Netflix's 'Woman of the Hour' is based on the true story of Rodney Alcala, a seemingly ordinary contestant on a '70s TV dating show who was secretly a serial killer Ted Soqui/Corbis/Getty In the 1970s ...

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 ...

Rodney Alcala’s infamous appearance on The Dating Game may not have resulted in an actual date, but it did set him up for a date with destiny. The retired police officer who led the investigation that ...

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Serial killer Rodney Alcala died of natural causes Saturday while awaiting execution, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. He was 77. Alcala was nicknamed the "Dating ...

It's been four years since Rodney Alcala died on July 24, 2021. Known as the "Dating Game Killer," his reign of terror spanned decades, leaving behind survivors ...

Anna Kendrick is directing her first movie, and the basis for it is one of the creepiest true crime stories in modern history. That might sound like an exaggeration, but what if I provide the Mediaite ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. The verdict was read just before 2 p.m. Rodney Alcala looked forward with his hands clasped in front of him. With each guilty verdict, family members of the victims sobbed. "Well, he ...