''Linha Direta'' (lit. ''Direct Line'') was a Brazilian

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broadcast by

Globo Network TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station ...

. Similar in style and loosely based on the United States program, ''

America's Most Wanted ''America's Most Wanted'' (often abbreviated as ''AMW'') is an American television program whose first run was produced by 20th Television, and second run is under the Fox Alternative Entertainment division of Fox Corporation. At the time of i ...

'', this program has also helped the Brazilian authorities apprehend many criminals at large trying to escape justice. The program was cancelled in 2007. There were two special editions of the program: ''Linha Direta Justiça'' that presented famous Brazilian crimes, like the

Candelária massacre The Candelária massacre ( pt, chacina da Candelária ) was a mass killing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23, 1993. During the night, eight homeless people, including six minors, were killed by a group of men beside the Candelária Church. S ...

, the death of Josef Mengele and the Jules Rimet theft on Rio de Janeiro; and the ''Linha Direta Mistério'', about stories of the supernatural, like the Operação Prato, the legend of the thirteen souls that died on the

Joelma fire ''Edifício Praça da Bandeira'', formerly known as the Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1971, located at Avenida 9 de Julho, 225. On 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth flo ...

and cases of NDE. All shows featured reenactments using actors as well as interviews with journalists and principal characters.

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* Rede Globo original programming Brazilian television series 1999 Brazilian television series debuts 2007 Brazilian television series endings 1990s Brazilian television series 2000s Brazilian television series Brazilian crime television series Portuguese-language television shows America's Most Wanted {{Brazil-tv-prog-stub

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