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Masquerade: How a real-life treasure hunt obsessed a nation
I remember this growing up in the UK - I don't think I solved a single clue though!
BBC:
A series of events is being staged to mark the 40th anniversary of the publishing sensation that was Masquerade, a picture book that promised hidden treasure to the person who could solve the clues hidden within its pages.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776
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Obsession kills... 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43136287
A US man who fell to his death while searching for buried treasure in the Rocky mountains has become the fourth person to die on the hunt. Jeff Murphy, 53, had driven his car to Yellowstone National Park from his home in Illinois to seek the buried $2m (£1.4) treasure chest. He had been looking for the stash of gold and jewels allegedly hidden by a wealthy 86-year-old art dealer.Officials determined that Murphy fell 500ft (152m) after his foot slipped.
According to an official report obtained by Montana TV station KULR-News, Murphy's wife had told rescuers that he had been searching for the buried treasure when he went missing on 8 June 2017.
He was found the next day by officials, who later determined that his death was not an intentional suicide.
Murphy was seeking the fortune of New Mexico millionaire Forrest Fenn. The antiques dealer wrote a 24-line poem in his 2010 memoir that he claimed led to the treasure.He said he wanted to encourage people to spend more time outdoors, using the hunt as a way to "get the kids off the couch and away from the game machine".The Romanesque chest, he says, is buried above the elevation of 5,000ft somewhere in the Rocky Mountains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Canadian border.
His mysterious poem ends with the following lines: "So hear me all and listen good, Your effort will be worth the cold.
"If you are brave and in the wood, I give you title to the gold."
According to an official report obtained by Montana TV station KULR-News, Murphy's wife had told rescuers that he had been searching for the buried treasure when he went missing on 8 June 2017.
He was found the next day by officials, who later determined that his death was not an intentional suicide.
Murphy was seeking the fortune of New Mexico millionaire Forrest Fenn. The antiques dealer wrote a 24-line poem in his 2010 memoir that he claimed led to the treasure.He said he wanted to encourage people to spend more time outdoors, using the hunt as a way to "get the kids off the couch and away from the game machine".The Romanesque chest, he says, is buried above the elevation of 5,000ft somewhere in the Rocky Mountains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Canadian border.
His mysterious poem ends with the following lines: "So hear me all and listen good, Your effort will be worth the cold.
"If you are brave and in the wood, I give you title to the gold."