# Schmeh 2017: The Top 50 unsolved encrypted messages: 40. The Beale cryptograms

> Klaus Schmeh, 2017. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A clear secondary summary; used for the Morriss 1823 point and the cipher-strength argument.

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# The Top 50 unsolved encrypted messages: 40. The Beale cryptograms

Klaus Schmeh, 2017. _Klausis Krypto Kolumne (scienceblogs.de)_.

A cryptography writer's summary of the hoax case: Gillogly's strings, the Morriss hotel date, Kruh's points on cipher numbering, and the strength of the book-cipher method for an 1820s frontiersman.

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## What it's used for here

A clear secondary summary; used for the Morriss 1823 point and the cipher-strength argument.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Cipher stories were popular after Poe's 'The Gold-Bug', giving a ready model.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J5R00DZK/cipher-stories-were-popular-after-poes-the-gold-bug-giving-a)

Evidence

EVD

[Searches for a matching edition have not produced one.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J8NR3D5S/searches-for-a-matching-edition-have-not-produced-one)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Schmeh, K. (2017). The Top 50 unsolved encrypted messages: 40. The Beale cryptograms. Klausis Krypto Kolumne (scienceblogs.de). https://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/2017/03/20/the-top-50-unsolved-encrypted-messages-40-the-beale-cryptograms/?all=1
```

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**SRC** 0CR7HSHC2KEC

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