Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on "The Dating Game" was also a chameleon and a serial killer perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history and investigators are unsure if they will ever know how many victims he left behind
Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala dies on California s death row
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The penalty phase of the People vs. Alcala trial begins at a Santa Ana, CA courtroom. Rodney Alcala was found guilty and convicted of murder, torture, kidnapping, and rape last week of five California women. Alcala is now facing the possibility of th
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed The Dating Game Killer died Saturday while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala was 77.
He died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement.
Dating Game Killer Rodney James Alcala, Who Murdered 130 Women, Dies in California Prison
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Murderer Rodney James Alcala, also named as The Dating Game Killer , due to his 1978 appearance on the game show, died on July 24 at a hospital near California s Corcoran state prison at the age of 77.
He died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement.
The Dating Game Connection
In 1968, Alcala was a contestant on the game show
The Dating Game. When host Jim Lange introduced Rodney Alcala as Bachelor Number One, a successful photographer, he didn t know that the man had already murdered at least five women and been charged with the attempted murder of a little girl, reported ABC News.
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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 the age of 77.
Alcala s chilling story provided an early glimpse of how the growth of unscripted television with everyday people would inevitably have a dark side.
He appeared on the 1970s syndicated series, but the bachelorette that he chose wound up refusing to go out with him, telling producers after the taping that she got weird vibes coming off him, according to
ABC News.
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