History of the Occult (Historia de lo oculto)

No doubt this is going to be a rough week for President Belasco...

...with the official 1987 Budget Announcement.

That's why in exactly 7 days

we'll have the presence of the economist Nelson Finkel.

To answer any questions regarding Argentina's economic future.

Also, we'll have a word with Marcelo Cataldo

key witness in the ArfenMed Records Trial.

Will Deputy Bengoa, from the National Renovation Front...

...dare to share the table with him?

For now...

we've run out of time.

We wish you a very good night...

and hope to see you next week,

when we meet again...

...'60 Minutes before Midnight'

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HISTORY OF THE OCCULT

I was starting to think you weren't coming.

Von Merkens sends you this.

What is it?

Von Merkens's stuff.

It's all explained inside, on a paper.

He says your friend who went to the farms will know what to do.

-Did you send anyone to the address I gave you? -Yes.

- She should be there already. - Do you have any more leads for tonight?

Federicci.

Nothing new.

We have A and C.

But we're still missing B.

We're leaning on what Marcato will say live.

Do you believe in Marcato?

Some of us do. Others don't.

Well, you better make up your mind.

Unless you want to waste your chance tonight.

Do you believe him?

I believe that if you are clever enough to make him really talk...

...avoid him from his regular delusional nonsense.

Then he can give you enough material to knock Belasco...

- ...and his whole team over. - We're not going to knock the President over.

I mean, it's not necessary.

The Elections are a few months away.

Belasco has all the public opinion against him.

There's no way he'll get re-elected.

Let's pray on that.

Will you watch the show?

We have a flight at 10.30pm, we'll be flying.

What?

You're leaving?

We'll try.

We were hoping that you-- That Von Merkens...

would give us something more.

Von Merkens' sources are dry.

I already told you.

Now it's all in your hands.

I understand.

It's almost 9pm.

- Ok, I'll see you around. - I doubt it.

Wait!

- There's something more. - What, Federicci? It's getting late.

There's a thing. I can't get it out of my head.

A phrase, I don't know if I heard it somewhere...

or if I dreamt it.

But I think it could've been said by Von Merkens.

The future is over.

What does it mean?

There's no double meaning, Federicci.

It means that if you blow it...

...it's over.

- Natalia. - Sorry, I just got here.

The taxi ride took forever.

- Did you get off early? - Yes.

...a few blocks.

- Did anyone follow you? - No.

- Are you sure? - Yes. I'm sure, professor.

Any news?

Nothing for now.And I don't think there will be for a half hour.

- Are you nervous? - No.

Not much.

- Did Dani gave you-- - Yes.

Do you remember how to use it?

Yes, professor. I remember.

- Should I call again in fifteen? - Be careful.

You shouldn't have sent Natalia.

She's too young. And has no experience.

..children of 6 and 7 years old.

Who weren't registered as part of the hostage group.

At the same time there's a desperate attempt...

...to capture the second aggressor,

who wasn't on the crime scene when the police stormed in the bank.

Carlos. Griselda.

Back to you.

Thank you, Marcela.

On other news. The expectation keeps growing

...around the gathering called for tonight at midnight...

against President's Belasco economic measures.

This is the first time a rally is called at this atypical time.

The Ministry of Defense recommended not to go out tonight.

A high attendance is expected for the 'Midnight Rally'...

...as it's been popularly named over the past few days.

Channel 6 will surely offer, from tomorrow noon, full coverage...

on everything that envolves this protest.

Now, we leave you in the company of '60 Minutes before Midnight'.

We'll meet again tomorrow...

...a few minutes before 9pm, when we come back with a new...

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Good evening.

And thank you for watching us.

As you may know, this is our last show.

The constant threats, and the drop from practically all of our sponsors...

Plus the network's final decision...

...prevent our continuity.

And if we're here today...

It is thanks to Von Merkens Laboratories.

Which not only allowed us, but assured us...

..our last whole hour on the air.

We hope to make honor to that gesture tonight,

by being able to achieve our mission.

The one we've accepted almost a year ago,

when we started investigating one of the biggest stories...

but also one of the darkest we've ever covered.

A story we're hoping to conclude...

for the last time, and like every week...

within the next...

60 Minutes before Midnight.

9 months ago...

Manuel Ramirez, a guard at Ensenada's Seaport...

while doing one of his rounds...

found a dead and desecrated body.

At first, Ramirez declared that he got to see the killer.

Or at least the one who was trying to get rid of the body.

Then he contradicted himself.

And then he died.

The body had no identification.

After a few weeks, when no one reclaimed the body...

he was declared 'John Doe'.

And his remains were reduced and dropped in a common pit.

A few months after Ramirez's death...

...one of my former students reached out to our producers.

Jorge Federicci.

Federicci met Ramirez before he died.

And got a little more information.

Back then, Ramirez confessed to him he kept a souvenir from that night.

Something he didn't give the police.

This notebook.

He told Federicci that the man he found on the seaport...

...disappeared right in front of his eyes. Leaving the notebook behind.

And that he had kept it as proof to himself...

...that he wasn't going crazy.

That what he saw that night was actually real.

It's a personal notebook. Half journal, half binnacle.

It has many parts written in code.

And others that appear to be in a language that neither me or my team...

...were able to identify.

Unfortunately...

Neither Federicci, nor my regular team...

...are in the studio with me.

Since we started investigating the leads on this notebook...

...we've been constantly discredited.

Threatened.

Pursued.

And from this week on, fired.

Nevertheless, here we are.

We are still here.

Come on, old man.

60 Minutes before Midnight.

Tonight, our guests are...

Senator of Rio Negro Province, Matias Linares.

Responsible for the new National Identification System Law.

Daniel Aguilar. Sociologist.

And author of the recently published 'Michelle doesn't remember anything'.

Finally...

Adrian Marcato. Vice-President of the Kingdom Corporate.

The company with the fastest growing rate in Argentina...

...in the past decade.

Two of our three guests tonight appear on Ramirez's notebook.

We've invited them to our studio.

So that they can help us bring light...

...to what's on that notebook.

We'll take a short break. Be right back.

General review.

We're not in college anymore, Lucio.

The old man will interview Linares first.

- Marcato is supposed to react immediatly. - And what if that fails?

- Then Aguilar goes in. - And if that fails?

- Then I go in. - And if that fails?

The old man will read the four points from the file.

- And Marcato is supposted to confirm them. - What four points?

One.

Marcato met President Belasco in college.