TIL in 2009, popular brazilian crime show host ‘wallace souza’ was charged with hiring hitmen for murders in order to be the first on the scene to boost ratings. he was linked to 5 cases and died before trial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Souza

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