In 1966, two electronics technicians traveled to a hill overlooking Rio de Janeiro — and were later found dead, lying side by side, wearing homemade lead masks over their eyes.

There were no signs of violence. No clear cause of death. And no explanation for why they were there.

In one man’s pocket, police found a handwritten note with strange instructions: a time, a reference to ingesting capsules, a warning to “protect metals,” and a final line — “await signal.”

In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we dive into the bizarre and unsettling mystery known as The Lead Masks Case. We explore the discovery, the cryptic note, the unexplained deaths, and the cultural context of 1960s Brazil — including theories involving failed experiments, secret tests, and the era’s strange fascination with contactee beliefs.

This is not a case about what happened to these men — it’s a case about what they believed was going to happen next.

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About the show

Kat Has Questions is a curiosity-driven podcast about real stories that sound unreal — from unsolved crimes and strange history to the quietly weird corners of human behavior.

New episodes every week.

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Sources & Further Reading

- BBC News — “The Mystery of Brazil’s Lead Masks Case”

- Smithsonian Magazine — “The Strange Deaths of the Lead Mask Men”

- The Guardian — “Brazil’s Unsolved Lead Masks Mystery”

- Skeptoid Podcast — Episode on the Lead Masks Case

- The Brazilian National Archives (case summaries and police reports)

- Wikipedia — Lead Masks Case (used as a reference starting point only)

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In December of 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from one of the most remote outposts in Scotland — the Flannan Isles Lighthouse. No bodies. No signs of struggle. Just an abandoned tower, a stopped clock, and a logbook that ends too soon.

In this episode, we break down what is actually documented about the disappearance — including the official records, the storm damage found below the lighthouse, and the haunting quotes later attributed to the keepers’ final days. We also explore how myth, poetry, and retellings blurred the line between fact and legend almost immediately after the men were declared missing.

Was it a rogue wave? A tragic accident? Or something far stranger?

This is the mystery of the Flannan Isles — and why, more than a century later, it still refuses to settle into a simple explanation.

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About the show

Kat Has Questions is a curiosity-driven podcast about real stories that sound unreal — from unsolved crimes and strange history to the quietly weird corners of human behavior.

New episodes every week.

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Sources & Further Reading

- Northern Lighthouse BoardOfficial inspection reports and historical records regarding the Flannan Isles Lighthouse and the disappearance of the keepers in December 1900.

- Joseph Moore (Relief Keeper) – Official Testimony
Firsthand account from the relief keeper who discovered the lighthouse abandoned on December 26, 1900, including details of the condition of the tower, lamps, clocks, and weather damage.

- Graham, Robert. The Flannan Isles MysteryA detailed historical analysis examining documented evidence, weather records, and later embellishments surrounding the case.

- Munro, Roderick. Scottish Lighthouse MysteriesExplores the Flannan Isles disappearance within the broader context of lighthouse history and maritime danger in Scotland.

- Weather Records – December 1900 (Outer Hebrides)Meteorological data confirming severe storm activity in the days leading up to the disappearance, often referenced in official explanations.

-Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1912). Flannan IsleA narrative poem that helped popularize many of the emotional and psychological elements later attributed to the keepers — often mistaken for logbook excerpts but acknowledged as literary interpretation.

- National Library of Scotland Archives
Preserved documents, newspaper coverage, and maritime records related to the Flannan Isles Lighthouse.

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In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote Bavarian farm known as Hinterkaifeck.

What makes this case so disturbing isn’t just the violence — it’s what happened before and after the murders.

Footprints in the snow that led to the house but never away.

Strange noises coming from the attic.

A maid who quit because she believed the house was haunted.

And after the family was killed… evidence suggests the murderer stayed behind — feeding animals, eating food, and living in the house with the bodies.

In this episode, we break down the full timeline of the Hinterkaifeck murders, the warning signs everyone ignored, the night of the killings, the investigation, and why this chilling case remains unsolved over 100 years later.

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About the show

Kat Has Questions is a curiosity-driven podcast about real stories that sound unreal — from unsolved crimes and strange history to the quietly weird corners of human behavior.

New episodes every week.

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Sources & Further Reading

- Wikipedia — Hinterkaifeck Murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders- Mental Floss — The Creepy, Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Murders https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57967/creepy-unsolved-hinterkaifeck-murders

- All That’s Interesting — The Hinterkaifeck Murders: Germany’s Most Disturbing Unsolved Crime https://allthatsinteresting.com/hinterkaifeck-murders

- Historic Mysteries — The Hinterkaifeck Farm Murders https://www.historicmysteries.com/hinterkaifeck/

- Investigation Discovery — The Hinterkaifeck Murders https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/the-hinterkaifeck-murders

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