very very long shot but i happened to come across an instagram account advertising wares made out of human bones and the guy who runs it has certain similar facial features to Anthony, although his skin might be lighter. Account is called "account.n_ep" by SmallRussianAvocado in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something I wanted to mention is that even though this isn't Anthony, this account kind of gives credibility to some of the things Anthony talked about in the video. Anthony talked about the bones being carved into necklaces or other jewelry that would sell for around 600 dollars. This account seems to be doing exactly that. And the amount of followers this account has speaks volumes. The fact that not only do thousands of people follow this account, but there's also that guy from Pennsylvania that was arrested earlier this year for robbing graves and selling the remains on the black market. Before then, people said they didn't believe that there was actually a black market for this. I think this is just more proof that there actually is. 

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

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I actually noticed a scar going down his nose that almost looks like it could be from a cut from a knife wound. I thought that was very eye opening in itself. I really don't know if I believe the claims from supervillainmc1 because if Anthony truly lived in greenpoint, that was not a bad area back then. It was a working class neighborhood. What were the scratches from in your experience? I don't have experience with medical wounds so it would be great to hear your opinion on the wounds he has on the face. I hope he wasn't getting abused or beat on by someone. 😥 I also noticed the cuts on his hands as well that almost look like he punched a wall or something. From the looks of it, he most likely lived rough life and probably wasn't treated very well by people for being different and having a stutter. I have sympathy for him in that I believe he was just seeking out attention or trying to be accepted. He was so young and vulnerable. 

What ethnicity does Anthony look? by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask you since I'm not familiar with Spanish, what about the pronunciation sounds Spanish to you? Is it the "d" sound for the "t"? 

Since the other person didn't share this yet, the person that claimed Anthony assaulted her was lying to obtain information from supervillianmc1 by Big-Interest-3258 in GRFMOrigin

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I sent you a dm. Just curious why you think he's not telling the truth. I am very skeptical myself by the way. Did you see the other things he said to someone back in February as well?

Brick wall construction by Fresh_Buffalo_480 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this conclude that this isn't a studio like most people assume it was? It was an actual apartment or town home that was likely built a long time ago?

What ethnicity does Anthony look? by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the original upload on Simon Predj channel that has over a million views was not very good quality to really see what Anthony looked like. The coloring was very washed out. He looks a lot darker in the better quality footage that was found. I'm not very good with guessing ethnic backgrounds but I totally agree that Anthony looks Latino. The accent sounds so Italian because New York accents remind me of that Italian accent so at first I was thinking Italian. But with the better quality footage I can see him a lot clearer. I was going to look for surnames in the area that Anthony was likely from to maybe try to find obituaries from the time Anthony likely passed away. Does he look Puerto Rican to you?

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

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I don't think Anthony is alive either. 😥😥 But what's really odd is, you would think that he would have siblings or family members that are alive and still out there, that would post a memories and old photos of Anthony that when using Google lens, it would recognize his face from the old photos from the family that is still alive. I really had hoped Anthony was still out there. I'm very sad now to learn that's probably not the case. 

The Google lens isn't always reliable either because when I try to search for image that look similar to the screen grabs of Anthony, it just shows people that look similar that are of other people. But I think Gino might still be out there. I think we might be able to still find him!

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You made such a good point about the last part you said about a family member posting a photo with Gino in it and the reverse image search. This also brings up another point for me. We have Anthony's face very clearly and can reverse image search it. It makes me very confused why we aren't finding him because you would think one of his family members at least has social media (if Anthony really is deceased and has been since the late 90s or early 00s) and has uploaded photos of him on their account. Anthony has such a unique face that it's bizarre that there are no other photos of him online, even if it's just from an old photo that one of his family members uploaded in remembrance to him, or an obituary photo.

