Terrifying & True | Lead Masks Case: Brazil's Eerie UFO Death Mystery
Podcast: Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for HalloweenPublished On: Mon Apr 13 2026
Description: Two electronics technicians were found dead on a hillside in Niterói, Brazil, in 1966, with homemade lead eye masks and a note about capsules and a signal. Terrifying & True explores the Lead Masks Case, following Miguel José Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz to Morro do Vintém and the investigation that failed to establish a cause of death. Witness reports and missing pieces fueled theories of poisoning, spiritualist experiments, UFOs, and murder. Which clues are documented, and which explanations depend on assumptions? Follow an unresolved case whose objects offer no easy answer.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
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