SERIAL KILLER: Rodney Alcala
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He was charming enough to win an episode of The Dating Game back in the 70's and that charm is what allowed Rodney Alcala to slip through police's fingers time and time again. Though his reign of terror lasted only a few years, he may be one of the most prolific serial killers of our time and police still need your help to identify some of his victims.
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Sources for this episode:
Los Angeles Times (7-25-1979, by Gary Jarlson)
Suspect Held In Slaying Of Girl
Alcala convicted in slaying
Superior Court of Orange County (1992)
People v. Alcala (1992)
California Attorney General’s Office (8-22-2002)
Attorney General Bill Lockyer Announces that Death Row Inmates Must Provide DNA Samples for State Databank
California Supreme Court (2008)
Alcala v. Superior (2008)
New York Post (1-4-2009, by Brad Hamilton)
California ‘Devil’ May Be NYC’s Top Serial Killer
Jury hears gory details in serial killer case
OC Register (1-21-2010, by Larry Welborn)
Witness identifies murder suspect 30 years later
OC Register (2-15-2010, by Larry Welborn)
Alcala wages battle against death
LA Weekly (3-3-2010, by Christine Pelisek)
Woman Who Survived Attack By Convicted Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Four Decades Ago Testifies In Orange County Courtroom
CNN (3-10-2010, by Gabriel Falcon)
Convicted serial killer won on 'Dating Game'
NPR (3-11-2010, by Sarah Handel)
Serial Killer Rodney Alcala's Photo Trove Found
CBS News (3-12-2010, by Carlin Miller)
Public Responds to Rodney Alcala's Photos, Police Hope For More Tips
Police Identify More Women From Serial Killer's Photographs
The Seattle Times (3-25-2010, by Jennifer Sullivan)
California killer may be linked to Seattle slayings in 1970s
Serial killer sentenced to death in ‘70s spree
People Magazine (4-19-2010, by Alex Tresniowski and Howrd Breuer)
The Eye of a Killer
The Killing Game (article)
The Killing Game (full episode on YouTube)
New York Post (1-27-2011, by Laura Italiano)
Manhattan DA indict cold-case ‘killer’ Rodney Alcala
New York Times (2-4-2011, by Mosi Secret)
40 Years On, Detective Sees Light Shed on a Killing
Serial killer Rodney Alcala linked to unsolved 1977 slaying
'Dating Game' Killer, Rodney Alcala, Extradited to N.Y.
'My dream date with a serial killer’
Reuters (1-7-2013, by Peter Rudegeair)
"Dating Game" killer sentenced for 1970s murders
Rodney Alcala on “The Dating Game” 1978
VICE News (11-20-2014, by Julian Morgans)
The Haunting Photography of a Serial Killer
Woman's picture links serial killer to another cold case slaying
Casper Star-Tribune (10-26-2016, by Elise Schmelzer)
Convicted serial killer won't return to Wyoming to face murder charge from 1977 killing
Casper Star-Tribune (11-23-2016, by Elise Schmelzer reposted in the Miami Herald)
How Kathy Thornton solved her sister’s 39-year-old murder case
The Orange County Register (3-8-2018, by Larry Welborn)
Serial killer Alcala linked to grisly 1977 case
OXYGEN TV (2-22-2019, by Benjamin Smith)
‘Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala May Have Strangled And Murdered Around 100 Women
Groovy History (3-30-2019, by Rebekah Knott)
The Story Of Rodney Alcala, The Charming 'Dating Game Killer'
Medium (9-20-2019, by Heather Monroe)
A Date With Death
