QUESTIONS THIS EPISODE ANSWERS What was the Lead Masks Case? The Lead Masks Case refers to the deaths of two Brazilian electronics technicians, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, whose bodies were found on Morro do Vintém near Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, on August 20, 1966. They were dressed in formal suits and waterproof coats, each wearing a homemade mask cut from sheet lead that covered only the eyes. No cause of death was ever determined. What did the note found at the scene say? A page in a notebook near the bodies contained a set of instructions that translate approximately as: sixteen thirty, be at the agreed place; eighteen thirty, ingest capsules; after the effect, protect metals; await signal; mask. The original Portuguese is fragmented and can be punctuated in more than one way, which is why translations of it differ. Why were the ...