Cracking the Code Season 1 Episode 1 - The Mob Code

Airdate: 2022-Aug-15

Episode summary:

This episode reveals the story of one of history's greatest codebreakers - suburban mother Elizabeth Friedman. Armed with just a pencil and paper, she cracked the codes that brought down the Mob, saved countless lives in the Second World War and prevented a Nazi invasion of America.

About Cracking the Code series:

How, from bizarre ancient markings to random numbers and letters, codes and ciphers have been used for millennia to send secret messages, hide iden...Show more >