127: Cicada 3301 - The Internets Greatest Mystery

Put your thinking caps on because this week on the podcast D brings the illustrious story of Cicada 3301 - The Internets Greatest Mystery. When a mysterious image appeared on 4-chan years ago with an enticing caption thousands of people began trying to solve the clues.  Deemed as an organisation trying to find "intelligent individuals" the mystery continued through the years with some of the most challenging puzzles and riddles the world has ever seen. Who was behind Cicada 3301? What was their intentions? Most importantly - How do you solve the clues? We ask all the questions you want to know as D helps us unravel the Internets Greatest Mystery using actual audio clues posted to the sites years ago. We close the show with a brief but humerous story of a cinema outing some years ago. Find out more about cicada 3301: Lemmino - Cicada 3301 (Youtube) https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI Nox Populi - Year 2 winner (YouTube series) https://youtube.com/c/NoxPopuli https://www.boxentriq.com/code-breaking/cicada-3301-first-puzzle-walkthrough https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/Uncovering_Cicada_Wiki