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[Trailhead] Murcheson Expedition
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Just got BCC'd on an email...

Quote:
from murcheson@mailinator.com
to john.murdock@rocketmail.com
date Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:54 PM
subject rachel (encrypted)

jtRt prae mics uph roe ddl ocs coN kmo


Which via simple columnar transposition leads to:
http://jpmurdock.tripod.com/RachelsNotes.html
Quote:
I was destined to fail him though because of a mistake my grandfather had made early on in the expedition. He sired a son by a West Djaharrian woman in Kandur. His mother named him Raul, Sir William never knew about his other, bastard son.

I found out quite by accident when I encountered Raul while I was exploring close to the forest during a "walkabout" of sorts. He said, in English, that he was looking for an alabaster city in the mountains. (I guess my sister and I looked enough like Europeans to fool people, the differences being more subtle, and the other's covered most of the time.) He said he was Sir William's son, he had a great mane of white hair, which made him look very impressive. But he had a cruel, and debauched-looking demeanor, so I mistrusted him immediately.

He and I were cordial, at first, but something told me that I shouldn't acknowledge that I was Sir William's grand-daughter. However, I must have let something slip, or he guessed the truth because of my clothes. Because, he insisted that I take him to the White City, I refused him point blank. He then became angry, and ordered his companions to detain me. I, of course, had had no experience of this kind of behaviour, and meekly obeyed. He tortured me. But, even I was surprised that I had that kind of resilience, I guess it came from my Mother.

I eventually escaped, but the White City was forever closed to me, because I could never be sure that I wouldn't be followed by Raul, or someone he had hired.

I returned to London and looked up my relations, they finally acknowledged me. They had to, you see, I had my father's journal, all except for the ripped out pages, which Raul stole from the Ministry. I still suspect he had an "inside man". I'm still trying to recover them to this day. I heard that Raul was trying, from Djahar, to sell them in America.


Rachel ha(s/d) a sister.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:11 pm
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		New email:

Quote:
from murchesonSPLATmailinator.com
to rogi.ocnorbSPLATgmail.com
date Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:46 PM
subject 261625041619191608160820

01151221120408251208202221140226


Converting to letters and doing a quick rotation gives:
261625041619191608160820
ZPYDPSSPHPHT
SIRWILLIAIAM

01151221120408251208202221140226
AOLULDHYLHTVUNBZ
THENEWAREAMONGUS

Replied in the same manner
Quote:
011512211204?

"THENEW?"

ETA: Another reply (To my last message)
Seems there were some errors in the original code.
Note the change to the subject and the replacement of NEW with MEN

Quote:
from murcheson@mailinator.com
to rogi.ocnorb@gmail.com
date Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:57 PM
subject SIR WILLIAM

THE NEW [MEN] ARE AMONG US

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:26 pm
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 		More communication from Rachel.

I received an email from Rachel on Wednesday. I had previously received an email from her which included some personal information. She is really good at hunting down information. I think natas had a similar encounter with 'Raul' in a chat session. Weird...

Anyway, we are still trying to obtain the missing pages of the journal. I received no response to my last email to 'Raul'. My last email from Rachel included this.

Rachel Murcheson wrote:
I'll only say more to you personally (or, to your agent), or via mail because that's more difficult to monitor.


and an mp3 (below). I haven't checked for wave images and it just sounds like the voice is masked a little. Apparently, email communication may be out for a while.
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		I got a wordpress invite to confirm a subscription to the murcheson discussion blog.

Someone's impersonating me on there and asked a question that I would have never asked (IF I was going to ask a question about the party and its members, I would have asked about Colonel Edwards or Dr. Jones, based on another picture I found a couple of weeks ago that wasn't cropped).
http://murchesondiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/comments/

I'll accept the invite, as it seems that's the primary purpose for the email. But I really don't know how to proceed beyond that.

I guess it could have just been a call for attention to a "new wiki" notice in the Harriman Journal section posted by "john harriman", Richard's brother, who would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 years old if he's anywhere close to Richard in age.

Quote:
john harriman said
January 21, 2009 at 10:40 am

There's another project underway to reconstruct my brother's journal:

http://harriman.wikispaces.com/

They are tracking modifications, etc. through what's called a "wiki" (?).


