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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Sonic Weapons, Havana Syndrome and The Fear Frequency

Sonic Weapons, Havana Syndrome and The Fear Frequency

Do some horror movies use sounds of a *specific frequency* to amp up the scare factor? Yes.  Can infrasound and ultrasound damage the human body? Yes.  Has sound been used as a real-world weapon? Yes....

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33: When will we upload our consciousness to the cloud?

33: When will we upload our consciousness to the cloud?

When will we upload our consciousness to the cloud?   As long as people have been alive, they've wanted to stay alive.    For centuries, explorers have searched for the fountain of youth. And today, s...

26 Jun 202213min

34: How Long Can Humans Live Without Their Head?

34: How Long Can Humans Live Without Their Head?

HOW LONG DO ANIMALS (and people) SURVIVE WITHOUT THEIR HEADS?   Does a human head remain conscious after being separated from its body?   It sure does. But just how long do you actually survive? Not t...

26 Jun 202211min

31: The Latitude Society - Game, Business, or Cult? (Yes.)

31: The Latitude Society - Game, Business, or Cult? (Yes.)

THE LATITUDE.  How do you join a cult without knowing it?   Here's how it happened to thousands of people in San Francisco just a few years ago. You're with a trusted friend; maybe on a hike, or sitti...

26 Jun 202221min

30: The Phantom Time Hypothesis -- The Middle Ages Never Happened

30: The Phantom Time Hypothesis -- The Middle Ages Never Happened

According to a German historian, the year is actually 1724. He says our calendar is a lie and a big chunk of the Middle Ages never happened.   Which says that back in 1000 AD, there was a conspiracy b...

26 Jun 202214min

29: Tesla's technology to talk to spirits of the dead

29: Tesla's technology to talk to spirits of the dead

GHOST PHONE vs SPIRIT RADIO.  Edison versus Tesla. One of history's greatest rivalries. They would never admit it but as different as these men were, they also had many similarities. For instance, the...

26 Jun 202216min

28: NY's Windowless Skyscraper actually a NSA Spy Hub called TITANPOINTE

28: NY's Windowless Skyscraper actually a NSA Spy Hub called TITANPOINTE

TITANPOINTE.  New York City has skyscrapers of all shapes and sizes. But why does this 500 foot tall, 29-story building have no windows, no lights and no markings at all?  Because it's a top-secret NS...

26 Jun 202219min

27: Area 51 Airline? | JANET: The Secret Government Airline That Doesn't Exist

27: Area 51 Airline? | JANET: The Secret Government Airline That Doesn't Exist

JANET AIRLINES.  Heard of Janet Airlines? No? Good. That's exactly what the US government wants. One of the government's biggest secrets is hiding in plain sight. In Las Vegas.  Janet is the top-secre...

26 Jun 202216min

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