Ciphers and Codes

Poe the cryptographer, the puzzles he set, and the ciphers that outlived him.

Poe the Codebreaker: 7 Facts About Edgar Allan Poe's Obsession With Secret Writing

Edgar Allan Poe dared America to send him a cipher he couldn't crack. Seven facts about his codebreaking career, from puzzles that took 150 years to solve to the reader who broke codes in two world wars.

Nathaniel Free

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