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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America's Alleged Trial Against Tomatoes, Not Witches, in Salem
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

America's Alleged Trial Against Tomatoes, Not Witches, in Salem

One man decided to prove once and for all the edibility of tomatoes.

Voluntary Confinement: Regular Folks Line Up To Stay In Swiss Prison
Places
Engrid Barnett

Voluntary Confinement: Regular Folks Line Up To Stay In Swiss Prison

Hundreds of applicants vie to spend time in a Zurich clinker.

Sun Causes 40 SpaceX Starlink Satellites To Rain Down Above Earth
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Sun Causes 40 SpaceX Starlink Satellites To Rain Down Above Earth

They were part of a batch of 49 satellites sent up in early February 2022.

Who’s To Blame For Shrinking Feline Brains?
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Who’s To Blame For Shrinking Feline Brains?

Learn more about how humans are the accidental “headshrinkers” of the animal kingdom.

The Unlikely Rise Of Japan's Monkey Queen And The Threat To Her Throne
Animals
Engrid Barnett

The Unlikely Rise Of Japan's Monkey Queen And The Threat To Her Throne

Yakei’s ascension started with an unprecedented challenge to her mother. But her obsessive need to rule the roost didn’t stop there.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

November 11, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

Tire machèt is a Haitian fencing sport in which competitors wield machetes.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated daily cartoon. Howie Noel is the ninth artist in over a century to take up the pen as lead Cartoonist.

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