From Game Show to Death Row: The Twisted Life of Rodney Alcala

I Could Murder A Podcast

ICMAP LTD

True Crime, I Could Murder A Podcast, Icmap, Ted Bundy, Comedy

4.7 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Rodney Alcala, better known as The Dating Game Killer, was a sadistic predator hiding in plain sight. In the 1970s, he posed as a photographer to lure victims, committing a series of brutal murders across the U.S. Incredibly, in 1978—while still on his killing spree—he appeared on The Dating Game… and won. But behind his charming facade lurked a monster.

Join Tom, Ben, and Dan as they dive into one of the most chilling true crime cases of all time, uncovering Alcala’s disturbing crimes, his twisted psychology, and how he was finally caught.

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0:15.8	our show on your host
0:19.8	Jim Lennett!
0:21.2	Hey! Thank you! And Our show and your host, Jim Black. Hey.
0:23.3	Thank you.
0:24.5	And here they are.
0:31.4	Good luck, gentlemen.
0:34.0	Well, let's see.
0:34.7	Bachelor number one is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the dark room at the age of 13 fully developed.
0:43.3	Between takes, he might find him skydiving or motorcycling. Please welcome Rodney Alkalah.
0:49.3	Right, welcome.
1:00.0	When you're talking about a guy like that, who is hunting through Southern California, looking for people to kill because he enjoys it, he gets off on the infliction of pain on other people.
1:08.0	We're going to have a great time together, Cheryl.
1:10.0	Rodney Alcala is accused in the murder of a 12-year-old girl, and here's his defense. of pain on other people. We're gonna have a great time together, Cheryl.
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