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Today in True Crime

August 20, 1966: The Lead Masks Case

Today in True Crime

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Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On August 20, 1966, the bodies of two Brazilian electrical engineers were found with strange lead masks over their eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is Tuesday, August 20th, 2019.

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On this day in 1966, the bodies of two Brazilian electricians, Manuel Pereira the Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana,

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were found atop Vintame Hill in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Niederoi. What made this

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