Grant Amato - FAILED MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT

What this episode is about

A summary of Grant Amato’s case reveals a failed murder-for-hire plot involving Victoria Goodwin, who allegedly sought to end her husband’s life after being inspired by a documentary about Amato, while Grant communicated from prison, including troubling messages about causing harm. The story also notes how this links to Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin and broad discussions of perceived “pathetic” behavior.

Key takeaways

• Documentaries can pivot from curiosity to delusion: Victoria’s Grant fixation escalates into a high-stakes fantasy crime spiral.
• Ghost Adventures’ tactile sound design shines—until your subjects become the punchline, exposing fame’s fragile credibility.
• Text evidence beats romantic denial: risky snippets reveal intent, not romanticism, and a courtroom-ready trail of ‘I want to end existence.’
• Pathetic-to-pundit arc: Grant Amato’s notoriety fuels a satire economy where the most outrageous behavior wins attention.
• Reality show ethics vs. real consequences: sensationalism baited Victoria into a murder-for-hire fiasco that shattered multiple lives.

Who speaks in this episode?

• The Host (Host) · 14 min speaking
• Victoria Goodwin (Guest) · 3 min speaking
• Grant Amato (Guest) · 3 min speaking
• Aaron Goodwin (Guest) · 2 min speaking
• Sylvie (Guest)
• N/A (Guest)

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Coach Goodwin, Ghost Adventures, Grant Amato, Control Alt Desire
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Grant Amato, Coach Goodwin, Control Alt Desire, Ruby Frankie
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Control Alt Desire, Grant Amato, Nightstalker
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Patreon, Coach Goodwin, Billy McFarland
5. 20:00 – 21:25: Hutch Skies, Westfield, Massachusetts, Patreon

Notable quotes from "Grant Amato - FAILED MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT"

• To talk about old alien head Grant Amato in a turn of events that I don't think anyone saw coming old Grant Amato has been found to be involved in a failed murder For Hire plot…

  about Grant Amato · at 0:07

• People that follow this channel one of my most promising business ventures right now is I'm the owner and CEO and ring announcer for the ultimate pathetic off championship of…

  about Ultimate Pathetic Off Championship · at 2:14

• Do cuz in the comments it's like I love this show these are the best Ghost Hunters out there I've been watching this show for seven years the whole thing is sound design you…

  about Ghost Adventures · at 3:20

• Like that's that's more like a total complete nightmare okay now let's talk about the documentary Control Alt desire I assume that's the one that she watched and was like this is the guy for me he's my fella my fell is Grant tomato yeah.

  about Control Alt Desire · at 7:10

• But he returned it and then I hadn't worked on it for years but then a couple months ago in Ruby Frankie's interrogation she said the devil's been after me for years so I added…

  about Ruby Frankie · at 8:31

• How did a picture of you from prison get out to the outside 7 months of solitary confinement so if Billy got seven months of solitary for a little picture that got out that may…

  about Billy McFarland · at 16:00

• Week so that's cool it's been fun over there someone described patreon as a funky basement so come and hang out in the funky basement of patreon you get an extra episode a week…

  about Patreon · at 20:08

• Fun but yeah if you're in the area hutsky what's it called damn it I'll make a post but it's something like Hutch skies on the Nook or something like that Westfield…

  about Hutch Skies · at 21:03

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Grant Amato — Person · Core topic (referenced criminal case subject) · 4 mentions · first at 0:07
  The episode centers on Grant Amato’s alleged involvement (from prison) in a failed murder-for-hire plot tied to Victoria Goodwin. The host also critiques how the documentary portrayal of Amato may have fueled attention and copycat obsession.
• Coach Goodwin — Person · Referenced victim / public figure · 5 mentions · first at 0:21
  He is presented as the intended target of the alleged murder-for-hire plot and is referenced as a 'Ghost Adventures' star whose marriage is central to the story’s shock value.
  Been found to be involved in a failed murder For Hire plot where you can't make this up ghost adventure star Aaron Goodwin's wife Victoria Goodwin decides she wants to kill her…
• Billy McFarland — Person · Referenced example (solitary confinement anecdote) · 1 mention · first at 15:35
  Used as a comparison point for how prisons punish contraband/media leaks; his solitary confinement experience is cited to argue Grant Amato should face harsher restrictions.
• Ruby Frankie — Person · Referenced comparison (interrogation quote) · 1 mention · first at 8:35
  Referenced for a line from an interrogation about 'the devil,' which the host connects to Grant Amato’s documentary and his own songwriting.

