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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

THE KILLING GAME-Alan R. Warren

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.0 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In 1968 young girls went missing in California and New York, massive searches started and soon bodies began to turn up. This is the story of Rodney Alcala, the charming, good looking photographer that was in NYU studying under Roman Polanski and even once had won on the popular TV game show " Dating Game" but now wanted for rape, torture and murder of several young girls. He would make the girls suffer until they passed out, then rape them, and when they came too , he would beat them again before killing them. Alan R. Warren, best selling true crime author and co-host of House of Mystery takes you through each step of the story in shocking detail, including details from the trials and the appeals that have been going on for over twenty years while Alcala sits on Death Row. THE KILLING GAME: The True Story of Rodney Alcala the Game Show Serial Killer-Alan R. Warren Follow and comment on Facebook-TRUE MURDER: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697978510Check out TRUE MURDER PODCAST @ truemurderpodcast.com

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0:00.0

Love talks about you.

0:10.6

You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history

0:16.0

and the authors that have written about them.

0:18.8

Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

0:26.8

about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

0:31.0

True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

0:45.8

Good evening.

0:46.8

In 1968, young girls went missing in California and New York.

0:51.8

Massive searches started and soon bodies began to turn up.

0:56.5

This is a story of Rodney Alcala, the charming, good-looking photographer that was in New

1:01.2

York University studying under Roman Polonsky and even once had won on the popular TV

1:06.7

game show Dating Game.

1:09.1

But now wanted for rape, torture and murder of several young girls.

1:13.4

He would make the girls suffer until they passed out, then rape them and when they came

1:17.1

to, he would beat them again before killing them.

1:20.4

Alan R. Warren, best-selling true crime author and co-host of House of Mystery, takes you

1:24.9

through each step of the story in shocking detail, including details from the trials

1:29.7

and the appeals that have been going on for over 20 years while Alcala sits on death row.

1:35.6

The book to her feature in the seeding is The Killing Game, the true story of Rodney Alcala,

1:40.4

the game show serial killer with my special guest, Alan R. Warren, journalist and author

1:45.4

and podcaster, Alan Allworn.

1:48.5

Welcome to the program and thank you very much for agreeing this interview.

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