Episode 289 - Para-Social Activity - The Strange Case of Grant Amato

Join us as we take a look at a terrifying event that shook the downtown core of Nashville Tennessee. You’ll hear how what was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful day was interrupted by one of the most bizarre and eerie sets of events we’ve ever covered, with brave men and women in uniform risking their lives to prevent mass casualties. Leading some Nashville residents to call it a Christmas miracle. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Brandon Hall - https://musiccity911.com  Mike Browne - https://darkpoutine.com  Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: MNPD Officers Recount Christmas Morning Bombing Wikipedia Tennessean Timeline Nashville Street to Reopen One Year After Heavy.com First Coast News  Daily Mail #1 U.S. Sun Daily Mail #2  Throckmorton 911 Call  Friend Remembers Anthony New York Times  New York Times #2  FBI Report on Findings Mysterious Packages Sent  Downtown Bombing After-Action Report MNPD News Channel 5 Writings Reveal Belief in Aliens and Lizard People Wikipedia Pamela Perry Interview News 5

19 Dec 202255min

On August 12th, 2014 at a luxurious resort in Bali, Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Shaefer loaded a suitcase into the back of a waiting taxi. They told the driver they’d be back shortly. They just needed to finish checking out. But after waiting two whole hours, they never returned. When Hotel security popped the trunk of the cab to remove the suitcase, they noticed something smeared on the abandoned luggage...it appeared to be blood. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ellie Hayes Sources: CBS News Daily Mail UK NBC Chicago ABC KHQA Baltimore Sun  Chicago Tribune  Oak Park  NY Post Confession

5 Dec 202240min

If you’ve ever watched shows like Yellowstone - you know that sometimes out west on a Ranch, there are secrets: secrets never supposed to leave the corral. This was something a ranch hand would discover firsthand, in Gunnison, Colorado in 2017, after witnessing two other ranchers, uncover something horrific. While digging in the horse corral with a backhoe…they unearthed what appeared to be rib bones…human rib bones - poking out from a dirty white sheet of plastic. It was at that moment the ranch hand was told: “You know you can’t ever leave now, right?” How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: The Atlantic Denver Post Office of the District Attorney Dateline: Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch Oxygen  Crested Butte News Mercury News Daily Mail  Denver Post  Gunnison Country Times

21 Nov 202241min

Monday, April 23rd, 2018 was a surprisingly warm day in Toronto, Ontario, causing residents to be out in droves, ditching their winter coats, eager to enjoy the sunshine. Among those taking advantage of the warmer weather, was 68 year old Catherine Riddell, headed to the library off of Yonge Street, when a van suddenly struck her from behind. The vehicle had hit Catherine with such force, it sent her body flying in the air, before crashing through a transit shelter. The strange thing was, Catherine hadn’t been hit crossing the street. She’d been walking on the sidewalk. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Dennis LM Lewis Featured Podcast: Strictly Stalking https://www.podcastone.com/pd/Strictly-Stalking Sources: Professor Michael Halpin’s full interviews with Mark Torrender can be viewed on the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel here: “GENERATION INCEL – Inside the Mind of an Involuntary Celibate – with Sociologist MICHAEL HALPIN”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeB1C3Xllz0 “A Brief History of Incels – with Sociologist MICHAEL HALPIN” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6zQnF9YKUA Information about Talk Beliefs’ other work and interviews can be found on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/talkbeliefs/ Information about Professor Michael Halpin’s research can be found on his website: http://www.michaelallanhalpin.com/ Toronto Life Toronto Star Magazine Civatis Global News Global News #2 CTV News National Post John Minassian - Full Police Interrogation www.scribd.com/document/483840651/John-Minasssian-Trial autismcanada.org/autism-canada-John-minassian-press-release/ ryersonian.ca/toronto-van-killer-lied-about-communicating-with-mass-murderers/ www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/11/i-was-like-how-did-he-get-a-van-inside-the-life-of-John-minassian-the-toronto-van-rampage-suspect-no-one-thought-capable-of-murder.html www.michaeldyck.ca/blog/2022/6/28/does-canada-have-a-version-of-miranda-rights www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/25/toronto-police-holding-presser-wednesday-on-const-ken-lam-arresting-officer-in-toronto-van-rampage.html. www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/rr03_la4-rr03_aj4/p4.html www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/rr06_1/p1.html www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/11/19/forensic-psychiatrist-who-interviewed-alex-minassian-back-on-the-stand-thursday.html www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/miranda-rights www.scribd.com/document/496836379/Minassian-Full-Reasons-for-Judgement-002 www.youtube.com/watch?v=167e9q9RzXo www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/world/canada/toronto-van-alek-minassian.html

7 Nov 202236min

On the night of December 3rd, 1997 Frank Dosso was supposed to be home from work by 5:30 pm, just in time to celebrate his twin daughters’ 10th birthday. But when he never showed up, his family drove out to his office looking for him. When they arrived they discovered, what would later be described as the worst mass murder in the history of Polk County Florida. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Guest: Christina Crane Featured Podcast: Murderific http://murderific.com Sources: Amended Initial Brief Initial Brief Appeal decision March 2011 Initial Brief 2013 Postconviction denial appeal Los Crimenes de Bartow Initial Motion for Post-Conviction Relief The Ledger Murderpedia How Much Is A Life Worth? To catch a killer CBS Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights NelsonSerrano.org

23 Okt 202246min

In the early 1980s, many of the staff at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky Montana were like a close-knit family, both working and living together on the property. Not only did the Lone Mountain actually function as a working cattle ranch, it also offered luxury guest accommodations for tourists looking to get a taste of the Old West. On a hot July day in 1984, one of the staff members had decided to go out for a run along a well-used trail through the scenic beauty of the surrounding area and never returned. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Victims: The Kari Swenson Story Incident at Big Sky LA Times Wikipedia Don Nichols Released (Guardian) Dan Nichols Drug Charges  Kari Swenson Op-Ed Bozeman Chronicle 2012 Carnegie Hero (Alan) Sports Illustrated (Terror in the Wilderness)  Homestead Act Lone Mountain Ranch 30 for 30 Out of the Woods

9 Okt 202240min

Join us, as we take a look at the case of the Frankston Serial Killer. You’ll hear how three young women became victims of a remorseless murderer who chose his victims at random, striking whenever he felt the urge to kill. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Sohom Das https://www.youtube.com/c/apsychforsoreminds  Phil https://classicedge.ca  Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: The Frankston Murders 25 Years On (2018) - Vikki Petraitis No Mercy, No Remorse (Documentary) Forensic Investigators Season 1 Episode 1 University of New England (Australia) The Age (August 28, 1994) The Age (June 15, 1993) The Age (August 2, 1993) Paul Denyer (wiki) Murderpedia 9 News Australia Sadistic Personality Disorder (wiki)  Vice

25 Sep 202243min

What if I told you that the boogeyman was real? That there really was a dark figure running around out there waiting to strike, where exactly, nobody knows. Maybe hiding out in the woods, the toolshed, or somewhere even closer....like your closet. And because the possibilities are endless, that’s precisely why it's so terrifying. Now, what if I told you that there were two of them? How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and now Escapees (New York Times) Escape from Dannemora (2017) - Michael Benson] Dannemora (2019)  - Charles A. Gardner ESCAPE ROUTE VIDEO (GoPro - ABC News) We Stand Corrected: Dannemora - Documentary The Tarsia Fils  Kevin J. Tarsia Memorial Buffalo News New Republic Democrat & Chronicle  June 8 Press Conference  June 6 Press Conference Joyce Mitchell Sentencing  Cuomo Press Conference

11 Sep 202246min