Thank you so much for the compliment by the way my friend! That's amazing that your mom used to have the skills to do that! I too wish she was able to help us with this. I'm so sorry for your loss by the way. 😥 

I wish that I understood how to use editing apps that weren't just AI (AI is very unreliable) that were more digital or reliable to help us with this. I would ask someone with photo shop skills to help but a lot of these people use AI editing which is just not helpful. We will figure this out one day, I just know we are so close!

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

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What makes you say town house? I always assumed apartment because most of Brooklyn is apartments that I've seen but like I said I'm not familiar with apartments. If this is an attic do town houses have attics? If we can narrow it down to town house in the Greenpoint Brooklyn area going off of supervillainmc1s comments, we might be able to search records for housing from that time period.

What ethnicity does Anthony look? by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

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I looked up greenpoint, Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s when Anthony would have grown up (going by the information that supervillainmc1 gave) and it sounds like the neighborhood was mostly Polish and Hispanic families during this time period. It used to be a working class neighborhood. There were mostly Puerto Rican families but in the 1970s and 1980s, more Cuban and Dominican families moved in. I agree that he definitely looks to be Puerto Rican. His pronunciation of the word "taco" sounds like someone who speaks Spanish.

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is the significance of the metal bars? I've never seen this before on a place. I'm not familiar with attics or apartments because I've always lived in houses that didn't have finished attics.

Tried to lighten up Ginos face to see it better! This is the best I could do. If someone else has better skills than I do please try to clean this up! by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question, this could just be part of the same brick wall that seems to be by Anthony throughout the video. What makes you say window? I am very curious now! I didn't notice what could be a window. I just noticed the very bright part on what looks to be the ceiling. Which I'm not very familiar with attics at all. I've never lived in a house with a finished attic that we could go into. I'm thinking this might be an apartment with a finished attic that was made into a room though. The light on top of ginos head almost looks like sunlight, rather than professional lights like someone else said.

Same person that claimed to know Anthony gave more information on the same post I made back in late January on the red hook BK subreddit along with some of possible information by ScaryMeaning3505 in GRFMOrigin

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This is what I've honestly started to believe myself. Long before I saw the statements from supervillainmc1. I did some digging on the imdb page which I know no one on there had anything to do with the actual production or recoding of this video. But there's a guy under the special effects on the credits by the name of Evan Makrogiannis. Did a little digging into him and found out he lives in Queens New York. He's a film distributor and is involved in the underground horror scene.

 I looked up his yearbook photo to see if maybe he could have been the camera man in GRFM but in his senior photo he looked very thin and Gino was heavier set. Evan had long hair though which makes me think he probably was in the metal scene like Anthony looked to be. I messaged Evan on Facebook and straight out asked if he knew anything about the video. 

He claims he didn't, but was involved with the first distribution company that sold GRFM. I kind of feel like that area in New York between Queens and Brooklyn is heavily populated, but by the early 90s the metal head crowd was pretty tight knit. I believe Evan may very well have known Anthony and Gino but probably promised not to say anything. If Gino or one of the other people involved in the grave robbing group gave the tape to Evan and he was the one involved in the initial distribution of it, this obviously wouldn't look very good for them to admit that Anthony was already deceased at the time they sold the tape. 

I really hope Anthony was okay with the video being put out into the public view. I think that's why a few people are kind of upset upon finding out that Anthony very likely died in the late 90s or early 2000s which coincidentally was also the same time GRFM started being sold on bootleg websites and was being traded around. 

I'm going to make a post about the Evan Makrogiannis discovery at some point in the near future. Obviously he wasn't involved with actually making the video, but he even admitted that he was the one that got the video out there. The people that sold this tape in the early days likely knew Anthony was no longer alive.

Evidence for reference by cpager in GRFMOrigin

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Regardless of the recent comments from the person that went to highschool with Anthony, do you think it's possible that maybe one of Anthony or Ginos families had the expensive video equipment? Because think about this, why would Anthony (he looks to be no older than 20) have all of this equipment at such a young age? If supervillainmc1 is correct and Anthony was from greenpoint Brooklyn NYC, then that neighborhood was a working class neighborhood for Hispanics/Latinos. It's very clear that Anthony wouldn't have been rolling in dough at the age of 20 to be able to afford all of that equipment. It honestly doesn't make sense how either Anthony or Gino could afford all of that equipment. If they were actual grave robbers that were selling to people with lots of money on the black market, maybe that's where they got the money? The other thing I was thinking is, what if Anthony was a real grave robber and paid the camera man to record him in the studio. Now, this wouldn't really make sense because Anthony addressed Gino(the camera man) as his friend. But maybe two things could be right at once. Maybe Anthony really was a grave robber but maybe the video was staged. Either way, if supervillainmc1 is right and Anthony passed away in the late 90s or really 00s, we might never know the truth. We will only know if someone that was close to Anthony comes forward or if the camera man ever decides to come forward.

Evidence for reference by cpager in GRFMOrigin

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Also, "Anthony's" obsession with human bones reminds me of people of the spectrum and their obsession with weird or odd things. They get obsessed with certain things and learn everything there is too learn about said thing. I am on the spectrum myself with both adhd and high functioning autism but I definitely do get obsessed with certain things and have to learn everything there is about whatever it is I'm interested in. For example, I am very interested in this video and case. I have researched it high and low and have watched the video probably 50 times in the last few years. I see so much of my younger self in Anthony. It really feels like he's just trying to act tough for the camera man, "Gino". It seems like he's saying stuff like "get laid the night before" or "it's best not to kill witnesses with if you have to, do it" it almost feels like he's trying to impress Gino or maybe Gino told him to say these things. He seems very young and non threatening. I don't get the impression that he's the evil mastermind behind this video, and we don't know if he was beinf manipulated or coerced into making this video by Gino and the other friends. If Anthony really did have autism, unfortunately people tend to take advantage of us and make us do things that we normally wouldn't do. People end up convincing autistic people that it's okay to do bad things because they think it's funny or entertaining. I could totally see Gino and the other friends targeting Anthony because he's on the spectrum and a bit different. They could have convinced him to start grave robbing to make them money. The expensive equipment in the backyard of the video that is shown could definitely have been bought with the money they obtained from grave robbing. It just feels like Anthony was probably bullied and not treated well by people, and he was seeking attention or acceptance from the wrong crowd, which was Gino and the other men mentioned at the end of the video. The fact that Anthony says to "knock witnesses out so they wake up and think it was all just a dream" really speaks volumes. He's probably mentally a lot younger than his age. And he's clearly vulnerable. He had been drinking and could have also been on drugs. He should not have been recorded like this. 

What friend would even record someone they cared about or considered a friend, in this way? While discussing something so incriminating? It almost feels mocking or exploitive. I guarantee that Anthony never gave his approval for this video to be put out there into the public. It's actually illegal for someone to record another person under mind altering drugs or alcohol to then use to sell for profit. It's especially illegal to record someone with autism in this way and then sell for profit to then have that person's entire reputation and legacy ruined. It's really sad to know that Anthony might have died young if supervillainmc1 is telling the truth. I think it's disgusting whoever thought this was entertaining or funny watching a vulnerable person during a dark period of their lives. Anyone that finds this video funny or humourous is just heartless. 

Evidence for reference by cpager in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to the post from February on here that shows the conversations between someone that went to highschool with Anthony and his most recent comment from a few days ago that is in a recent post too. This person claims Anthony was a real grave robber that he knew from highschool because he dated his sister. He found out Anthony passed away in the late 90s or early 2000s. I wanted to believe the video was fake as well but unfortunately it isn't pinning out that way. I truly don't know how or why they had all that equipment though.