Companies & orgs

• Patreon — Company · Monetization platform (host promotion) · 3 mentions · first at 19:28
  The host promotes Patreon as the primary support model, offering extra episodes and a backlog instead of sponsorship ads.

Products & tech

• BMW — Product · Referenced status symbol in case backstory · 1 mention · first at 7:41
  Mentioned as part of the host’s summary of Grant Amato’s motive narrative—trying to appear rich and fund a cam model lifestyle.
  Actually in prison oh what's he in prison for he murdered his whole family for CU he wanted to pretend he was a rich guy with a BMW and give oodles amounts of money to a…

Concepts & topics

• Control Alt Desire — Documentary · Core topic (media discussed/criticized) · 4 mentions · first at 0:33
  The host discusses watching the documentary and argues it inadvertently 'rehabilitates' Grant Amato’s image, potentially encouraging attention from admirers and influencing Victoria Goodwin.

Places & events

• Ultimate Pathetic Off Championship — Event · Host’s recurring bit / personal venture · 1 mention · first at 2:22
  The host frames Grant Amato as a contender in a comedic 'pathetic' competition he claims to run, reinforcing the episode’s mocking tone toward Amato.
• Westfield, Massachusetts — Place · Logistics (live show location) · 2 mentions · first at 20:24
  The host announces an upcoming standup appearance in Westfield, Massachusetts, giving listeners a real-world event tie-in.
  Called Hut Hutch Skies on the Nook is that what it is I'll make a post about it but if you're in the Westfield Massachusetts area come and say what's up it's actually my buddy…
• Hutch Skies — Place · Venue (standup show location) · 2 mentions · first at 20:27
  The host names a bar/venue (uncertain phrasing) where he will perform standup in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Media & podcasts

• Ghost Adventures — Media · Referenced show / context for victim · 3 mentions · first at 0:21
  The show is referenced to identify Aaron Goodwin and as a target of the host’s commentary about paranormal TV production and audience appeal.
• Nightstalker — Media · Referenced documentary (negative comparison) · 1 mention · first at 10:47
  Cited as an example of exploitative true-crime filmmaking; used to contextualize the host’s criticism of Control Alt Desire.
  Sending him money and everything and I feel like Control Alt desire is the worst type it's not as bad as the nightstalker documentary that documentary it's like one of the…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:05 hey folks welcome back so today we got to talk about old alien head Grant Amato in a turn of events that I don't think anyone saw coming old Grant Amato has been found to be involved in a failed murder For Hire plot where you can't make this up ghost adventure star Aaron Goodwin's wife Victoria Goodwin decides she wants to kill her husband apparently she watched a grant amot documentary I assume it's the control alt desire I watched it this past weekend I've been I've been getting messages for months that I need to watch it because they use a clip of my show in the documentary so we'll talk about the documentary but The Story Goes Victoria Goodwin watched a grant tomato documentary and when it was over she decided I love him I am in love with Grant a MTO and they started texting Grant got himself a phone in prison one of the texts Victoria asked Grant am I a bad person because I wanted to end his existence

1:11 not divorce yes Victoria you are a terrible person if you have to ask am I a bad person and later on in the question the phrase end his existence it's a hard yes it's also not a great sign for that question is if you're the only person you feel comfort able asking am I a bad person is Grant he killed his entire family for no reason a Mot and what I keep thinking about it's been a week or something since this came out I just keep thinking man for ghost adventure star Aaron Goodwin that's a tough reality to come to terms with that's a tough pill to swallow not only did my wife want me dead but she left me for a prison relationship with Grant on MTO oh my God dude's like the most pathetic guy in the world what the hell what the hell for people that follow this channel one of my most promising business ventures right now is I'm the owner and CEO and ring announcer for the ultimate pathetic off championship of the world we put the

