The beale ciphers is one of the most mysterious and extravagant ciphers known today. When i was a kid i used to tromp through the deep woods behind my house. Apr 10, 20 the first beale cipher revealed the location of the vault. I believe we all love the idea of lost treasure and i agree with the womans comment in the book that she was glad mel fisher didnt find the treasure. Mar, 2016 the beale ciphers is one of the most mysterious and extravagant ciphers known today. The two sites in which these events took place both coincide with the beale treasure. The only person who has decoded the beale ciphers using the key to each one in mid2009 i was on a business trip to the north carolina area. Website with extensive evidence about thomas j beale and the beale ciphers i came across this website that makes a pretty strong case for thomas j beale and the beale ciphers being true. Paper number one describes the exact locality of the vault, so that no difficulty will be had in finding it. Could this beale treasure story have been a recruitment exercise. Mar 14, 2015 2 the beale papers state gold and silver was discovered by members of the beale party approximately in the middle of march, 1818. Perhaps i have solved the beale papers cryptogram b1. Trouble follows bounty hunter frank vito wherever he goes. And the third beale cipher provided names and residences of the group members as well as their heirs.
According to legend, the three encoded messages, when deciphered and taken together, will disclose. It was first brought to the publics attention in 1885 by way of a pamphlet published by james b. Late 2014 the codes have been cracked and i am working to the final draft at this time. That friend would later publish the beale papers in 1885. Beale s use of landmarks, the location of the excavation site and his method of concealement for both the treasure and the ciphers were absolutely. It is set in the forested foothills of the blue ridge mountains where they cut through antebellum virginia, and it is a tale of adventurers, farmers, newspapermen and treasure lost. The mystery of the beale treasure originates from a small pamphlet published in 1885. They brought the treasure to virginia, where beale. In any case, if the treasure story is true and beale did sign cipher b1, then he must have had a purpose for doing so. As of 2017, no one has decoded the other two ciphers, and no one has found the treasure.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the beale treasure. Chaney has combed the beale letters, the one decoded cipher and the three authors books looking for clues that he believes indicate the treasure is in the hagerstown area. In the early 1800s, miner thomas beale and a team of thirty other miners dug up gold and silver in new mexico. Sometimes our world seems bland in comparison to what we read in books and see in movies and television. Comprising three ciphertexts, the first unsolved text describes the location, the second solved ciphertext the content of the treasure, and the third unsolved lists the. Apr 09, 20 the vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Beale, thomas jefferson beale and described in the beale papers pamphlet. If history books are to be believed, beales men found gold more than 30 years before precious. It was on this occasion that he met morriss for the first time. Beale died, and his fellow shareholders cleaned out the hoard without contacting morriss. In either this case or option two, morris was left holding. The beale papers, the unmuseum website, pulled 42015.
A welldressed man found dead on an australian beach in 1948 wrote an indecipherable scribble in a book of persian poetry. It includes the story of buried treasure left undiscovered, and encourages you to find it. The story of the three ciphertexts originates from an 1885. French pirate olivier levasseur left behind a curious. The following is a reprint of the beale papers published in 1885 by j. Click download or read online button to get the beale papers book now. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Second, statistical evidence indicates that if ciphers. Beale came across a treasure consisting of gold, silver, and jewels, in a mine located to. According to his lorians, beale could hue been familiar with some 2,000 books and government.
In preparing the book, i obtained a copy of each of the different declarations, and i examined the wording in each of them. Comprising three ciphertexts, the first unsolved text describes the location, the second solved ciphertext the content of the treasure, and the. The website also talks about why the ciphers didnt need to be decoded. Of the 358 entries, 321 are works printed prior to 1823 and thus cover the period of the beale treasure story. In 2010, an awardwinning animated short film was made concerning the ciphers called the thomas beale cipher.
I found the volume to be informative, sharing both the pros and cons of whether the treasure exists. The vellum in the book pages has been carbondated to the early 15th century 14041438, and may have been composed in northern italy during the italian renaissance. And, it seems likely that signing b1 would have been part of a plan for. The beale papers, containing authentic statements regarding the. The book would benefit greatly from a good editing for instance, it does bounce from third person to first person several times. Simon singhs 1999 book the code book explains the beale cipher mystery in one of its chapters. The fifty cent booklet detailed circumstances in which an immense treasure was buried, and included coded messages left on how. Sep, 2015 beale and 30 fellow adventurers transported the hoard to bedford county, where they buried it in a secure location. Beale lived and again did not contact morriss when the corporation recovered the hoard, having no need to do so and possibly believing morriss would insist on a cut of the treasure. Beale treasure is buried behind my house did i forget to mention that the beale treasure is buried behind my house.
All efforts by members of the beale cipher association to locate a similar defective printing of the declaration of independence have failed. A frank vito bounty hunter series, is a gunblasting western, full of grit and spirit, that will keep your heart racing right up until the stunning conclusion. Beale had discovered gold out west, with a group of fellow adventurers. Maybe the last beale paper is decoded as just that. Let someone else regale us with finding the beale fortune. Exploring places of the beale treasure and possible simple solution to beale code paper three. The second cipher is decoded using the will with the words usually intermixed with the key referenced in the clue first word text 1 followed by first word text 2, followed by second word text 1, and so on. The pamphlet is entitled the beale papers, containing authentic statements regarding the treasure buried in 1819 and 1821, near bufords, in bedford county, virginia, and which has never been recovered, lynchburg. Beale and 30 fellow adventurers transported the hoard to bedford county, where they buried it in a secure location. The beale treasure story is likely to be true beale s papers, ciphers, and key. Home codes and ciphers 10 interesting facts about the lost beale treasure.
