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Rodney James Alcala (born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala; August 23, 1943 – July 24, 2021) was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for seven murders committed between 1977 and 1979.
Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, has landed on Netflix.. It tells the shocking true story of how a serial killer managed to become a contestant on a dating show in the late ...
Known as The Dating Game Killer for his appearance on the hit TV game show in 1978, Alcala is suspected to have murdered as many as 130 victims throughout the 1960s and 1970s before finally being ...
Cheryl Bradshaw was the lead contestant on a 1978 episode of The Dating Game, ... it was later discovered that Alcala was a violent serial killer and sexual offender who was linked to the murders ...
In 1978, Rodney Alcala, who was ultimately convicted of seven murders but may have committed over 100, appeared on The Dating Game alongside Cheryl Bradshaw, played by Kendrick herself on screen.
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 ...
Netflix's new film "Woman of the Hour" is based on a true story about serial killer Rodney Alcala. In real life, Alcala competed on "The Dating Game" and won a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw.
Alcala, a convicted serial killer, appeared as a bachelor on an episode of “The Dating Game” in 1978, competing with two other men to win a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw.