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  1. Jan 6, 2021 · Mike and Ellen Metzger, the respective former executive producer and contestant coordinator for "The Dating Game," talk to "20/20" about casting serial killer Rodney Alcala on the hit show in 1978.

  2. Jan 5, 2021 · Watch “20/20: The Dating Game Killer" THIS FRIDAY at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. HBPD released photos in 2010 taken by serial killer Rodney Alcala and found in his storage locker in hopes of identifying ...

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    • The Disturbing Murders of Rodney Alcala
    • How The Dating Game Killer Was Finally Caught
    • Rodney Alcala’s Long Road Toward Facing Justice
    • The Death of The Dating Game Killer

    Rodney Alcala was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1943. His father moved the family to Mexico when Alcala was eight years old, only to abandoned them there three years later. His mother then moved Alcala and his sister to suburban Los Angeles. At age 17, Alcala entered the Army as a clerk, but after a nervous breakdown, he was medically discharged du...

    The year after the Dating Game appearance, 17-year-old Liane Leedom was lucky enough to walk away unscathed from a photoshoot with Rodney Alcala, and she remarked how he “showed her his portfolio, which in addition to shots of women included spread after spread of [naked] teenage boys.” Police have since released parts of Alcala’s “portfolio” to th...

    During the years he spent incarcerated, Rodney Alcala self-published a book called You, the Juryin which he proclaimed his innocence in the Samsoe case. He hotly contested the DNA swabs done on prisoners periodically for the police department’s evidence bank. Alcala also brought two lawsuits against the California penal system; one for a slip and f...

    While still sitting on death row in California, Rodney Alcala died of natural causesat age 77 on July 24, 2021. Immediately, some of his victims spoke up, expressing their relief that the “Dating Game Killer” was finally, truly gone. “The planet is a better place without him, that’s for sure,” said Tali Shapiro. “It’s a long time coming, but he’s g...

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  4. Apr 22, 2022 · Rodney Alcala has gone down in history as ‘The Dating Game Killer’ due to his participation as a contestant on ‘The Dating Game’ television game show amid his killing spree. Perplexingly ...

  5. Jan 5, 2021 · Huntington Beach Police Department. If you have information about the identities of the people in the photographs, you can contact Sgt. Sam Shepherd with the Huntington Beach Police Department at (714) 536-5947. HBPD released photos in 2010 taken by serial killer Rodney Alcala and found in his storage locker in hopes of...Show more--.

  6. May 30, 2019 · He was paroled after less than three years, and by the time Bradshaw met him on The Dating Game, he had already murdered four women. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Rodney Alcala, circa 1980.

  7. Nov 18, 2017 · How a Serial Killer and Rapist Ended up on 'The Dating Game' — and Was Chosen by the Woman. Rodney Alcala seemed like a run-of-the-mill contestant on a TV show in 1978.

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