Gold in the blue ridge the true story of the beale treasure. Thomas beale supposedly buried a treasure in the virginia hills in 1819 and 1821. The beale ciphers are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the. A 600 year old book with 240 pages, not one page has been deciphered. Hutter, anonymous author double encipherment explained how cipher no.
The beale ciphers, also referred to as the beale papers, are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be. With remys name appearing in the decoded c3, it is only natural i would like to. Aug 20, 2015 the beale ciphers, also referred to as the beale papers, are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be. Whilst levasseur was a notorious and muchfeared pirate during his days, his greatest legacy is the alleged treasure that he had hidden. We will be looking at some of them and there stories on this site. A frank vito bounty hunter series historical western mystery book 1. The pamphlet included a decoding of b2 using a slightly miscounted declaration of independence as a codebook, but nothing for b1 and b3. Well, here are 12 reallife treasure hunts some of which. A history of a mystery, said, once you get the beale treasure in your system, it. Peter viemeister, a bedfordbased author who wrote the book the beale treasure. Beales note said that the key required to decipher the sheets would be posted to beale by a third party, but it never materialised, and so morriss was forced to. The quest to break americas most mysterious codeand find. This was when a book called le flibustier mysterieux was published in paris, written by read more.
The beale treasure story is a virginia treasure based on three ciphers or codes devised by thomas beale a. At this time only a few people have said they have decoded the beale ciphers. Both are in an area about 250300 miles north of santa fe, and the amounts of the gold line up are roughly the same. Beale and the author were two different persons, not the same person. The second world war allies captured a german enigma code machine 70 years ago but many messages have never been decoded.
Buddy, mckinley and scott meet with a treasure hunter who has a complex algorithm for decoding the location of a historic treasure. With remys name appearing in the decoded c3, it is only natural i would like to research into these events more. The two degrees of royal master and select master were first combined by jeremy l. Robert morriss, the custodian of the beale papers, was born in 1778, in the state of maryland, but removed at an early age, with his family, to loudoun county, va. Beale pamphlet from the wikipedia page this unnamed friend was never able to break the other two ciphers and instead, made all his research available in a pamphlet in 1885. Instead of replacing each word in the secret message with a number, you replace each letter in the secret message with a number. The friend then spent the next twenty years of his life trying to decode the messages, and was able to solve only one of them which. This book tells the story of a treasure supposedly buried in the blue ridge mountains by the beale party in 1822, somewhere near the town of buford. May 05, 2015 whether it be a hoax or true, attempts will continue to be made to discover the location of the beale treasure that may still exist in the hills of virginia. Exploring places of the beale treasure and possible simple. There are two good reasons to purchase the new books beale treasure story i and ii.
When beale left at the end of the winter, he rejoined his men, who had continued to work the mine during his absence. Jul 12, 2016 the only person who has decoded the beale ciphers using the key to each one in mid2009 i was on a business trip to the north carolina area. The second cipher can be decrypted fairly easily using any copy of the united states declaration of independence, but some. The first beale cipher revealed the location of the vault. The beale treasure story is described in a 23page pamphlet published by james b. Therefore, the best recovery of letters in the letter strings occurs when cipher b1 is decoded using the key to cipher b2 given in wards pamphlet. The other two ciphertexts allegedly describe the content of the treasure, and list the names of the treasure s owners next of kin, respectively. There are people that continue to look for this great treasure every day. The lost treasure of the beale ciphers ancient origins.
Jul 26, 2012 this is the true story of the beale papers. The wonderful story of the value of the treasure is decoded from this defective source. The pamphlet that was published stirred huge interest in america inspiring treasure hunters and amateur cryptographers to try and crack the code. Home legendary treasure hunts exploring places of the beale treasure and possible simple solution to beale code paper three. The voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex handwritten in an unknown writing system. The beale papers pamphlet describes three encoded messages codes. Easterling testimonials common misconceptions arguments and counterarguments revision of beale s letters is the beale treasure story true. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In the houston airport, i found a bookstore there in the gate area and began looking at a few books. With this idea, a test was made of every book i could procure, by numbering. The directions to the vault area, construction details, talley of the pots plus contents and the final directions leading to the beale vault were entirely decoded from this cipher and no other. Jun 04, 2018 peter viemeister, a bedfordbased author who wrote the book the beale treasure. A frank vito bounty hunter series historical western mystery book 1 kindle edition by hendricks ii, r.
Beale ciphers mysteriesandlegends wiki fandom powered. Numerous articles in magazines and trade journals and several books have explored the beale mystery. Also in 2015, the josh gates series expedition unknown visited bedford to investigate the beale ciphers and search for the treasure. The second cipher, already solved, gives the contents of the vault which it says is four. The beale treasure this is a fun and interesting simple read, if only because of the reality behind the fiction. J download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. The beale ciphers are several coded messages, originally published in an 1885 pamphlet. The beale ciphers or beale papers are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly. The beale papers download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
The second beale cipher described the contents of the vault. To reduce the weight, beale traded some of the gold and silver for jewels, and in 1820 he travelled to lynchburg, found a suitable location, and buried the treasure. So ill be researching this for the next few months to see where it leads me. For just under 200 years it has puzzled scientist and cryptologist alike. Whether it be a hoax or true, attempts will continue to be made to discover the location of the beale treasure that may still exist in the hills of virginia. The second of the 3 coded messages was cracked by the author of the pamphlet using what is known as a book code. Only one of the beale codes the second one has ever been decoded. The beale ciphers are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold and silver estimated to be worth over 30 million us dollars in the present time. Then he meets ellie, a fiery woman in search of the storied beale treasure, and everything changes. Information will very likely be the key to eventually breaking the beale ciphers. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The lost treasure of the beale ciphers epoch times.