The true story of how an active serial killer appeared on ‘The Dating Game’
nypost.comquipped on the sexually charged ABC hit. “Between takes you might find him skydiving or motorbiking. Please welcome Rodney Alcala!”Skydiving and motorbiking weren’t the half of it.
Unbeknownst to Lange, Bradshaw, and the game show’s producers, 35-year-old Alcala was secretly a murderer in the midst of a prolific killing spree across New York, California, and Wyoming.
Between 1971 and 1979, he took the lives of at least eight people — including children and a pregnant woman — but authorities estimate the actual number of his victims to be more than 100.
Bradshaw very nearly could have become one. The woman actually chose to go on a date with the monster at the end of the episode.A new movie about Alcala, his grizzly crimes, and his unusual TV appearance, had its world premiere Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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