2:27 most pathetic people head-to-head to see who is the most pathetic person in the world and I had for the title Nicholas the litigious rat alivian going head-to-head with Chandler weak legs halderson but for the number one Contender spot I had Grant thee head Amato going against Daryl subject matter jurisdiction Brooks so he's right there in the Runnings how do you come to terms with that as a man my wife left me and wanted to kill me for Grant the head Amato I watched Ghost Adventures I can't believe those shows those shows have been going on since I was a kid who watches the Ghost Adventures show people do cuz in the comments it's like I love this show these are the best Ghost Hunters out there I've been watching this show for seven years the whole thing is sound design you take out the music and the sound design all their instruments are creepy and loud like all right we're going to we're going to

3:37 communicate are you there and it's just grown men being like did you get that I got it and as much as I want to make fun of them I'm like good for them the older I get I'm like good for them if they're getting paid to pretend they're in some creepy old building good for them that seems like a really uh low pressure your creative job just fly to a new location all right everybody make sure the sound design guy is on his a game cuz that's all this is all right turn off the lights everybody act intense and we're getting paid and then we're just going to get the hell out of here I'm stuck I got to come up with interesting funny things to say all the time it's a nightmare um all right what else oh yeah one of the I don't know how Grant found a Hitman or or a wannabe Hitman but on the night it was supposed to go down Grant text The Hitman or the fake Hitman I don't know which one it is he's asleep right now in the hotel room

4:41 I need to know what's going on is it done couple of the most pathetic chunks of footage of grant that I've seen since I covered it years ago when it happened is one of them he's going to he's sending a video to Sylvie and he's going please send me a video Sylvie I don't I don't like it when I have to pay for it I just I just love it when you send me a video and I just don't even have to pay for it I would you just please send me a video and you just want to slap his big giant head and say get yourself together Grant my God if you weren't such a pathetic loser you could have a real girlfriend your your head's huge but you're not the worst looking guy you had a decent job before you flushed it down the toilet for no reason man his and then there's another video where he was in prison and he had some girlfriend on the outside and he's talking in this tone like my love is so profound I for you it's endless like the

5:52 ocean I'm so lucky that I get to talk to you and read your letters and look at your pictures and I will always look love you and then it takes an Abrupt turn and he goes and I just want to kiss your little pink nipples and I was like Jesus Grant yikes get a hold of yourself whoa wasn't expecting that Grant but it's actually this whole oh yeah one more thing so when they busted Victoria Goodwin her answer these murder for high plots blow my mind her answer for like what the hell is all of this Victoria she just goes I don't remember sending those texts these murder for higher plots your whole Freedom your life everything's on the line and you think you can just you yeah yeah right a little text message with my phone there's no way they'll ever see that you think that's going to work you're putting your whole life and freedom on the line with the easiest way to connect you to it possible and then she said that um

7:00 she said that like the thought of Le leaving her husband to be with Grant while he's in prison was a fantasy and a Daydream it's like that's that's more like a total complete nightmare okay now let's talk about the documentary Control Alt desire I assume that's the one that she watched and was like this is the guy for me he's my fella my my fell is Grant tomato yeah what's he what's his deal well he's actually in prison oh what's he in prison for he murdered his whole family for um CU he wanted to pretend he was a rich guy with a BMW and give oodles amounts of money to a Bulgarian cam model that's my fella sounds like a great guy so one thing I forgot to talk about I thought the most memorable part of the grant Amato documentary was Grant's dad said that he was visited by the devil and the devil told him Grant would be his biggest failure and he ended up telling grant that when Grant spent all their money and opened all the

8:14 fraudulent credit cards and ruin their life and I was thinking man that's a pretty heavy line and years ago like 10 years ago I tried to write a blue song on the piano but I could never figure out a chorus but the opening line of that song is I sold my soul to the devil but he returned it and then I hadn't worked on it for years but then a couple months ago in Ruby Frankie's interrogation she said the devil's been after me for years so I added to the old blues song all I have in this world are my tears the devil's been after me for years and now I think I'm going to try to use Grant's dad's line something like I always knew I'd end up living in a trailer the devil told me you would be my biggest failure huh that could work as a chorus all right back to the show but this is actually the best thing that could have happened because Grant had a cell phone in prison he's having a girlfriend this thing got

