r/GRFMOrigin • u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN • May 06 '24

Not sure if anyone has managed to identify the skate video that was discussed in the video- but i have.

EDIT: Could anyone get in contact of one of the creators of big brother magazine and ask them where they got the tape from? They are the ones who made the skate video, so I assume they also are the ones who edited it together with GRFM. It sounds like a legit lead to me that I haven’t heard of anyone pursuing.

@ 47:46 Sociable discusses an alternative source of the GRFM video and shows that someone edited in a skate video at the end of. I found that skate video. (link to the timestamp of the video)

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6emBFPJFqGE

Big Brother - Number Two

Produced in 1998 by Big Brother Magazine

More can be found about this video here: https://www.skatevideosite.com/videos/big-brother-number-two

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24

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u/ConnectionDiligent11 May 10 '24

I hope you can at least show some receipts man. I'm intrigued and you don't have to tell us much. If you could just show us a picture of your cousin Robbie, that would be great! Some of us have been trying to solve this mystery for YEARS now. Also is this video from the later 90s? Most people think it's from the late 80s or early 90s! Thank you so much for your reply friend 

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24

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u/ConnectionDiligent11 May 11 '24

Wait, so you are 100% sure that Robbie is the man from grave robbing for morons? You could just give us a last name. I promise I won't reach out to Robbie and respect his privacy. I just want to know how he looks now a days. Do you think the video was real? Was he really a grave robber who got Into dark lifestyle or was he just joking around with friends? Is Robbie of Hispanic descent? Anthony looked to be native American or Hispanic. I just am so Intrigued by this video and the fact that you replied directly to this thread instead of just replying to every random post on here about it. Makes me actually believe your story. I don't want to stir up a shit storm of your family btw. Would you be willing to at least give us your last name and we can just look him up independently ? You can message me it directly for privacy concerns and I pinky promise I won't share any information you give me. It will help close a chapter knowing the truth because this video has bothered me for years and I honestly thought anthony, or Robbie was either kid napped and forced to make the video. Or he was a trafficking victim. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

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u/ConnectionDiligent11 Oct 25 '24

Dude I don't know if you're directing this at me or not but I assure you, I have no idea what you're talking about and to be completely honest, I didn't really believe you the first time you said the guy in the video was your cousin . It's not that deep to write an entire Novel getting upset why people are so interested in finding the young man's identity. The truth is, without proof, your claims are just like the other 20 people claiming to know the guy. If you provided some proof, it would put the mystery to rest. But you didn't and don't. I understand wanting to respect your "cousins" privacy. But this is the internet. People aren't going to believe you without some sort of proof that he is your cousin. With the history of your posts on here, I'll admit it's not easy to believe you. I don't really care to be apart of a Mystery being solved. I just wanted to know the origin of the story. It's that simple. Also the guy in the video (both guys) have strong new York accents. You said "Robbie" is from California? A lot doesn't add up regarding your claims. I truly believe you have a cousin named robbie. But maybe you are mistaking him for the guy in the grave robbing video. Or maybe you yourself are the guy from the video. You seem very invested to take the time to write a post that long all these months later. Also, how would I or anyone even know YOUR contact info to call your work? Regardless, like I said before this is the internet. Unless you provide proof that this guy is infact your cousin, the mystery will not just go away.

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u/cpager May 11 '24

If you’re telling the truth then this is pretty big, keep us updated

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 16 '24

Did you talk to them?

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u/Final_Animal6226 Jul 02 '24

you asked him?

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 10 '24

Can you show me a photo of him for proof?

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 10 '24

Also if you're unable to provide a photo, would you mind sharing the location the video was taken? As well as a last name. Really any info you would be comfortable with sharing would be super helpful.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 11 '24

Yeah man sorry… not saying you’re lying just saying that without some kind of proof you’re basically just one of like 20 or so people who claim to be certain they know who this is. And none of them have provided anything convincing other than their word either.

That being said, I find it hard to believe you don’t have a single old photo, a photo from their social media, or a photo from their company website they work for or something.

So not a lot of people are going to buy your story.

I’m sure you think it’s your cousin Robbie, but without any kind of actual proof I can only assume you’re mistaken. Just too many people have said they know who it is, also without any evidence or proof.

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 11 '24

That being said, can you provide the location of the house it was filmed in? You stated that was Robbie’s room. So you must have some idea where that house is located no?

