Buried under concrete: the final role of Jeff Machado

Buried under concrete: the final role of Jeff Machado. The murder of Jeff Machado.A wooden suitcase unearthed in a garden in Rio de Janeiro contained what remained of a shattered dream. Jeff Machado, a 44-year-old actor, disappeared on January 23, 2023, just as he was beginning rehearsals for the leading role he had pursued his entire life. Four months later, his body was found under concrete, strangled, with his hands and feet bound.In this episode, we explore the web of scams woven by Bruno de Souza Rodríguez since 2019, the premeditation of a house rented a month before the crime, and the confession that unraveled the curtain of lies. How did a con artist turn a television promise into a deadly trap? And what secret did the accomplices keep after the disappearance?Victim: Jeff Machado Date: January 23, 2023 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Status: Convicted pending (hearing October 27, 2023) - Bruno rented the house in Campo Grande a month before the crime, with a pit dug in advance according to forensic experts. - Jeff referred to his 13 dogs as "four-legged children," but later messages called them "animals," revealing that someone else was managing his phone. - Jeff's Instagram posts were geolocated in São Paulo, but forensic analysis confirmed that the device was in Rio at the exact moment of each post. - Vinicius da Silva Braga confessed that Bruno drugged and strangled Jeff after a confrontation over the 20,000 real scam. Jeff Machado, Rio de Janeiro, murdered actor, 2023, qualified homicide, fraud against aspiring actors, concealment, forensic investigation, premeditated crime, corruption of justice, true crime Spanish If you want to listen to this podcast without ads and have access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: [email protected] listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 14-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie