Talk Murder With Me | Grant Amato, Family Annihilator
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Chuluota, Florida. January 25, 2019. When Cody Amato did not turn up for his shift at Orlando Regional Medical Center, his co-workers were worried. Cody had not missed a shift in the last five years. They called the police, asking if an officer could perform a welfare check at the Amato home. When the police arrived, the house appeared silent. No one came to the door when they knocked, so they forced their way inside. In the house, they found the deceased bodies of 61-year-old Margaret, 59-year-old Chad and and 31-year-old Cody.
29-year-old Grant Amato, Chad and Margaret's youngest son, who also lived in the house, was nowhere to be found.
Find my blog post on this case here ( https://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2021/6/29/grant-amato ).
Instagram: @talkmurderwithme ( https://www.instagram.com/talkmurderwithme/?hl=en )
Facebook: @talkmurrderwithme ( https://www.facebook.com/talkmurrderwithme/ )
Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/talkmurder
Sources for this episode:
Obsession, money, lies tore Grant Amato’s family apart. A jury will decide whether he killed them ( https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-grant-amato-trial-preview-20190712-2yr25pmbyrbi7jljdf2e2ehupa-story.html )
Police: Man accused of killing family over $200,000, Bulgarian call girl, also stole hospital drugs ( https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/police-man-accused-killing-family-over-200-000-bulgarian-call-girl-also-stole-hospital-drugs/Jj8vD5XsmbQXoIb6ca3rKK/ )
Man accused of killing parents, brother admits concocting false life in letter: 'I hate myself for what I did' ( https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-grant-amato-discovery-release-20190412-story.html )
Worried co-workers led to slain family's discovery, 911 calls show ( https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/01/31/worried-co-workers-led-to-slain-familys-discovery-911-calls-show/ )
Grant Amato charged with murdering his family over $200,000 obsession with Bulgarian 'cam girl' ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/29/he-spent-bulgarian-cam-girl-police-say-obsession-led-massacre/ )
Grant Amato trial: Family was desperate to help before killings, sole surviving sibling testifies ( https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-grant-amato-trial-day-4-20190726-yaywqa5afrfdfewuvsmn7dpe4m-story.html )
Grant Amato trial: Jurors see Bulgarian webcam model at center of triple-homicide case ( https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-grant-amato-trial-day-5-20190729-vqofadivrfg6bc3a25v7pupuyi-story.html )
Expert: 3 guns recovered from Seminole County home, none used in the killings of Amato family ( https://www.wftv.com/news/local/expert-3-guns-recovered-from-seminole-county-home-none-used-in-the-killings-of-amato-family/971246692/ )
Grant Amato's brother testifies for prosecution in death penalty case ( https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/07/26/grant-amatos-brother-testifies-for-prosecution-in-death-penalty-case/ )
Jurors see interview with Grant Amato day after family found slain in Chuluota home ( https://www.wesh.com/article/jurors-watch-interview-with-grant-amato-day-after-familys-bodies-found/28510370 )
Records provide glimpse into relationship between webcam model, Chuluota man accused of killing his family ( https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-grant-amato-records-release-20190529-fy76awysaffwhfcdp5qjhq7hsi-story.html )
FL v. Amato: The Defense's Case ( https://www.courttv.com/news/fl-v-amato-the-defenses-case/ )
Grant Amato found guilty of killing mother, father and brother ( https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/08/01/grant-amato-found-guilty-of-killing-mother-father-and-brother/ )
Grant Amato gets life for killing parents, brother over Bulgarian webcam model ( https://www.theledger.com/news/20190812/grant-amato-gets-life-for-killing-parents-brother-over-bulgarian-webcam-model )
Video: Grant Amato begs
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/10-minute-murder-bingeable-true-crime-stories--4603604/support.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | 10-minute murder contains depictions of actual crimes. What you are about to hear is real and violent in nature. Discretion is advised. This is 10-minute murder, the brief and bingeable true crime podcast. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm Joe, the host, and thanks for being here. |
| 0:32.7 | The episode today is going to be a lot different than normal. |
| 0:36.1 | First of all, it's not going to be 10 minutes long. |
| 0:38.5 | That's nothing new to you because I throw that on you every now and then anyway. But this |
| 0:42.9 | episode is not going to be hosted by me. At the time of this podcast release, I will be on the |
| 0:49.0 | West Coast, doing work for my actual job. So I reached out to Natalie from Talk Murder with me and asked her |
| 0:56.0 | if she would be so kind as to guest host while I am away. She agreed. And if Natalie sounds familiar |
| 1:02.0 | on this podcast, it's because we've collaborated in the past. There are multiple episodes of |
| 1:06.8 | 10-minute murder where she's researched and written and I've just said the words. |
| 1:11.4 | And I gave her full credit, so you'll know which past episodes I'm talking about. |
| 1:15.0 | She's a very talented researcher and writer and does a true crime blog and has recently got |
| 1:19.7 | into podcasting. |
| 1:21.3 | And podcasting, I don't know if you are aware, is a very difficult thing to get into and be |
| 1:26.5 | successful at, especially in the world of true crime. |
| 1:29.7 | And I think she does a fantastic job with her podcast, which you're about to hear. |
| 1:33.6 | And I hope if you enjoy it, you'll go and follow her as well. |
| 1:36.2 | I'll leave links to all of her social media and the show notes of this episode. |
| 1:40.4 | And now from Talk Murder with me, here's Natalie. |
| 1:46.1 | Hi, everyone. I'm Natalie, the host of the podcast Talk Murder with me. |
| 1:51.1 | Apologies for my super nasal voice. |
| 1:53.6 | I've got a pretty horrible cold right now, but I'm so excited to be guest hosting 10-minute |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Joe Kuner, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Joe Kuner and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.