How Can I Contact Spirits on Mars? Mystery of the Lead Masks (Episode #48)

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On August 20, 1966, the bodies of two men were discovered on Vintém Hill, Rio de Janeiro. These men, later identified as Brazilian electronic technicians Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, lay side by side, dressed in formal suits with waterproof coats. What made the discovery even more peculiar was that both men were wearing homemade lead eye masks. Nearby, an empty water bottle and two wet towels were found, along with a cryptic notebook containing the message: “16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect metals await signal mask.” Despite various theories—including murder, suicide, drug overdose, and even extraterrestrial involvement—the true fate of these men remains a mystery to this day.

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EPISODE RESOURCES

• Barclay, Shelly. “The Lead Masks Case.” Historic Mysteries, 27 Oct. 2011, www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/the-lead-masks-case/1066/
• ‌Castelo, Dante. “The Lead Masks Case: Unexplained Deaths and Alleged Extraterrestrial Contact | Medium.” Medium, Medium, 11 July 2023, medium.com/@dantecastelo/the-lead-masks-case-unexplained-deaths-and-alleged-extraterrestrial-contact-952f8ab49cb4. Accessed 29 July 2024
• Conradt, Stacy. ‌“The Bizarre Lead Mask Deaths of 1966.” Mental Floss, 22 Oct. 2015, www.mentalfloss.com/article/70161/bizarre-lead-mask-deaths-1966
• Dunning, Brian. “Solving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill.” Skeptoid, skeptoid.com/episodes/4398‌
• Fraga, Kaleena. “Inside the Eerie ‘Lead Masks Case’ That’s Gone Unsolved For More Than 50 Years.” All That’s Interesting, 8 Feb. 2022, allthatsinteresting.com/lead-masks-case‌
• “Lead Masks Case.” Wikipedia, 20 May 2024, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_masks_case. Accessed 29 July 2024.
• Melissa. ‌“The Curious Case of the Lead Mask Deaths.” Today I Found Out, 29 Aug. 2017, www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/08/curious-case-lead-mask-deaths/#google_vignette
• Thornton, Patrick.‌ “The Bizarre Case of the Lead Mask Deaths.” Ranker, www.ranker.com/list/case-of-the-lead-mask-deaths/patrick-thornton

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