The World's Hardest Puzzle

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  • 34 minutes 27 seconds
    Ultimate Truth is the Ultimate Illusion | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 7
    After months of twists and turns, Tommie and Nicky arrive at the end of their journey into Cicada 3301. What has the world’s hardest puzzle taught them? And what can it teach us about the internet today?

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    19 February 2024, 6:00 am
  • 32 minutes 27 seconds
    The Key is All Around You | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 6
    Despite ominous warnings from the ‘Cicada Solvers’ Discord Community, Nicky gets in contact with the alleged founder of Cicada 3301. They wait nervously as the call rings…

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    19 February 2024, 5:50 am
  • 26 minutes 23 seconds
    Patience is a Virtue | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 5
    On a late April evening Nicky is about to close her laptop when she stumbles across a YouTube video about Cicada 3301. Something about it doesn’t seem right. It leads her to a website, and even more questions…

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    19 February 2024, 5:40 am
  • 36 minutes 6 seconds
    We Shall Await You There | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 4
    Years have passed since the internet last heard from Cicada 3301. Tommie joins the 'Cicada Solvers' Discord Community to see the progress being made on the final puzzle, the Liber Primus. Is it any closer to being unlocked? Meanwhile, Nicky discovers that solving puzzles requires thinking outside the box.

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    19 February 2024, 5:30 am
  • 23 minutes 21 seconds
    It’s Dark Outside | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 3
    Liberty. Privacy. Security. These are the values that Cicada 3301 fight for. Tommie decided to delve into the murky world of privacy activism and the Dark Web. While meeting those who call the internet home, he stumbles across a revelation…

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    19 February 2024, 5:20 am
  • 22 minutes 41 seconds
    We Want The Best | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 2

    The complexity of each set of Cicada 3301’s puzzles astounded everyone. Even the minute details seemed forensic... All we know is they wanted ‘highly intelligent individuals.’ But why did they want them?


    To get closer to the answers, Nicky speaks to an entomologist, and Tommie a cryptographer.

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    19 February 2024, 5:10 am
  • 33 minutes 35 seconds
    Good Luck, 3301 | The World's Hardest Puzzle – Episode 1
    In January 2012, a cryptic post appeared online, seeking ‘highly intelligent individuals.’ What followed became known as Cicada 3301, the hardest puzzle on the internet. One that took players across the online space and then, to real-world locations. After two years of enigmatic posting, it disappeared - and was never seen again. The final puzzle was never solved. Nearly a decade later, Tommie Trelawny and Nicky Anderson decide to take on Cicada 3301 for themselves. Who was behind these mysterious puzzles? And what did they want to achieve?

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    19 February 2024, 5:00 am
  • 2 minutes 55 seconds
    The World's Hardest Puzzle | Trailer

    In 2012, a mysterious organisation known as Cicada 3301 announced itself to the world with a cryptic post seeking ‘highly intelligent individuals.’


    What followed became known as the hardest puzzle on the internet. One that took players to all corners the internet and out into real-world locations. After two years of enigmatic posting, it disappeared - and was never seen again. The final puzzle was never solved.Nearly a decade later, Tommie Trelawny and Nicky Anderson decide to take on Cicada 3301 for themselves.


    Who was behind these mysterious puzzles? And what did they want to achieve?

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    12 February 2024, 12:05 pm
  • 37 minutes 9 seconds
    Epilogue | The Interruption – Episode 9

    On a freezing January evening, Tommie and Producer Nicky wait in a carpark for a stranger.


    The Interruption is solved. They know who was behind it. So why are they here? 


    What can this stranger tell them that they don’t already know? 



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    20 February 2023, 5:00 am
  • 34 minutes 44 seconds
    The Gadget Guru (Part Two) | The Interruption – Episode 8

    Forty-five years later, Tommie has gone on a journey through UFO Religions, talking to alien impersonators, psychic illusionists and travelling to alien churches.


    He’s found out who was behind The Interruption, but the story doesn’t finish there.


    Why did he do it? Why did a former radio pirate turn gadget guru hijack a television broadcast?


    The answer begins on a park bench at the University of Bedfordshire.

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    19 December 2022, 5:00 am
  • 27 minutes 33 seconds
    The Gadget Guru (Part One) | The Interruption – Episode 7

    Two days after a massive dead end in their investigation, Tommie sends his producer a voice note: “That man is Vrillon, that man is Vrillon…”


    And with those words, the 45-year-old case has been solved.


    But, who was behind it?


    Well, you’ve actually heard from him already…

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    19 December 2022, 4:00 am
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