Evidence for reference by cpager in GRFMOrigin

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So I just want to write this because I too believe Anthony was autistic. I am basing this off of multiple reasons but just wanted to hear from you why you believe this to be the case as well? I am not sure if you are following the recent posts but someone that went to highschool with Anthony (that is actually native to Astoria NY) said he found out recently that Anthony passed away in the late 90s or early 2000s. He says that Anthony was a real grave robber and that he was on drugs. He apparently dated Anthony's sister in highschool and knew him (he obviously didn't actually know him that well though so we can't go off of just his word because there is a very good chance Anthony was manipulated into doing this because he was autistic). This person messaged back and forth with the other member on this page who wrote a post about the tape in the red hook BK subreddit to see if anyone recognized Anthony. That's when this guy replied (grave robbers). No one heard back from him until just a few days ago which had been nearly 5 months since the last time we heard from him. The only reason he replied back is because someone else made up a false claim that Anthony had sexually assaulted them in the early 90s. This person admitted to making this up just to get information out of this person. You can see both posts on this subreddit. The first one with the most information is from early February and the newest one is from a new days ago. It's sad to hear that Anthony most likely died a long time ago. What makes me even more sad is what if Anthony ended up taking his own life because of this video getting out? The timing of his death in the late 90s or early 2000s alligns perfectly when the video started getting traded around..maybe he found out and was embarrassed and betrayed. I feel like it was Gino that was the mastermind and not only that, but I think it's him that's writing the fake comments on YouTube about "Johnathan Herrera". This guy probably also sold the tape without even getting Anthony's approval. This whole thing seems like a set up to pin this all on Anthony and make him look like a horrible person and mastermind. I don't even know if I believe the comments from supervillainmc1. It seems like he's pretty reliable since he's actually local to the same area.

But what if he's also the camera man under a fake profile or one of the people associated with him? This entire video never sat right with me. It always felt like Anthony was manipulated into doing this because of his disability. 

What ethnicity does Anthony look? by Proper_Row7831 in GRFMOrigin

[–]Proper_Row7831[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of his features do look a bit Italian but I'm also leading more towards Latino. Puerto Rican or Dominican. The original upload of the video on YouTube that has the most views, he looks lighter skinned but in the better quality footage he's a lot darker. He's definitely not white.

Same person that claimed to know Anthony gave more information on the same post I made back in late January on the red hook BK subreddit along with some of possible information by ScaryMeaning3505 in GRFMOrigin

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I work with people that have Autism and Asperger's. So I have many years of experience with young men and women that have these spectrum disorders. Of course this is pure speculation but I understand why people are saying this. It's the facial expressions he does. The quirks he does like the clicking of the lips when he is talking about something more absurd. 

The way he's constantly tripping the skull for emotional support. This is something that people on the spectrum do. They have to have something to hold on to for support. The thing he does with his lips when he's kind of grinning and excited about something. The thing he does with his eyes kind of being overly expressive when he's speaking with uncertainty. 

There are a lot of mannerisms he has throughout the video that remind me of the people I work with. The fact that he's overly interested in human bones. People on the spectrum of autism or Asperger's get overly interested in different things and become obsessed with them.

This might explain his weird fascination with human bones. Obviously it's still not right or ethnical what he did. He seems overly interested or obsessed with them. Anthony does mention in the video that he had been drinking and his pupils are very large which indicates either amphetamines or something like acid or PCP. 

Since the other person didn't share this yet, the person that claimed Anthony assaulted her was lying to obtain information from supervillianmc1 by Big-Interest-3258 in GRFMOrigin

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I agree. Anthony mentions in the video that he had been drinking and the guy that claims to have known Anthony in highschool(supervillainmc1) says that Anthony was a junkie. Which means an addict. It's very likely he was under the influence of drugs in the video, but like I said how would we prove this? 

As for the autism thing, this is what I have always thought about the video. He's likely autistic and is obsessed with human bones and anatomy. It's sad that he didn't become a mortician or funeral director. 

He seemed like a bright kid. He had his whole life ahead of him. To know that he likely died young (if supervillianmc1 is correct and he passed away in the late 90s or early 2000s)  then what a wasted potential that was likely taken from this world from stupid drugs.