Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When "48 Hours" first investigated the case of Rodney Alcala, he had been convicted of the murder of five California women. But it ...

There’s a troubling pattern over the years of murderers and serial killers appearing on television, namely game shows. One example is Rodney Alcala, who was on the hit game show “The Dating Game” in ...

Netflix's 'Woman of the Hour' is based on the true story of Rodney Alcala, a seemingly ordinary contestant on a '70s TV dating show who was secretly a serial killer Ted Soqui/Corbis/Getty In the 1970s ...

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 ...

Tali Shapiro was only 8 years old when Rodney Alcala tricked her into his car and took her to his home. By the time police kicked in the door, she was covered in blood, had no pulse, and appeared to ...

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 ...

“Dating Game Killer” Rodney Alcala—who earned the moniker after appearing on the popular 1970s game show to vie for a woman’s affection—has died in prison at the age of 77. The California Department ...

Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five slayings in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he may have killed up to 130 people ...

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 ...