The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill Part 1
About this episode
The episode explores the mysterious deaths of two technicians in Brazil who were found wearing lead masks under strange circumstances.
In one of Brazil’s strangest unsolved mysteries, two electronics technicians travel to Niterói in 1966, buy matching raincoats, hike up a remote hill with cash, water, towels, and a handwritten set of bizarre instructions, then turn up dead days later lying side by side on palm leaves, wearing homemade lead eye masks and showing no clear cause of death. What follows is a case that spirals far beyond a simple true-crime puzzle, with every answer leading to a bigger question: were these men victims of a bizarre accident, participants in something occult, or did they believe they were about to witness something not of this world? Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.
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