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1 | Cicada 3301 Part 1 - A modern day mystery

Nov 12, 202242 minEp. 1
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Episode description

Welcome to our first episode! Today, Jenna covers the strange story of Cicada 3301. In 2012 a mysterious group calling themselves Cicada 3301 began posting puzzles online as a recruitment competition that quickly went viral. But who is Cicada and what are the recruiting for? 

Links to sources:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cicada-solving-the-webs-deepest-mystery-84394/

https://connortumbleson.com/2019/09/30/the-cicada-3301-mystery/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k24ZrFR2IUQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

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