Robert Ripley’s Unbelievable Quest To Buy A Volcano
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Robert Ripley was fascinated with natural disasters like volcanos—so much so that he even tried to buy one!
Ripley’s fame and obligations had stretched him to the breaking point. He was overwhelmed with the amount of work—from cartoon illustrations to radio broadcasts—and instead of giving it a shrug and chugging along, Ripley instead escaped to Cuba for the Christmas holidays.