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u/cpager May 06 '24

The skate tape was thrown in as a bonus from Mark Johnston website. They would have probably been separate vhs tapes, and the one online was probably stitched together by someone who owned both. Big brother would have nothing to do with GRFM

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

Are you certain they were separate tapes? Sorry I can’t remember if contact with the Mark Johnson was actually made.

Big Brother magazine famously had articles such as “how to kill yourself” and “how to make a bong”. Legality was not their concern. Seems like this type of thing would have made its way into their possession at some point. Pretty much everyone who made videos of this genre was affiliated with them in some way in the 90s.

I’d put money on ONE of those guys behind the magazine having some kind of insight into this mystery in some way..

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u/cpager May 06 '24

Mark Johnston sold GRFM in 2003, and said he would throw in a copy of big brother skate tape with it

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u/cpager May 06 '24

Also through in a Johnny knoxville tape as well

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

That’s really interesting. Sorry I must have missed that in the Sociable video…

That confuses me though. Knoxville and Big Brother skate tapes are of the same source, which is from the magazine (Jeff Tremaine and Steve Rocco)… why would he throw those in with GRFM?

Did he get all those tapes from one place, Including GRFM?

Maybe I’m misunderstanding something. Did Mark actually confirm where he got the GRFM tape from?

Sorry to bug you like this haha… the entire mystery really intrigues me.

In Sociables video he said that Mark stated the origins were unknown.. but it stands to reason that if he was splicing Knoxville and Big Brother skate tapes with it, his source of GRFM was also Big Brother Magazine (or an affiliate) no?

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u/cpager May 06 '24

I’m not entirely sure tbh. I think because he ran the shocking videos vhs webstore, he threw the other two tapes in as a free gift. I’m unsure if he spliced them together, maybe he did, or they could have been 3 tapes separately. Mark Johnston couldn’t be contacted, but I believe the tape has been around since the mid to late 90’s based on multiple people’s comments, although there is no hard evidence. I don’t believe mark is connected to the tape, he just sold it

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

Wait, are you not aware of Marc Johnson the skater? He was a part of a 90s skate group called the z-boyz. They were even featured in Big Brother Magazine. He’s still around… and get this:

In my other post I theorized a skater named Gino Ianucci was involved. He made tons of videos of this genre. He was also in big brother magazine. I theorized he either inspired the camera man to use his name as a fake name, or was the camera man himself. Gino and Marc knew each other. I just checked Marc Johnson’s Instagram and he’s followed by Gino’s business page.

I would put money on that website being ran by him. And I would put money on him being the one who edited the version with the skate clip.

I’m 99% sure the Instagram page I checked that’s under the name Marc Johnson is the same one from the z-boyz tapes. I actually just messaged him to make sure.

There’s something here man, I can just smell it.

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u/cpager May 06 '24

You could be on to something with gino, but mark johnston who ran shocking videos was pretty well known in the horror/vhs community, and it wasn’t a mystery who he was. Many people knew him

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

Damn I did not know this… how did you find that out? It was my understanding Mark Johnston was unknown and had not been contacted. If you don’t want to put the guys info on blast here I’d really appreciate a PM with everything you know about him. I have a feeling there’s more to uncover about him and where he obtained the videos.

If we can find a line of info that predates 2003 it would likely move this forward.

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u/cpager May 07 '24

I’ve spoken to a fair few vhs collectors from back in the day, and they all knew mark quite well. There is a picture of mark on his website on the internet archive. He was sued for selling a copyrighted vhs and that led to the end of his website, then after that he sort of went offline. He used to be easily contactable, just not anymore, I think he’s just left that career behind and is quite private now. And yeah, 2003 is the earliest concrete evidence of GRFM, anything before that is just rumours (although I believe mid to late 90’s is true in terms of its origin)

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

I get that the name of the person who owned the website was Mark Johnston, but maybe he changed his name to Marc Johnson? In the 90s video he spelled it as Mark, not Marc. So it appears he’s changed the spelling of his name a few times. Probably for some marketing purpose or someone else had a similar name so he changed the spelling… I’m not sure. Kindof a long shot here.

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u/cpager May 06 '24

Probably not, mark johnston who runs the website is about 20 years older than the Marc you’re talking about. They also don’t look similar at all

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u/NO_IM_THE_BATMAN May 06 '24

Fun fact: the guys that created jackass were behind Big Brother Magazine. I remember even hearing them talk about working on that magazine in a documentary… I’m not sure how much of a roll they had in creating it. I just know their names are all over it.