DEATH & THE MCCORMICK CIPHER
From Exploring Evil True Crime Reloaded by J.
February 18, 2026 · 29 min · Season 1 · Episode 7
About this episode
The episode explores the mysterious death of a young man found in a cornfield and the unsolved cipher linked to his case.
When a young man is found in a cornfield, body decomposing in the heat, police are unable to determine cause of death. He's identified as a local man of low IQ and can't read or write. But that didn't stop him from being used as a drug runner. Police find what appears to be a cipher or coded note that has yet to be interpreted. Will solving it lead to his possible killer, or will it be a grocery list? The FBI lists it alongside the Zodiac cipher as the most difficult to solve! Take a crack at it tonight on EE Reloaded!
Topics covered
- death
- cipher
- true crime
- drug running
- investigation
Keywords
- McCormick cipher
- Zodiac cipher
- FBI
- murder investigation
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