The Power of Advertising - Ripley's Believe It or Not Style

So I spent this last weekend in Branson, Missouri with my younger brother. We tooled around town, saw some GREAT shows (Liverpool Legends were fantastic, and the Dixie Stampede was the dinner show to end all dinner shows - if you are ever in Branson, see BOTH of these!), and met some really amazing people along the way.

And of course, the following exhibit in the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum about the power of advertising caught my eye:

It's true the old "cure-all" and patent medicines had no basis in fact (or even in reality, I mean, a blood, liver, and stomach renovator? What does that even mean??), but they definitely knew how to advertise.

Here are a few funny ads for patent medicines. Don't be fooled!