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Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on "The Dating Game" was also a chameleon and a serial killer -- perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history -- and investigators are unsure if they will ever know how many victims he left behind

The story of serial killer Rodney Alcala — the "Dating Game Killer" who appeared on and won the show — is the subject of the new movie "Woman of the Hour," starring Anna Kendrick.

| Credit: Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Alcala was convicted in 1980 for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, who vanished on her bicycle on her way to ballet class and whose remains were found in the foothills above Sierra Madre, a city in Los Angeles County. But his conviction was overturned twice on different technicalities befo...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Alcala has been convicted of killing seven women in the 1970s. • 12 min read 6:41 A missing womans cold case and a killers appearance on The Dating Game: Part 1 Christine Thornton, described by her sister as a free spirit, went missing in the summer of 1977. Clues about her disappearance wouldn’t be uncovered until 40 years later.Bettmann Archive via Getty Images When “The Dating Game” host Jim Lange intr...