Brian is a Master himself! He has claimed multiple treasures from breaking codes, and he has achieved this once again in the treasure hunt of 7H3 C0D3 by Master Mophios. He solved this challenging puzzle shortly after release and claimed its treasure. While other searchers may have still been testing …
MW continues the Codes, Ciphers, and Puzzle series with the following image. At first glance you might think the border around the cute dog is merely decorative. However, it hides a message! Can you solve it? The image was used in the 2006 Secrets of the Alchemists Dar armchair treasure …
The Beacon Star is an armchair treasure hunt that was published in 2017 by Randy Pischel. It is available on Amazon in either Print or Kindle Versions. The Prize of the hunt was initially a mystery, but it has been discovered to be $5,000 dollars, a gold coin, and an …
In 2003, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown captured readers and became one of the top best-selling mystery thriller novels of all time. The book, claiming to be based on historical facts, included secrets protected by an ancient society known as the Priory of Sion. These secrets involved controversial …
In a previous post, an explanation was given for how K1 of Kryptos was solved. Kryptos is an encrypted sculpture located in the CIA courtyard in Langley, VA. This artistic feature, created by Jim Sanborn, has eluded all those who have tried to discover it’s full meaning since November 1990. …
Since November of 1990, an encrypted text engraved on a large S shape copper plate, waits to be fully deciphered. The Kryptos Sculpture, made by Jim Sanborn for the main courtyard of the CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA, is believed to consist of four parts. Each is to be separately …
A curious inscription on an 18th century monument in Staffordshire, England continues to baffle minds today. Carved into a marble slab are the letters OUOSVAVV, in between slightly lowered letters of D and M, with periods after each letter. These mysterious writings are part of the Shepherd’s Monument on the …
How exciting! A new clue has been released by Jim Sanborn for the unsolved code of Kryptos! The clue is the word NORTHEAST and will be found in positions of 26 through 34! I’ve written about Kryptos here on MW before. Matter of fact, I just recently posted a video/post …
Watch on Video or Read Below: I write in the preface of my Introduction to Codes and Ciphers book how the desire to communicate secretly dates back thousands of years. There have been numerous systems and methods used to conceal information over the ages. While many of these techniques have …
In the late 1960’s a serial murderer named the Zodiac Killer was on a spree in Northern California. The identity of this person remains unknown today, as do solutions to three of his coded messages sent to the press and investigating authorities during that time. It’s possible solving these ciphers …
