The Beale Ciphers

The Beale Ciphers

So the story goes, a man named Thomas J. Beale found some treasure in the 1820s worth over 60 million dollars. He and his men wanted the treasure to be safe for their next of kin, so they buried it in Bedford County, Virginia. Beale made three cyphers: one revealing the location, another the contents and the third, the next of kin. Beale delivered the cyphers in a box to a local inn keeper and was never seen again. The cyphers were opened. The contents scroll was decoded while the other two are still a mystery. A lot of skepticism entered the picture here where people believe Beale to be a fictional character, and because the scrolls had wording that wasn't used at the date the scrolls were made.