11: The Voynich Manuscript Decoded - Have We Finally Solved the Most Mysterious Book in the World?

11: The Voynich Manuscript Decoded - Have We Finally Solved the Most Mysterious Book in the World?

For 600 years the Voynich Manuscript has stumped scholars, cryptographers, physicists, and computer scientists. Now, a researcher in Germany has claimed to have finally decoded the most mysterious book in the world. The Voynich Manuscript is a 240-page medieval codex written in an indecipherable language, full of bizarre drawings of strange plants, astrological symbols and... lots of... naked women. The Voynich Manuscript defies classification and has also defied comprehension. Cryptologists, FBI operatives, respected medievalists, mathematic and scientific scholars, skilled linguists... they've all been left stumped. Even Alan Turing took a crack at it and came up short. It's written from left to right and although it's never been "officially" deciphered, there's definitely a structure to it. Researchers have concluded that the language has 20 to 25 distinct letters but nobody has been able to figure out how the letters fit together. According to cryptanalyst Elizabeth Friedman in 1962, anyone who attempts to translate it is "doomed to utter frustration." Let's find out why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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576: Operation Eagle Flight: The Escape from Berlin to Bariloche

576: Operation Eagle Flight: The Escape from Berlin to Bariloche

For decades, a piece of his skull sat in a Russian archive - our most decisive proof that the most evil man of the 20th century died in 1945. When scientists finally tested the bone in 2009, they disc...

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575: The Underground Grid: Electricity Linking Four Famous Monsters

575: The Underground Grid: Electricity Linking Four Famous Monsters

In 2015, geologists discovered something peculiar: identical electrical patterns beneath four locations across the globe. These places shared another connection - they were all home to famous cryptid ...

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574: Project Redsun: NASA's Secret Manned Missions to Mars

574: Project Redsun: NASA's Secret Manned Missions to Mars

In 1973, while the world watched the Apollo missions end, something extraordinary happened in the Amazon jungle. A rocket carried humanity's most advanced spacecraft toward Mars, crewed by familiar na...

2 Marras 202437min

573: Symbols of Power: Deciphering the Language of the Secret Elite

573: Symbols of Power: Deciphering the Language of the Secret Elite

How closely have you looked at the one-dollar bill? You've seen that unfinished pyramid and mysterious eye thousands of times, but have you ever wondered why they're there?These symbols connect to an ...

28 Loka 202439min

572: COMPILATION: The Science of Ghosts and Ghost Hunting

572: COMPILATION: The Science of Ghosts and Ghost Hunting

A driver sees a strange light floating above an empty road at night. At the same time, a researcher works on a machine to contact the dead.These events might seem unrelated, but they're part of humani...

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571: Project Blue Beam: Staging a Fake Alien Attack to Take Over the World

571: Project Blue Beam: Staging a Fake Alien Attack to Take Over the World

You wake up one morning, and the world has changed. Overnight, archaeological discoveries have shaken the foundations of every major religion, causing chaos and confusion.Before you can process this i...

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570: COMPILATION: The Stories That Made Me a Believer

570: COMPILATION: The Stories That Made Me a Believer

The Why Files loves to make you question everything you thought you knew about reality. This collection of nine astonishing true stories spans from vanishing hikers to cosmic threats, mysterious monum...

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569: Alien Implants Vol. 1 | Devil’s Den UFO Encounter: What Was Found Inside Terry Lovelace?

569: Alien Implants Vol. 1 | Devil’s Den UFO Encounter: What Was Found Inside Terry Lovelace?

Terry Lovelace, a former Air Force medic, kept a terrifying secret for 40 years. A routine x-ray in 2012 revealed a mysterious object in his leg, awakening memories of a camping trip gone wrong.In 197...

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