This week in light of the recent cracking of the Zodiac killer code, I bring you three stories of codes and ciphers from a pigeon lost for seventy years, to a badass woman pioneer in codebreaking, to a long and colorful text that to this day has the world stumped.

Bonus for Patreon supporters this week includes a quick look at a strange code from the 1600s supposedly written by the Devil and brought to light by the dark web.


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Killer intro song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
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SOURCES

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55285805
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20456782
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632
• https://www.nsa.gov/About-Us/Current-Leadership/Article-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/
• https://www.nsa.gov/About-Us/Current-Leadership/Article-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/
• https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/elizebeth-friedman/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/10/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker-nazi-spy-fagone/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6-things-know-about-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-180964847/
• https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3519597
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55285805