Re: Hoax or hoard? Mystery code holds out promise of millions to some

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Robert Ward <ward6 () erols com>

Hello,

    Would you be so kind as to check out a new website that concerns
Edgar Poe and cryptography.  The site presents a novel theory that Poe
is the author of The Beale Papers, a mysterious pamphlet published
anonymously in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1885.  The Beale Papers is
famous as a work that contains the oldest unsolved cryptograms in
United States history.  Purportedly, solving the cryptograms leads to
a treasure in gold and silver.

    The website, titled The Last Haunting of Edgar Allan Poe, sets
forth evidence, admittedly cicumstantial, that examines Poe's
background as a hoaxer and cryptographer.  Much of the evidence
involves word, phrase and plot comparisons between The Beale Papers
and Poe's work.  The similarities are amazingly close!

    Some of your readers might be interested in this mystery that
touches on Poe.  Some may even take up the challenge of The Beale
Papers and prove Poe's authorship of this great treasure hoax.

The site can be found at:

http://www.bealepapers.com/


Thank you for your consideration.


Rob Ward
Ellicott City, Maryland



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