9:18 so huge and he basically in a way got what he wanted all he wanted to do was be interested or be interesting have people interested in him and sit in a room on the internet and talk to girls and it's a little bit maddening that he kills his family I think way back when at the end of my coverage I'm like well you're not going to have the support of your family no one's going to support you in prison I was wrong of course there's all these weirdo women that want to be his girlfriend and that send him pictures and that send him money and that want to want to be in a relationship with them so in away up until now he got what he wanted and as far as the control alt desire that documentary goes I was watching it just kind of being irked the whole time the whole premise is this movie was from four years of where a filmmaker interviewed Grant Amato some of it is on the prison phone and some of it is on an

10:22 illicit cell phone that Grant obtained it's like that he shouldn't have the money to buy an illegal cell phone in prison he killed everybody that loves him he should have to feel the awfulness that comes with that but he has he has people sending him money and everything and I feel like Control Alt desire is the worst type it's not as bad as the nightstalker documentary that documentary it's like one of the people nightstalker kills he kills them with the hammer and the people that made that documentary like filmed dropping a bloody Hammer a bunch it's like what are you doing and but this one the whole thing in a way is Grant like rehabilitating his image and if you interview him for four years it's impossible we're all just human it's impossible for the filmmaker not to get a connection so instead of asking him the hard questions and pressing him all of a sudden it's like hey Grant how you

11:29 doing and now these interviews Grant gets to look forward to them it's something to do it it could it could make your life it it it gave him a project it gave him something to look forward to he's supposed to be going through the punishment for like the worst part is Grant says something like you know people think I'm just a psycho an awful person because I did something terrible and then blah blah blah and it's like terrible terrible terrible is keying someone's car terrible would be punching someone in the nose Grant you are a unbelievably evil pathetic loser you shouldn't be getting all this attention there should have been one interview for 30 minutes and the interviewer should have been asking hard questions putting Grant off the fact that I would guarantee Grant watched that documentary on his illicit cell phone and he loved it and Grant's always like I'm not a I'm I'm just a normal good guy and he's in a

12:41 white room with a white shirt and a buzzed head and he's smiling like a total lunatic everybody thinks I'm a lunatic and it just proves my point while I'm watching that documentary I'm like this is only going to make more weirdo women want to talk to him want to be in a weird relation ship with him want to send him money want to talk to him the interviews in that documentary you would think Grant wrote the a great novel or directed some great art film or something it's like he's talking about his work and it this whole thing the failed murder for higher plot only proves my point because this woman saw it and she didn't think man this dude is awful what a Lo loser she thought I love him and I want to kill my husband to be with him and so why it's so great though is because they the that they didn't kill the husband and now it's just serious enough I would guess now if I've ever heard of something that

13:49 should result in some time in the hole having an illicit cell phone and then setting up to kill some ghost adventure star on the outside it feels like security it feels like the gig is up for old deato sitting in his jail cell with his phone texting all these girls getting videos telling them he wants to kiss their little pink nipples it's like now he'll probably I would assume get moved into maybe something a little bit more high security I would guess his cell would be searched more they're going to take the phone and he should be put in solitary confinement he he said he was trying to kill just some guy out there like in the documentary was like yeah I regret that I I killed my whole family if I could go back I would do it and then here he is just some weird lady on the outside hits him up I want you to help me kill my husband he's like yeah totally no problem and so like I said now I

14:56 hopefully the punishment actually start starts where there's no cell phone with the internet and you got to feel what it feels like to kill everybody that loved you and supported you because it shouldn't be just kicking back in a Cell going all right time to sex all of my girlfriends and the ghost adventure Stars wife she's into me these days she saw the doc my documentary that's awesome and um yeah he needs to go to solitary for a while and probably the best description of what solitary confinement does to you I heard recently listening to Billy McFarland the fire Festival Visionary it's the last episode I did but he did a Vlad TV interview and he he had to do seven months in solitary confinement because he signed with a talent agency that posted a picture that he says wasn't even him from prison but the prison goes how did a a picture of you from prison get out to the outside 7 months of

