CIPHER IN THE CORN: The Coded Notes Found In Ricky McCormick's Pocket

In June 1999 a passing motorist spotted Ricky McCormick's badly decomposed body in a cornfield in West Alton, Missouri, and in the pocket of his jeans were two handwritten pages of letters and numbers that the FBI's own codebreakers still haven't been able to read. Twelve years later the Bureau announced that it believed he'd been murdered and asked the public for help cracking the code. READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38wn4dy4 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. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Cipher In The Corn” written by Stu Wahlin for Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hstndhs If you have info that could help solve the Ricky McCormick case, 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 (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com .