Explore published stories from Suzano, São Paulo, Brasil and nearby.
On March 13, 2019, two former students killed five students, two school employees, and a relative in Suzano. This dossier distinguishes eight murder victims from the often reported total of ten deaths, follows the investigation, support for families, and rebuilding of Raul Brasil State School, and examines the limits of proposed explanations.
33 km · São Paulo
The Martinelli rose amid fears that it would collapse and later acquired a haunted reputation. Between those legends lie a mansion on its roof, a Black cultural movement on the 16th floor, and the lives of residents displaced during restoration.
34 km · São Paulo
In 1974, a fire swept through the Joelma offices and exposed how a modern building could fail against smoke. Survivors, rescuers, a decree issued six days later, and a memorial to thirteen victims form the story that remains in São Paulo.
35 km · São Paulo
On 12 May 1937, Maria Cândida Guimarães dos Reis and her sons Álvaro and Armando were found dead in São Paulo's Little Castle. Police closed the case, but conflicting forensic interpretations kept questions alive for decades.
55 km · São José dos Campos
On 19 and 20 May 1986, lights reported by pilots and controllers led Brazil’s Air Force to launch five fighters. The original report confirms the operation and describes differing contacts; its striking conclusion sits alongside technical limits often omitted from retellings.
239 km · Varginha
Three young women reported a disturbing encounter in 1996. Rumours of captures, hospitals, and soldiers followed, along with a 357-page military inquiry and a cultural identity built around the case. What does each record actually establish?