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It must have taken hours to decapitate and dissect the body of Luis Romero in his cell at California's Corcoran State Prison. But the guards, who were supposed to be checking...

Two new reports from the inspector general's office add fresh revelations and raise more questions about one of the most heinous slayings inside the California prison system.

Before the days of careful vetting and extensive background checks, Rodney Alcala appeared on The Dating Game in the middle of his killing spree in the late ’70s. While Alcala became known as the Dating Game killer, his involvement in the reality TV show was but a brief moment in his deadly history. Investigators believe that he killed at least eight people and some suspect that he murdered more than 100 others. In a recent special, 20/20 took on Alcala’s terrifying story, which has often been compared to Ted Bundy’s. Ahead, we’ve pulled together what you need to know about the

REVEALED: The Dating Game producer tried to stop serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on show in 1978 because he had a 'strange personality' - but colleagues oblivious to his murder spree said the 'audience will love him' Serial killer Rodney Alcala infamously appeared on the The Dating Game in September 1978, when he was in the midst of a brutal killing spree Then-executive producer Mike Metzger told ABC he didn't want Alcala on the show because he had a 'strange personality' and unsettling 'mystique'  He was convicted by contestant coordinator Ellen Metzger, whose now his wife, to allow h...

‘They want us to get COVID; they don’t care who dies’: Prisoners’... ‘They want us to get COVID; they don’t care who dies’: Prisoners’ families stage Central Valley-wide protest Sunday, Dec. 13 December 9, 2020 by Oakland Abolition and Solidarity Corcoran, Calif. â€“ People from all over the state who have loved ones in prison are rallying outside several Central Valley prisons in coordinated protest against the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation (CDCr). Protests will convene on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at 10 a.m. at the foll...