“THE CIPHER IN THE CORN: AN UNSOLVED MURDER AND ITS STRANGE PAGES OF CODE” AND MORE! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: We explore the unsolved murder of Ricky McCormick, and the mysterious pages of code found in the dead man’s pocket after his body was discovered in St. Charles County, Missouri, in 1999. The FBI’s top cryptanalysts have appealed to the public for help deciphering the enigmatic scribbles—and you may hold the key. Plus, I’ll share stories that originally aired in 2016 – the first few months Weird Darkness even existed! Why? Just for nostalgia!
(Dark Archives episode, originally aired March 6 & 8, 2018)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“Cipher In The Corn” written by Stu Wahlin for Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hstndhs
If you have any information that could help solve the Ricky McCormick murder, visit https://forms.fbi.gov/code.
You can also write to: FBI Laboratory Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records, Unit 2501 Investigation Parkway, Quantico VA 22135 - Attention: Ricky McCormick Case
“Dead Sleep” was written by Annie Wilder (From the book “House of Spirits and Whispers”)
“Phone Call From The Dead” was written by Luisa, donated by MyHauntedLifeToo.com
“The House By The Cemetery” was written by M.J. Hill
“The Old Man” was submitted anonymously, donated by MyHauntedLifeToo.com
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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| 0:00.0 | Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama. |
| 0:05.6 | The young gentleman's name would be... |
| 0:08.3 | Oliver. Oliver Twist. |
| 0:10.7 | ...with Brian Cox as Fagan. |
| 0:12.9 | What have you seen? Street boy. |
| 0:14.9 | Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes. |
| 0:19.3 | Oh, look at me like a hound of my noise! |
| 0:21.3 | I love you, baby! |
| 0:22.3 | ...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells. |
| 0:25.7 | Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms. |
| 0:30.7 | I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. |
| 0:37.1 | I love walking with the dog for long periods of time, |
| 0:40.1 | hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. |
| 0:42.6 | So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit because like you're wrapped up so warm, |
| 0:46.4 | but then you're climbing hampsed and heath and you get to the top and you're like, |
| 0:50.4 | oh, and then you can see the breath, but then your nose is still freezing to top. |
| 0:54.6 | Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks. |
| 1:00.2 | South Carolina. |
| 1:01.5 | The first thing it comes to mind when you think of this state is probably |
| 1:04.9 | Myrtle Beach, Shrimpin Grits, and maybe it's Rollin' Civil War if you're a history buff, |
| 1:10.3 | but for some it's not all smiling faces and beautiful places. |
| 1:14.3 | For me, I think of the Lizard Man, Peewee Gascans, and the countless ghost stories from the coast. |
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