Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 15, 1996
January 13, 1996
January 16, 1996
Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Escape artist Harry Houdini, locked nude in a prison cell, escaped fully dressed - after freeing several other prisoners - in 27 minutes! Submitted by Rob Curtiss, Schenectady, NY Believe it or Not! Each porcupine quill has over 1,000 tiny barbs on it! Skydiver Klint Freemantle survived a fall of over 3,500 feet when his parachute failed to open! Submitted by Chester Sumidajewicz, Amsterdam, NY
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The first one is confusing. Escaping nude from a prison cell but escaping fully dressed? Seems weird…Nonetheless, an amazing feat was done by Harry! 1000 spikes?! Yowch! 3,500 feet? When I younger, I broke my leg from a 15 feet fall!