# Kruh 1982: A Basic Probe of the Beale Cipher as a Bamboozlement

> Louis Kruh, 1982. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main internal-consistency case against the story.

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# A Basic Probe of the Beale Cipher as a Bamboozlement

Louis Kruh, 1982. _Cryptologia 6(4): 378-382_.

Lists the internal problems of the pamphlet's story (the ordering of the ciphers, the improbable logistics, the expectation that cipher 2 would be solved first) and compares the prose of the narrator and of "Beale".

**Beale ciphers** Articledoi: **[10.1080/0161-118291857190](https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-118291857190)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The main internal-consistency case against the story.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The quantities (about 2.9 tons of gold) and the overland transport from the Rockies in 1819 to 1821 are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7JA4M35VG/the-quantities-about-2-9-tons-of-gold-and-the-overland)

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[The Beale ciphers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers)

The mystery article

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[Who wrote The Beale Papers?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J0C43MZG/who-wrote-the-beale-papers)

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## Cite it

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Kruh, L. (1982). A Basic Probe of the Beale Cipher as a Bamboozlement. Cryptologia 6(4): 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-118291857190
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