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Mar 2020
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CONSPIRACY: The Lead Masks Case

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In 1966, two electronics technicians were found dead on a hill near Rio de Janeiro, with a cryptic note and two masks made out of solid lead. The investigation raised more questions than answers, uncovering among other things, involvement in an occult society. 
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