Ep 239: Parasocial murder - Grant Amato

About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic case of Grant Amato, who became obsessed with a cam girl, leading to theft and murder of his family.

Today, we learn about Grant Amato - a former nurse (dishonorably discharged) and dude in love with a 'cam girl' - so in love that he stole a TON of money from his family and also murdered them. I worry about the people who are in love with their Chat GPT.

People in this episode

Hosts: Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj

Topics covered

• murder
• cam girl
• financial crime
• family tragedy
• obsession

Keywords

• Grant Amato
• murder
• cam girl
• financial crime
• obsession

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chat GPT

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