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S1 E8 The Golden Helmet of Ur

Children & Family

TV-Y7

24 minutes

Jan 1, 1998

When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril, and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East. There, Rip receives a mysterious message from Dun Inanna, an old friend of Robert Ripley's, that leads to him being stranded in the desert! Meanwhile, in the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, a ghost of the “Wandering King” commands the last Bedouin tribe to leave!Featuring: Rick Jones, Teddy Lee Dillon

Season 1, 12 Episodes

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Daruma Dolls

The Daruma Dolls,

Rip & Co. wing to Japan to investigate reports of a live Oni, the Japanese Demon. They discover that the Oni report is a cover-up for something even more fantastic: the discovery of the magical Daruma Dolls. Legend claims the “missing” dolls have been protected for over 400 hundred years by a Samurai. A wealthy collector, with his own private army, will stop at nothing to get them. The action and “ownership” of the Dolls goes back and forth until the final showdown amid the famous Log Ride of Hikkado. The Dolls are put in a museum, and the guardian Samurai leaves us wondering if he, or isn't, four hundred years old!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Wattam the Warriors Mask

Wattam the Warriors Mask,

While diving around an old shipwreck, Rip and Samantha have their yacht stolen on the high seas by the modern pirates. After an exhausting moment in a life raft, they disembark in Papua, New Guinea and are captured by mountain pygmies.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Curse of the Pharoah’s Tomb

Curse of the Pharoah’s Tomb,

Rip, Cyril, and Sam travel to Cairo, Egypt to investigate the case of a woman put in a coma by the Curse of King Tut, after trying to buy contraband artifacts from the dead Pharaoh's tomb. When Cyril finds a piece of a Tutankhamen fan, he has a friend analyze it. Meanwhile, a mysterious phone call leads Rip and Sam to the Valley of the Kings, where they are trapped in a tomb! Framed by the man in charge of Cairo antiquities, Mohammed Mahdi, Rip, and Sam escape by posing as mummies! When Cyril's friend is stricken with the same “curse”, Cyril discovers that an ancient mold is causing the coma symptoms.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Vampire Kit

The Vampire Kit,

When a young woman collapses in the town square of the Transylvanian town of Poenari, it is discovered she has a vampire bite on her neck! With everyone leaving town, the BION discover that a long-lost relative of Vlad Dracula has recently taken up residence in the old Count's castle.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Ghost of the Mystery House

Ghost of the Mystery House,

When Sam's Uncle Paul, a caretaker at The Winchester Mystery House in San Diego, starts seeing ghosts, she must defend his sanity to save his job. At the greatest ghost house on the continent, the BION team discovers dozens of staircases that lead nowhere, and hundreds of rooms with no doors, all built by Sarah Winchester.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Lama's Skull

The Lama's Skull,

Rip, Sam, and Cyril travel to China, to photograph “Llama's Skull”, an artifact said to protect all those “in his vision”. But when the skull goes missing, the HuNan temple is immediately reduced to rubble and everyone in town is suddenly getting sick!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Golden Helmet of Ur

The Golden Helmet of Ur,

When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril, and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East. There, Rip receives a mysterious message from Dun Inanna, an old friend of Robert Ripley's, that leads to him being stranded in the desert! Meanwhile, in the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, a ghost of the “Wandering King” commands the last Bedouin tribe to leave!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Million Year Old Egg

The Million Year Old Egg,

When Rip's old college professor, Dr. Sullivan, searching the Amazon for a million-year-old dinosaur egg, falls ill, the BION team rush to South America. The unexpected arrival of gruff Paul Hacken, a former fellow student of Rip's, has Sam and Cyril suspicious. His vision obscured by friendship, Rip leads the two faced Paul to an ancient temple deep in the rain forest, where they find Dr. Sullivan suffering from food poisoning.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Love's Many Charms

Love's Many Charms,

When the two daughters of an old friend of Cyril's receive Turkish Love Charms, they are mysteriously swept away by Whirling Dervishes. Rip obtains a “real” love charm from a Gypsy Woman, who agrees to lead the team to the secret mountain top village of the Dervishes. There, while Sam and Cyril pose as buyers of charms, Rip attempts an escape with the two girls, only to be thwarted by the youngest sister, Turkan. Unable to marry her Dervish boyfriend ahead of her older sister Mahta, Turkan arranged the kidnapping and a double wedding! Rip's attempts to delay the wedding result in him taking the place of the missing groom.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - And Now the Weather

And Now the Weather,

When the statue of the Toltec Raingod is stolen from a Global Warming conference in Mexico City, the BION team gives chase in the ARV, only to be sideswiped by the sudden appearance of a tornado! Legend has it, the Raingod causes weird weather when it's moved. Battling a hurricane, the BION team tracks the statue to the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. But when they try to airlift it from the great Sun Pyramid, they are double-crossed by tabloid newsman, Steve Sanchez, who stole the statue to create a sensational news story, unaware of the consequences.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Eternity for Sale

Eternity for Sale,

When a jar believed to contain anti-aging cream of the Pharaohs is stolen from a Ripley exhibit, the BION team travels to Moscow. Sensitive about his impending birthday, Cyril is especially interested in the legendary cream. With help from Detective Yuri Renko, security camera footage is matched with mug shots and the thief is tracked to the mansion of the aging industrialist, Rasilikov. Cyril uncovers some old photos of Rasilikov that show miraculous changes in age at the same time other jars of the cream went missing! A chase into Gorky Park ends with Cyril saving the elderly man from the icy waters of the Moskva River.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The First Artifact

The First Artifact,

Diving in minisubs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades. When a rival group of treasure hunters plots to take the Knight's treasure for themselves, Bill winds up in the hospital. When his oxygen tanks fail, and a planted chest of fake gold coins causes the BION team to be accused of fraud.

Details

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Children & Family

TV-Y7

2 Seasons

24 minutes

Join Michael Rip Ripley, nephew of the celebrated Robert Ripley, as he scours the world to uncover strange stories and odd artifacts. Rip embarks on his never-ending search for the unexplained with Cyril, his uncle's former assistant and Samantha, a fact-seeking documentary filmmaker.

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