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L.A. Not So Confidential: The Premier Forensic Psychology Podcast

209. Behind the Couch: "Noir by Necessity: How my father's unsolved murder took me to dark places" w/ Author Mike Gatto, JD

L.A. Not So Confidential: The Premier Forensic Psychology Podcast

L.A. Not So Confidential

True Crime, Science, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Social Sciences

4.6973 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we talk to author, attorney, and former CA State Assemblyman, Mike Gatto, about his book Noir By Necessity which covers the unsolved murder of his father here in Los Angeles.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Dr.

0:03.0

Hi, I'm Dr. Shiloh.

0:25.6

And I'm Dr. Scott.

0:27.3

And this is LA Not So Confidential, the Forensic Psychology and True Crime Podcast.

0:31.8

Each episode, we explore the intersection of psychology, the criminal justice system, and entertainment.

0:36.6

Welcome behind the couch. Today's live stream conversation features author and former California State Assemblyman Mike Gatto.

0:43.3

We cover his book, Noir by necessity, about the unsolved murder of his father here in Los Angeles.

1:00.1

Hello, everyone. Thanks for those of you that are joining us already live. We have a really great discussion conversation show for you today or tonight whenever you're listening to this.

1:06.3

And I would say mark this as kind of a beginning of somewhat of a summer book series for us.

1:11.6

At the end, we'll let you know what guests we have coming up.

1:14.6

Because if you need some stuff to read, we have a wide variety of authors we're going to be talking to.

1:21.4

Some you've heard from before that we have worked with previously and some new ones.

1:27.3

So we'll let you know what's coming up at the end of the show today.

1:29.9

Absolutely.

1:30.6

And again, this is something that you and I have discussed over the last few weeks is we're

1:35.3

getting bombarded with AI generated PR letters trying to get us to interview people that

1:42.3

have absolutely no intersection with true crime and

1:46.0

forensic psychology, which is such a- It's been so weird. Which is weird, but it's like such a

1:49.9

breath of fresh air today because we literally have absolutely the perfect guest with the most

1:54.9

amazing book. And we'll get into that. Yes. Scott, did you want to talk about the walking tour?

1:59.3

Yes. Thank you. We are starting to firm up the dates. Luckily, did you want to talk about the walking tour? Yes. Thank you.

2:01.6

We are starting to firm up the dates.

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