16:05 solitary confinement so if Billy got seven months of solitary for a little picture that got out that may or may have not been him hiring a hit or helping with a hit with a illegal cell phone should be you know something but he was saying after two weeks his mind he said it just starts to everything becomes worst case scenario so he said like the first week or two down in solitary was kind of nice it's quiet he had some privacy someone wasn't taking a massive dump right by his face every couple hours and then he said after two weeks though the human body the human mind the whole is not supposed to be alone in solitary you know you need people and so he said your mind just starts spiraling and everything is worst case scenario so the GU if the guard normally says hey hi how are you but he doesn't then it's like that guard's mad at me and he's spitting my food and he's he's going to poison me or if your family normally

17:13 calls but they skip a day they're dead they died in a car accident they've turned on me and it's this and that's why Vlad and him were talking about you meet someone that does too long in solitary they never recover they have this like like energy to him and like if Billy is talking about his business ventures or fire Festival 2 he sounds like the biggest SLE ball con man it's like yeah right Billy but him talking about his prison experience where he wasn't talking about his next sleazy con was pretty interesting and I think it's like I said the best description of what solitary is and I think that is Grant's next I'd be interested what where Grant the prison that Grant is at how they're handling this because come on he's he's really serving cake time he was made into an interesting celebrity that's all he ever wanted he wanted to it seems like he wants more of a a virtual relationship with women

18:25 anyway than real life he didn't really seem to ever go for a real so he he sort of got what he wanted he wanted to sit in his room and he wanted his family to give him enough money so he could live this fake life online and that sounds like what his prison sentence his prison time has been up into this point so as sad as it is for old Aaron Goodwin to have to come to terms with his wife wanted to leave him for Grant the head of motto this really is the best thing that could have happened and I think if you're making a crew True Crime documentary or if you're doing coverage you should ask yourself are people gonna watch this and think this guy's great I love this guy or are they going to think what they should think about this guy and so it'll be interesting what happens with Victoria her her whole plan right now to get away with it is I don't remember I don't recall and uh so yeah we'll follow that

19:28 real quick before I go I want to say I'm going all in on patreon I've been turning down I get hit up to do like the the sponsorships in the video from the VPN and the beding websites and stuff and I don't know I just I don't feel like that's the the best model there's channels that I really like that are doing really well that don't do it and so instead of doing those for now I'm trying to go all in on patreon most Sundays I come down here and do a loose episode so if you want access to there's 20 episodes on patreon right now so if you pay five bucks a month you get access to the backlog of 20 and then you get to watch the new Sunday episode each week so that's cool it's been fun over there someone described patreon as a funky basement so come and hang out in the funky basement of patreon you get an extra episode a week and then also I have a stand I'm doing a standup uh doing some standup this Friday March

20:27 21st in Westfield Massachusetts at a bar called Hut Hutch Skies Hutch skies on the Nook is that what it is I'll make a post about it but if you're in the Westfield Massachusetts area come and say what's up it's actually my buddy Lance's show he's headlining but I'm trying to I'm gonna like this is like the first uh set back I'm going to start building an act to go on a big world tour Scott sharp so it's a good um good place to start try some new material get back at it so that'll be fun but yeah if you're in the area hutsky what's it called damn it I'll make a post but it's something like Hutch skies on the Nook or something like that Westfield Massachusetts this Friday March 21st I love you all I'll see you next time why St and why sham

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Grant Amato - FAILED MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT"?

The Host (Host), Victoria Goodwin (Guest), Grant Amato (Guest), Aaron Goodwin (Guest), Sylvie (Guest), N/A (Guest).

What is "Grant Amato - FAILED MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT" about?

A summary of Grant Amato’s case reveals a failed murder-for-hire plot involving Victoria Goodwin, who allegedly sought to end her husband’s life after being inspired by a documentary about Amato, while Grant communicated from prison, including troubling messages about causing harm. The story also notes how this links to Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin and broad discussions of perceived…

What is mentioned in this TRUE CRIME Loser episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Grant Amato, Coach Goodwin, Control Alt Desire, Ghost Adventures, Billy McFarland, Patreon. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Grant Amato - FAILED MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT"?

The episode runs 21 min; the transcript is about 3,408 words in 19 timestamped sections.

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