Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies

The fast and easy way to crack codes and cryptograms

Did you love Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? Are you
fascinated by secret codes and deciphering lost history?
Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to
think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by
solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry,
the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and
conspiracy theories.

You'll get easy-to-follow instructions for solving everything
from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers using
secret codes and lost symbols.

• Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying
  types

• Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code

• Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author; Koltko-Rivera is an
  expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry

With the helpful information in this friendly guide, you'll be
unveiling mysteries and shedding light on history in no time!

Auteur

Denise Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author. Her puzzles
appear in a range of publications, including the Reader's Digest
Mind Stretchers series, and she is the author of Word
Searches For Dummies.

Mark E. Koltko-Rivera, PhD, is a 32degree Freemason and
expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry. Using
this expertise, he analyzed prepublication clues to uncover and
blog about key elements of The Lost Symbol. He co-hosts the weekly
podcast Masonic Central.

Résumé
The fast and easy way to crack codes and cryptograms Did you love Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? Are you fascinated by secret codes and deciphering lost history? Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and conspiracy theories.

You'll get easy-to-follow instructions for solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers using secret codes and lost symbols.

• Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types
• Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code
• Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author; Koltko-Rivera is an expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry
  With the helpful information in this friendly guide, you'll be unveiling mysteries and shedding light on history in no time!

Contenu

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

Part I: Code and Cryptogram Strategies 7

Chapter 1: Clueing You In about Codes and Cryptograms 9

Chapter 2: Cracking the Codes 21

Part II: Secret Stories, Codes, and Cryptogram Puzzles
47

Chapter 3: Solving Three Conspiracies 49

Chapter 4: Letter Substitution Cryptograms 95

Chapter 5: Number Substitution Cryptograms 123

Chapter 6: Symbol Substitution Cryptograms 155

Chapter 7: Caesar / Shift Ciphers 177

Chapter 8: Masonic Ciphers 197

Chapter 9: Rail Fence Ciphers 219

Chapter 10: Keyboard Codes 235

Chapter 11: Assorted Ciphers 251

Chapter 12: Anagrams and Cryptic Clues 261

Chapter 13: Double Level Puzzles 269

Part III: Hints and Answers to the Cryptos and Codes
277

Chapter 14: Hints to Help Crack the Cryptograms and Puzzles
279

Chapter 15: Answers to All Cryptograms and Puzzles 295

Appendix: Historical Background to the Conspiracy Stories
323