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In this episode, we talk about the Beale Cipher Mystery with Dan. The Beale Papers was a pamphlet published in 1885, detailing a story that took place in the 1820s and 1840s about a man named Thomas J. Beale. After disappearing, the contents of a strongbox he left at a hotel were opened in 1845, revealing three pages of ciphertext and a letter explaining the ciphertext pages. In this episode, we talk about the Beale Cipher Mystery with Dan. The Beale Papers was a pamphlet published in 1885, detailing a story that took place in the 1820s and 1840s about a man named Thomas J. Beale. After disappearing, the contents of a strongbox he left at a hotel were opened in 1845, revealing three pages of ciphertext and a letter explaining the ciphertext pages. It sparked a 175+ year long treasure hunt. This is one of Barnabas' favorite mysteries in Cryptography, and we already discussed some about it in episodes 5 and 11. In the special story, Steve and Bob bot go trick-or-treating... only to discover that they get something other than what they asked for.
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Listen to episode one hereIn this episode, we talk about the Beale Cipher Mystery with Dan. The Beale Papers was a pamphlet published in 1885, detailing a story that took place in the 1820s and 1840s about a man named Thomas J. Beale. After disappearing, the contents of a strongbox he left at a hotel were opened in 1845, revealing three pages of ciphertext and a letter explaining the ciphertext pages. It sparked a 175+ year long treasure hunt. This is one of Barnabas' favorite mysteries in Cryptography, and we already discussed some about it in episodes 5 and 11. In the special story, Steve and Bob bot go trick-or-treating... only to discover that they get something other than what they asked for.
This episode is a part of the Kids' Listen Halloween Sweeps. You can find the whole playlist at https://medium.com/kidslisten/kids-listen-halloween-sweeps-2024-364571f88427 and https://www.instagram.com/p/DBuHaYkzePE/?img_index=1. It is also available on the SmallTalk app.
Links:
Episode 5: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1821051/episodes/9851310
Episode 11: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1821051/episodes/11229350
The background music used in this episode was "Comedy Detective" by OYStudio, "Dramatic Suspense" by Ashot-Danielan-Composer, "Disco Tokyo" by Bio Unit (in the clips from episode 11), "Cyber Anxiety" by HoliznaCC0, "Game Over 1" by HoliznaCC0, and "My Sensei At Their Max" by Amethyst Music. Our theme is "Mosquito" by Caspar Babypants.
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