There’s a troubling pattern over the years of murderers and serial killers appearing on television, namely game shows. One example is Rodney Alcala, who was on the hit game show “The Dating Game” in ...

IN THE middle of a horrifying killing spree, convicted murderer Rodney Alcala went on a TV dating game show - and shockingly, managed to win it. But while most killers operate in the shadows, Alcala ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With ‘Dating Game’ serial killer Rodney Alcala pleading guilty to two ...

SANTA ANA — An Orange County jury on Thursday found Rodney James Alcala guilty of five counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and multiple special-circumstances counts for torture, oral copulation ...

Rodney Alcala, the serial murderer who became known as the “Dating Game Killer” because of his 1978 appearance on the game show, died July 24 at a hospital near California’s Corcoran state prison at ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Woman of the Hour, Netflix’s new based-on-true-story serial killer movie, will make you thankful you don’t live in the 1970s. Serial killers could really do whatever they ...

Rodney Alcala appeared on a dating show that led to his infamy. Pic credit: Huntington Beach Police Department/ @criminologytube/YouTube In 1978, Rodney James Alcala appeared on the popular TV show ...

Rodney Alcala is a man stuck in a time warp, his flowing silver hair, granny glasses, beige blazer and jeans reminiscent of a creative-writing professor circa 1980, the year he began life behind bars.

Rodney Alcala, a convicted serial murderer dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” because he appeared on the once-popular game show, died of natural causes Saturday at 77. Alcala died in a hospital in ...