Seven Steps to Mercy: Cracking the Shakespeare Code - Episode 3

Wait, there is a third episode about cracking the Shakespeare Code?  Peter Amundsen and Robert Crumpton conclude their quest to crack the Shakespeare Code.  In this final chapter, the code reveals a treasure map and where mythical objects are hidden.  The run time for this episode is 52:36.  So the twists and turns conclude with this final episode.

Peter and Robert begin the episode by looking at blow-up versions of the Earth and Sky.  The latitude and longitude on the earth correspond with points on the sky map.  They talk about constellations and masons.  They talk about Neville and the colonization of the New World.  Peter talks about how the stars are not accurate and that the stars move over time.  Additionally, he talks about how longitude was not measured accurately.

The Tempest was the last play Shakespeare wrote.  It is about a man who was abandoned on an island.  Eventually, Peter shifts the discussion to Oak Island, and he believes that it was a treasure island.  It would share the same latitude as one of the stars Danub, mentioned in the Shakespeare code. It would have been known as Gloucester Island.  This island would have been named for the Duke of Gloucester, who was a patron of the masons.  He was buried in the St. Albans Cathedral and when his body was found it was perfectly preserved. 

Robert talks about Oak Island and how people searched the island for treasure hidden.  As early as 1795 people have been digging on the island for treasure.  Six people have died on the island looking for the treasure and legend has it that a seventh person must die before the treasure is revealed.  Peter talks about the challenges of getting to the underground tunnels.  Sea water prevents people from getting to the tunnels.  There were pieces of paper found on the island the paper was preserved using mercury.  Then there was a discussion on Nolan’s Cross which was found on the island. It would have matched the Swan Constellation.  It was at this section that I was expecting the Lagina brothers to show up.  I wonder if Peter reached them with his theory about Oak Island. 

Peter went out to Oak Island to test his theory about the “Tree of Life.”  He talks about seven points on Oak Island that provide a guide to where the treasure will be.  He was given permission to dig at two points.  On this expedition, he discovered half a stone that was flat on onside.  Peter then had a backhoe dig further around the stone in search of the other half.  He then went to another part of the island o find another stone.  Peter has an idea as to where to access the treasure.

It was at this point, Peter and Robert turn back to the Tempest.  This time they look at the epilogue of the Tempest.  This epilogue would have been Shakespeare’s “swan song,” before his requirement.  Peter points out the word “Mercy” in the epilogue and believes it would correspond to “mercy point” on Oak Island.  However, there is a problem, mercy point is in the middle of a swamp.  It is at this point; Peter brings out the History of Henry II and talks about the picture in this book.  Peter brings out another picture, featuring Sir Francis Bacon pointing to a pond.  Peter and Robert head out to Oak Island to examine Mercy point.  They take a boat out to the swamp and discover a flat, hard rock in the swamp.  What else does the Shakespeare code reveal?  Was there a treasure on Oak Island?  Tune into the rest of this episode to find out.

I have to give Robert some made respect for giving the code a chance and not laughing at Peter’s theory.  That said, this is one episode to skip for showing in the classroom.

I had to check out to see if Peter contacted the Lagina brothers with his theories and discovered that he had and took part in their show about Oak Island.  Later, Robert mentioned that the swamp had been drained to prove Peter’s theory.  It feels like there was a catch-up section in this episode.