), the man who created the "Believe It Or Not" series.
Acting
Portnow captures Ripley's hungry, haunted showman quality.
Production
Incredible archival footage of actual Ripley broadcasts and travels.
Director
Tom Arcuragi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ripley received an average of 3,000 letters daily at his peak, and employed 30 people just to answer them.
This 1993 doc predates the modern true-crime boom but essentially invented the template: reenactments, archival treasure, and a morally complicated subject who may have been the real freak all along.
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