Episode
The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill Part 1
- Podcast
- Astonishing Legends
- Published
- Apr 12, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 6476
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Summary
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.