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Its an irresistible combination Brad Meltzer a born storyteller counting down the worlds most intriguing unsolved mysteries And to make this richly illustrated book even richer each chapter invites the reader along for an interactive experience through the addition of removable facsimile documentsmdashthe evidence Its a treasure trove for conspiracy buffs a Griffin and Sabine for history lovers Adapted from Decoded Meltzerrsquos hit show on the HISTORY network History Decoded explores fascinating unexplained questions Is Fort Knox empty Why was Hitler so intent on capturing the Roman ldquoSpear of Destinyrdquo Whatrsquos the government hiding in Area Where did the Confederacyrsquos million in gold and silver go at the end of the Civil War And did Lee Harvey Oswald really act alone Meltzer sifts through the evidence weighs competing theories separates what we know to be true with whatrsquos stillmdashand perhaps forevermdashunproved or unprovable and in the end decodes the mystery arriving at the most likely solution Along the way we meet Freemasons Rosicrucians Nazi propagandists and the real DB Cooper Bound in at the beginning of each story is a custom-designed envelopemdasha faux th-century leather satchel a US government classified filemdashcontaining facsimiles of relevant evidence John Wilkes Boothrsquos alleged unsigned will a map of the Vatican Kennedyrsquos death certificate The whole is a riveting interactive adventure through the compelling world of mysteries and conspiracies.