Psychology Today

Cryptograms and the Allure of Secret Codes

We seem to have an instinctive fascination for mysteries and, especially, for mysteries that revolve around secret codes. This penchant brought about a publishing sensation in 2003-Dan Brown's novel ...
Forbes

Cracking The Silk Dress Cryptogram Hidden In Bennett’s Bronze Bustle

This silk dress actually contained encoded messages that provide a time portal where we learn about the history of weather forecasting on America’s frontiers in the 1880s Figure 1. The Victorian-era ...
Business Insider

A mysterious note was discovered in the secret pocket of a dress from the 1880s. A decade later, someone finally cracked the code.

An archeologist found a silk dress from the 1800s with a hidden pocket concealing a secret code. A code breaker recently figured out the code was for telegraphed weather reports. Who owned the dress ...
Brattleboro Reformer

University of Brattleboro unveils first 'perpetual cryptogram'

BRATTLEBORO — Cryptograms and other coded messages are leading locals and visitors to hidden treasures. “I think these cryptograms were probably originally made by T.P. James,” said Rolf ...
The Independent

‘Unsolvable’ code hidden in 1888 woman’s silk dress finally cracked

A secret code hidden inside a century-old vintage silk dress that had eluded cryptographers for a decade has finally been cracked, throwing some light on the identity of the woman who owned the attire ...