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SKH - The Dark Half Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/20/2012
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Stephen King Highway “The Dark Half”

The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates. You must first figure out the REAL coordinates to “SKH – The Dark Half”. Please be aware of our slithery friends and watch for muggles. We understand most will not walk but park and grab so please use caution when stopping along the roads and use the side streets and use our parking coordinates.

The Dark Half” is a horror book written by Stephen King under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Most of the Bachman novels were darker and more cynical in nature, featuring a far more visceral sense of horror than the psychological, gothic style common to many of King's most famous works. When King was discovered to be Bachman, he wrote The Dark Half in response to his outing.

N 38° 32.ABC

A = The publication date for ”The Dark Half” was November 1, 198(A).

B = The number of pages in ”The Dark Half” is 4(B)1.

C = Timothy (C) (First Letter of Last name converted to a Number) played Thad Beaumont and George Stark in the film adaptation of ”The Dark Half”.

W 121° 13.DEF

D = The film adaptation of ”The Dark Half” was released on (D) 20, 1993.

E = The ISBN # for ”The Dark Half” is 978-0(E)70829828.

F = An unusual feature of the novel was the appearance of characters Rawlie and Billie DeLesseps, who had previously appeared only in a rarely printed short story which is far better known on film, "The Crate". Thad's co-worker Rawlie was the main character in the Creepshow segment, and in The Dark Half, they are described to look exactly like actors Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau, the actors who portrayed the characters in that segment. Oddly, the events of The Dark Half's late 19(F)0s setting clearly postdate the events in "The Crate"'s late 1970s setting.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)