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An Italian website reports on an encrypted notebook written by a 16th century nun. The encryption is unsolved. Can a reader help to shed some more light on this crypto mystery?

In the 1950s the Germans used a unique crypto device named “Violine”. I have always wondered what it was used for. In a book about espionage I found the likely answer.

Two texts in a book written by Renaissance genius Francis Bacon contain hidden messages. Can a reader find them?

The FBI has recently declassified crypto-related files from the 1940s. These files contain a number of amusing stories.

Around 1990 David Kahn, the father of crypto history, met a tall man wearing a suit and glasses. This is documented on a photograph. Does anybody recognize this man?

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957-2008) was a felon convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault. According to a website, he left behind an encrypted note. Is this note genuine? Can it be solved? I hope my readers can answer these questions.

British professor Gordon Rugg believes the text in the Voynich manuscript is a meaningless letter sequence created with a simple “table and grille” method. Voynich manuscript expert Nick Pelling called this theory a “quasi-academic nonsense that only an idiot would be convinced by”. Here’s my summary of this debate.

British professor Gordon Rugg believes the text in the Voynich manuscript is a meaningless letter sequence created with a simple “table and grille” method. Voynich manuscript expert Nick Pelling called this theory a “quasi-academic nonsense that only an idiot would be convinced by”. Here’s my summary of this debate.

In 1970 the corpse of a woman was found near Bergen, Norway. The real identity of this woman and the cause of her death are still not clear to date. In her car police found encrypted notes. According to Norwegian media, new evidence has now been discovered.

Gary Klivans, expert on gang and prison codes, has provided me information on an interesting case. It is about an encrypted letter sent by a prison inmate.