Ep. 214 - Codebreakers Pt 1: Joe Desch and the NCR
Ohio Mysteries
English - January 23, 2023 01:00 - 32 minutes - ★★★★★ - 277 ratingsHistory Society & Culture crime akron murder ohiomysteries ohiomystery shipwreck truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Much of America's success in breaking the Enigma, the message encrypting machine used by Germany during World War II, can largely be traced to two different men from Dayton, Ohio. In this episode, the story of Joe Desch, a brilliant engineer at National Cash Register who designed a machine that could read coded messages - even though it led to a nervous breakdown and a lifetime of trying to hide his work from his family.
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Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch
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Much of America's success in breaking the Enigma, the message encrypting machine used by Germany during World War II, can largely be traced to two different men from Dayton, Ohio. In this episode, the story of Joe Desch, a brilliant engineer at National Cash Register who designed a machine that could read coded messages - even though it led to a nervous breakdown and a lifetime of trying to hide his work from his family.
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Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch
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