529 // The Murder of Joseph Gatto w/ Mike Gatto

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, Mike Gatto. Mr. Gatto is a lifelong politician, reaching extraordinary heights in the California arena. In November of 2013, his father Joseph was found murdered. A single gunshot wound to his abdomen cuts his new life as a successful artist short. Pick up a copy of Mike's book, Noir by Necessity: https://bookshop.org/p/books/noir-by-necessity-how-my-father-s-unsolved-murder-took-me-to-dark-places-mike-gatto/21145488?ean=9781685133818&next=t https://www.amazon.com/dp/1685133819?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_JWK3TJXWPPF5DX0HSV8V&bestFormat=true Visit Mike's website: https://mikegatto.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikegatto *This episode is brought to you by Mood, the online cannabis company that's revolutionizing how we deal with life's challenges – from sleepless nights to stress-filled days. You can get 20% off your first order at https://mood.com/ with promo code Crawlspace.* We are going to CrimeCon in Denver CO. Sept. 5th - 7th! For 10% off your standard pass, use code "crawlspace" at checkout. Go to https://www.crimecon.com/CC25 Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing Please donate if you can: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://investigationsforthemissing.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://piftm.org/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today? I'm doing fantastic today, Tim. I love it when we make new friends for the show. You know you've made a new friend, even though we're talking about very tragic circumstances here, but you know you've made a new friend when you can go through a technical difficulty, pop out on the other side, and it's a seamless conversation. And that's what happened here. No one will ever know that our recording system shut
0:55.0	down and we had to resume this conversation a day later. But it happened. And that's what I'm saying.
0:59.1	You know you have a good guest. You know you have a new friend of the show when they're like,
1:02.8	yep, sorry, these things happen. And I'm fine hopping back on. I'm not even going to change my
1:07.9	clothes. I'm going to make sure this goes as seamless as possible.
1:14.1	And I can't wait for the listeners to hear his story.
1:18.4	But Tim, I can't wait for the listeners to hear your story in regard specifically to your mood.
1:19.2	How are you?
1:19.8	Thank you.
1:21.6	I'm doing great over here.
1:27.3	And yes, very excited to introduce this conversation with Mike Gatto. And he is an author, the author of a book called
1:30.8	Noir by Necessity, how my father's unsolved murder took me to dark places. And Mike was an
1:38.4	up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered on November 12th, 2013 in Silver Lake, Los Angeles,
1:48.3	California. Joseph Goddow was 78 years old when he was murdered, and the case is still unsolved.
1:56.2	And Mike is writing this book because he's asking web salutes to help with this case. And Tim, you said
2:03.3	that he was an up-and-coming politician, and you're right. He was an accomplished politician. He was
2:09.6	on track to perhaps run for governor, mayor. I mean, he might have ended up in Washington at some
2:15.6	point. He still might. He's a young guy.
2:17.5	He still might.
2:18.2	And you know what?
2:18.8	If I ever get the opportunity to, I will vote for him.
2:21.3	And you can check out everything that he has going on aside from and including his father's
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