Behind the Book:
Mystery Beneath the Baneberry Bush DocuSeries
The Lost Journal of Gilbert Bean
For over a century, the Beale Cipher was dismissed as legend. But in 2002, author Emma Jean H. Rose uncovered something extraordinary—not a treasure map, but a personal journal encrypted in code. The words belonged to Gilbert Bean: Revolutionary War soldier, minister, and forgotten voice of history.
Discover how a cipher once thought to hide gold instead revealed the truth of a man nearly erased from history.
The Hidden Chamber at Bean’s Cove
The cipher’s clues didn’t point to Virginia but to Bean’s Cove, Pennsylvania. There, Emma Jean H. Rose uncovered landmarks described in code, local legends, and scientific scans revealing signs of a buried vault. For generations, whispers of treasure filled the valley—was the cipher the map all along?
Continue the story with Episode 2 of Mystery Beneath the Baneberry Bush.
A Revolutionary Disappearance
Why would Gilbert Bean, a Revolutionary War soldier and minister, want his name erased from history? Emma Jean H. Rose discovered his connection to Masonry, revolution, and the anti-Masonic movement—and the reason his journal was written in cipher.
What Bean left behind wasn’t disappearance, but survival encoded in numbers.
Uncover the mystery in Episode 3 of Mystery Beneath the Baneberry Bush.
The Code Within the Code
The Beale Cipher wasn’t a puzzle—it was a journal. Through persistence and intuition, Emma Jean H. Rose decoded stories of smuggling, revolution, and hidden names buried in the numbers.
A cipher not of gold, but of secrets. Yet one question remains… is this truly the end of the cipher, or only the beginning?
Don’t miss the finale of Mystery Beneath the Baneberry Bush.