Hunt A Killer: Box 3
***SPOILERS THROUGHOUT***
LFoA Welcome Letter: A third letter from George Madson. He has a new title, "Transition Facilitator". Not sure what this transition is or how it is affecting JWJ or the other characters in the hunt. But the letter references the newsletter from the LFoA website.
JWJ "Friend" Letter: Toward the end of the letter, JWJ makes reference to a "binary system." If you go back over the letter, a pattern of ones and zeros becomes clear. Putting that into a binary code cracker, the message "I gotM" appears. "M" could refer to George Madson. So, JWJ got George Madson. He either captured him or killed him.
Prisoner/Patient ID Bracelet:
Says "James, J.W.", "29-JUN-1956", and "0000 1618" on it. If you put this date into an age calculator or just do the math, it puts JWJ around 60 years of age, at least. There are two schools of thought on the date, either his DOB or a date of his incarceration. I'm going with his DOB for my theory. This would give us a helpful point of reference for any dates associated with him later in the game.
Bloody Pen:
Going with the binary coded message, "I gotM", I believe the pen is showing that JWJ killed Madson and took over the facility. This goes with my box/episode 2 theory that JWJ thinks of himself as Cadmus who slew the Dragon and buried the teeth to raise an army. In other words, he kills Madson and takes control of the staff and facility.
Barn Photo: This photo is most likely a nod to where JWJ may have lived as a child. Or it holds significance we don't understand at this point yet.
***LFoA Newsletter***: Putting the "Winter Puzzle" into a cipher cracker you get the message, "
THE PILOT WAS BORN THIS YEAR...TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER HE NEVER MAKE IT TO BRAZIL." The year was "1902." Using the blacklight, the number "1618" shows up on the back of the Friend letter in box 2. Putting the Listening Friends of America website into your browser and add your newly discovered code... https://www.listeningfriendsofamerica.org/1902-1618 and an mp3 file is revealed. *There isn't much to gain at the moment from the recording, except that McGowan is drugged and being asked to admit to murdering Grayson.* Also: We are given the name of Jacob Nilson, our mystery signature on the inspection stickers. And the name "Felix" is also mentioned.
Thoughts on Boxes/Episodes 1-3:***SPOILERS for BOX/EPISODE 4*** So far, we have discovered we are corresponding with John William James, a 60-year-old man in an institution for the mentally ill. He has some control over the facility by episode 3 and may have murdered George Madson or be holding him captive. During the course of our interactions, JWJ gave us a case file about the murder of Lillian Grayson, a patient with a form of amnesia. She was "a bright star" and well liked around the hospital. So, was she a former staff member? Was she being drugged to keep her quiet about something she may have become aware of. LFoA is not beyond keeping a patient drugged, like McGowan, until they want to know information or control the flow of information. Was Grayson killed by a staff member, either the custodian or a doctor to cover up a relationship? McGowan was supposed to be in quarantine and restrained during the time of her murder, so how would he have killed her in his locked room? And all that we know about McGowan tells us he has anger toward father-figures and men. He loved his mother and nothing shows he had violence toward women. His mother said he was showing "periods of violent behavior", but not that it was directed at her. The father could be the target of that increased violent tendency. Is the custodian too obvious? A blunt object could be obtained by any staff member with appropriate access. This box gave us many questions. But we are seeing a power struggle occuring between JWJ and Madson. JWJ appears to be in control and we are unsure of the fate of Madson at this point. What does box 4 have in store for us?!
Find out when we Hack The Hunt in Episode 4 later this week!