If they're waiting on me to transcribe the letter I got and forwarded, they'll have a long wait. Partly because I never "saw" the pages I forwarded Wink , but mostly, because I am a terrible typist.

ETA: Apparently a key is needed to accept the subscription, which wasn't provided in the email. Oh well.
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 		I received a text from MurchesonGuide@703406174 asking to text 'MURCHESON' to 41411 (that's the textmarks.com site)

The response to subscribing was
Quote:
legerdemain was murdered help me find killer by votingSPLATmurchesondiscussion.wordpress.com


EDIT:
Oh, and Rogi, that's some bad form that someone is impersonating you.
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Apparently, the letter I was asked to forward was received.
Quote:
from John Murdock <jpmurdocknsons>
to "rogi.ocnorb" <rogi>
date Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:16 PM
subject Re: Chat with rogi.ocnorb
mailed-by gmail.com

Bronco Igor -

How very discreet of you.

Here's what we think you did:

1) You received the mail.
2) You had reservations about sending it on, unopened. Or you were just curious.
3) You opened it and then read it, then sent it on.
4) We expected such treachery.

Do you think we're as gullible as that!? Needless to say, you passed this test with flying colors. We like trustworthy people, but treacherous people are much more predictable.

We'll be in touch.

-- JP Murdock.

If I hadn't forotten to replace one of the peices of Scotch ® tape on the outer envelope, I would protest, profusely. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:03 am
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Bump due to email subject:

I was again BCC'd on an email;
Quote:
from murchesonSPLATmailinator.com
to john.murdockSPLATrocketmail.com
date Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:36 PM
subject Final Gambit

John -

All the pieces are in place for success, vis a vis my last conversation with Rachel.

But what are we going to do about the second Harriman journal? That could be as important as the Murcheson journal, the project is still in it's infancy, but the word is out.

-- Roger Murdock

P.S. I think my email account has been hacked, until I find out how to fix it I will send no more emails.
P.P.S. What do you think of this for our new logo?

There were two attachments in the file:
The first is the aforementioned logo which has some obvious Wingdingity-ness going on. But my old eyes can't make out all the characters. Uploaded as a .ZIP as the fora don't cotton to no .BMPs.

Also sent was an .mp3 file which when reversed contains the following dialogue:
Quote:
John: Thanks, Rachel. Your secret is safe with us.
Rachel: Thanks, John. My people will arrange for your payment. In case I disappear, you should know the password. I encrypted it with a password that you could figure out on your own.
John: This phone call is being recorded. Hi Rachel. This is John Murdock. I've posted the things you wanted to be posted on a secure server in the Cayman Islands.


So. John and Roger are letting Rachel thinks she's dealing with John, while she's really talking with Roger. Dunno
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:24 pm
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 		Got the same email Rogi.

was the word "second" bolded in yours also.

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		It was. Edited the other post.
(Any other bolding in the message was added by me.)
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 		crap, I noticed that the "s" in "second" is not bolded. Weird

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 		Alright I've gotten a copy of the journal in the mail.
Someone just called and asked if I'd gotten it.
He wanted to know who I plan on giving it to.
Who should I be giving it to?

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Rogi Ocnorb - email wrote:
from murchesonSPLATmailinator.com
to john.murdockSPLATrocketmail.com
date Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:36 PM
subject Final Gambit

-------

-- Roger Murdock

P.S. I think my email account has been hacked, until I find out how to fix it I will send no more emails.


It's been a week since Rachel? sent me an email asking to contact jssiegel about getting the page that Raul sent. jssiegel never responded to any of my inquiries. Raul also sent me an email requesting that I try to retrieve the page from jssiegel. Raul provided an address in DC if anyone wants to stalk contact our mysterious recipient.

From the email snippet above (and previous emails) 'murchesonsplatmailinator' is Roger's account? I thought that it belonged to Rachel. I'm getting really confused, now.

jakexanatomy, WHICH journal do you have?
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 		Richard Harriman
I also have the real first page of the same journal

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 		I need an answer because I don't have anyone to give it to yet and I just hung up on him so I need to know what to say when he calls back.

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 		jakexanatomy - registering gives you the added benefit of being an unofficial member of the unforums and you would be able to get private messages (PM's)

I'm not sure who should get the journal. Who sent it to you? If it needs to get to Rachel, you can send it to me. I would be willing to provide information through a PM or email.
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