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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...

Rodney Alcala is confirmed to have killed at least seven women and girls across three states, but at least two girls were able to escape death at his hand. Tali Shapiro and Morgan Rowan survived his ...

In Anna Kendrick’s “Woman of the Hour,” a chilling, based-on-a-true-story drama about when a 1970s serial killer appeared on an episode of “The Dating Game,” one of the most telling images isn’t a ...

Rodney Alcala was tall, charming and handsome – just what producers were looking for in a bachelor to compete on their dating game show. His charm and witty banter with the show’s bachelorette Cheryl ...

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 ...

"Woman of the Hour" is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala's appearance on a game show. In the movie, he murders a young stewardess named Charlie in New York City in 1971. Her story ...

A lucky survivor of The Dating Game Killer Rodney Alcala in Prison Visit reveals she visited him in prison in the search for answers about how she cheated death. She ...