Disappearing into the Matrix - Erin Valenti

True Crimecast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Explore the perplexing death of successful 33-year-old tech CEO Erin Valenti. In October 2019, after a business retreat, Valenti began speaking erratically about "the Matrix," missed her flight, and was found deceased days later in her rental car near the San Jose Airport. With no signs of foul play or substance abuse, the medical examiner ruled the cause of death as "sudden death in the setting of an acute manic episode."

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:06.0	This is True Crimecast, Jamie and John here after a week of me not having a voice.
0:31.3	Yeah, I mean, it's back, I'd say like 70%.
0:35.7	Yeah, I think I'll be okay once I get yapping a little bit. I haven't talked a lot in the last little bit. We called a football game this past weekend and that was a struggle bus for you. You did great. I just can't believe you stuck it out. Appreciate you picking me up. Getting back on the, on the mend. Never really felt that bad just couldn't talk so my family
0:56.4	was very grateful I think I gave it to you I felt kind of similar there for a while but I think
1:01.7	we're both on the mend man if you like eight years ago when we started how I felt like I was sick
1:07.8	all winter long for a couple of years and I'm hoping I don't get back to that.
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2:19.8	the 1st. And that one was about the mystic, I almost said, the mysterious circumstances around
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