Between 1819 and 1821 a fortune in gold, silver, and jewels were allegedly buried in the hills of Bedford County, Virginia, by a man named Thomas J. Beale. The supposed location of the treasure can only be deciphered through three encoded texts, two of which remain unbroken.--------------------MUSICTheme Music by Dethlehem (dethlehem.bandcamp.com)--------------------SOCIAL LINKSWebsite: www.mysteriouspals.comEmail: mysteriouspalsonline@gmail.comYoutube: @MysteriousPalsFacebook: @mysteriouspalsInstagram: @mysteriouspalsX/Twitter: @mysterious_palsPodcast Feeds: www.mysteriouspals.com--------------------EPISODE RESOURCES O'Toole, Thomas. "The Beale Treasure." The Washington Post, May 10, 1987 Curry, Patrick. "The Beale Ciphers: Historical Overview and Current Status." *Journal of Cryptology*, vol. 4, no. 2, 1991, pp. 157-169 Humes, Edward. The Man Who Cracked the Code. New York: Scribner, 2011 Orlin, Eric. *American Cryptology: The Beale Cipher Mystery*. Random House, 1997 "The Beale Treasure Ciphers". The Guardian. 1999. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30 Denton, Geoffrey. "Cryptographic Explorations in the Beale Ciphers." *Cryptography Journal*, vol. 2, no. 4, 2004, pp. 223-245 Dunning, Brian (March 13, 2012). "Skeptoid #301: The Beale Ciphers". Skeptoid --------------------IMAGESEpisode Thumbnail: Beale_Papers.gif: Author unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons--------------------TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Beginning00:00:10- Introduction00:03:38 - The Story of the Beale Ciphers00:36:56 - Common Theories01:02:20 - Our Theories01:09:00 - Closing--------------------ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS PALSThe Mysterious Pals is a mysterious show about history and friendship.#mystery, #history, #unsolved, #unsolvedmysteries, #mysteriouspals, #staymysterious, #treasure, #treasurehunt, #bealeciphers, #bealepapers