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Nov 2018
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E124: "The Lead Masks Case" - Manoel Per...

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Two men wearing matching suits and raincoats were found dead in a bed of leaves hand-trimmed by scissors. The only thing found with them were two small sheets of lead shaped like sunglasses and an empty water bottle. An obsession with the occult or extraterrestrial life might have caused this 1966 murder.  Sponsors! Audible - Listen to Evil Has A Name now at ... Show More
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