# Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model.

> Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model.

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# Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model.

Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Someone else in Lynchburg in the 1880s wrote it as fiction or a promotion, with Ward as front.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/answers/ANS0CR7J5G6195P/someone-else-in-lynchburg-in-the-1880s-wrote-it-as-fiction)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model. [Evidence EVD0CR7J5R00DZK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CR7J5R00DZK
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