Paramount+ announced today that the 3-part true crime docuseries Ctrl+Alt+Desire will premiere on the service Tuesday, April 16th. Directed by Colin Archdeacon (Missing: Dead or Alive?), the series follows relentless years-long investigation of the shocking killings that rocked a quiet Florida town.
Ctrl+Alt+Desire opens a dark door to the haunting case of Grant Amato, a 29-year-old Florida man accused of murdering his own family execution style for the love of a cam girl. The series is a gripping cautionary tale of what happens when the lines between fantasy and reality are blurred.
The synopsis reads: “One that sits squarely at the intersection of technology and loneliness – Ctrl+Alt+Desire exposes a chilling tale of addiction, deceit and online obsession. Amato’s life descended into chaos when he stumbled into the world of live-stream cam models and immediately fell head over heels in love with Silvie, a Bulgarian cam girl. The series taps into four years of prison phone calls recorded from a contraband cell phone and clues scattered across Florida, Eastern Europe and the deep web to reveal a story far more complex than expected. Highly educated and charismatic, Amato didn’t fit the typical profile of a federal inmate, but a series of professional missteps steered him down a rabbit hole of depression, isolation and financial ruin. In a desperate bid to hold Silvie’s attention, Amato reinvented himself online, crafting a confident ‘big spender’ alter ego by stealing $200,000 from his family in the months leading up to the murders.”
Executive Producers are Barak Goodman (American Experience), Dorin Razam (72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square), Zachary Herrmann (The American West) and Archdeacon. For See It Now Studios, Susan Zirinsky (48 Hours) and Terence Wrong (JFK: What the Doctors Saw) executive produce, and Aysu Saliba (Never Seen Again) and Cara Tortora (Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders) are supervising producers.
Check out the trailer below.
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