SERIAL KILLER: Rodney Alcala
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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View Rodney Alcala’s photo collection here. If you or someone you know can identify any of the people in these photos please contact the Huntington Beach Police Department.
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Episode Source Material
- Suspect Held In Slaying Of Girl
- Alcala convicted in slaying
- People v. Alcala (1992) – Superior Court of Orange County
- Attorney General Bill Lockyer Announces that Death Row Inmates Must Provide DNA Samples for State Databank
- Alcala v. Superior (2008) – California Supreme Court
- California ‘Devil’ May Be NYC’s Top Serial Killer
- Jury hears gory details in serial killer case
- Witness identifies murder suspect 30 years later
- Alcala wages battle against death
- Woman Who Survived Attack By Convicted Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Four Decades Ago Testifies In Orange County Courtroom
- Convicted serial killer won on ‘Dating Game’
- Serial Killer Rodney Alcala’s Photo Trove Found
- Public Responds to Rodney Alcala’s Photos, Police Hope For More Tips
- Police Identify More Women From Serial Killer’s Photographs
- California killer may be linked to Seattle slayings in 1970s
- Serial killer sentenced to death in ‘70s spree
- The Eye of a Killer
- The Killing Game – Article
- The Killing Game – Full Episode
- Manhattan DA indict cold-case ‘killer’ Rodney Alcala
- 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’
- “Dating Game” killer sentenced for 1970s murders
- Rodney Alcala on “The Dating Game” 1978
- The Haunting Photography of a Serial Killer
- Woman’s picture links serial killer to another cold case slaying
- Convicted serial killer won’t return to Wyoming to face murder charge from 1977 killing
- How Kathy Thornton solved her sister’s 39-year-old murder case
- Serial killer Alcala linked to grisly 1977 case
- ‘Dating Game Killer’ Rodney Alcala May Have Strangled And Murdered Around 100 Women
- The Story Of Rodney Alcala, The Charming ‘Dating Game Killer’
- A Date With Death
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