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

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Crawlspace Media

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3.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by longtime politician, Mike Gatto, to discuss the unsolved murder of his father, Joseph Gatto, in November of 2013 in Los Angeles. 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/Noir-Necessity-Fathers-Unsolved-Murder/dp/1685133819. Visit Mike's website: ⁠https://mikegatto.com/⁠. Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/mikegatto⁠. Check out Mood and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 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. 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	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance in this rebroadcasting of a recent crawl space episode.
0:40.8	Lance, how are you doing today? I'm doing fantastic today, Tim. I love it when we make new friends for the show.
0:46.4	You know you've made a new friend, even though we're talking about very tragic circumstances here,
0:51.5	but you know you've made a new friend when you can go through a
0:55.0	technical difficulty, pop out on the other side, and it's a seamless conversation, and that's what
1:00.7	happened here. No one will ever know that our recording system shut down, and we had to resume
1:05.9	this conversation a day later, but it happened, and that's what I'm saying. You know you have a good
1:09.9	guest, you know you have a new friend of the show when they're like, yep, sorry, these things happen. And I'm fine
1:15.0	hopping back on. I'm not even going to change my clothes. I'm going to make sure this goes as seamless
1:19.7	as possible. And I can't wait for the listeners to hear his story. But Tim, I can't wait for the listeners to hear your story in regard specifically to your
1:27.8	mood. How are you? Thank you. I'm doing great over here. And yes, very excited to introduce
1:34.4	this conversation with Mike Gatto. And he is an author, the author of a book called Nour by Necessity,
1:42.3	how my father's unsolved murder took me to dark places.
1:47.2	And Mike was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered on November 12th,
1:54.7	2013 in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California.
1:58.9	Joseph Godot was 78 years old when he was murdered,
2:04.1	and the case is still unsolved. And Mike is writing this book because he's asking web
2:09.6	salutes to help with this case. And Tim, you said that he was an up-and-coming politician, and you're
2:15.2	right. He was an accomplished politician. He was on track to
2:20.7	perhaps run for governor, mayor. I mean, he might have ended up in Washington at some point. He still
2:25.8	might. He's a young guy. He still might. And you know what? If I ever get the opportunity to,
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