Cicada 3301 (Part 1)

Red Web

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In 2012, a single image containing a hidden message sparked a globe-spanning series of puzzles. Very little is known about the puzzle's creator or what lies at the end of the scavenger hunt. This week, we tackle our most requested mystery as we begin to untangle the web that is Cicada 3301. Follow us on Twitter @RedWebPod https://twitter.com/RedWebPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2012, a mysterious image was posted on 4chan instructing users to find a hidden message.
0:17.2	What transpired beyond that amounts to one of the internet's biggest and most convoluted
0:21.1	mysteries to date.
0:22.6	Today, we'll be talking about the internet's most baffling enigma, cicada 3301.
0:29.4	Welcome to Red Web.
0:38.5	It's a Monday and we're back.
0:40.0	I'm Trevor Collins and with me, as always, Alfredo Diaz.
0:43.5	Hello, hello, another week, another reason to be terrified of everything, to be honest.
0:49.4	That's true, that's true.
0:50.7	The internet is everywhere and it's with you and it's scary.
0:53.5	This is probably one of my favorite mysteries that we will be covering probably ever because
0:59.0	it's so prolific, it's so well known, but it's so deep.
1:02.8	There's just so much here to bite into that leads to question mark.
1:07.8	You know what I mean?
1:08.8	Yeah.
1:09.8	I'm excited.
1:11.4	I was told a little bit ago that this is possibly a two-par, that's going to be a big boy.
1:19.3	Trying to get my head ready.
1:22.6	I think I've recovered from the last episode where I was pulled in every single direction
1:28.3	possible and broke my brain.
1:31.1	So I think my brain cells have recovered.
1:33.7	This is the Brain Break podcast, certainly.
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