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The True Story of 'The Dating Game Killer,' Rodney Alcala On 1/8/21 at 3:03 PM EST American true-crime lovers have a knack for finding stories of odd serial killers and shocking twists. One that isn't overly sensationalized, like giant names Jeffery Dahmer, involves a reality television show of the past and one woman's very close call with the terrifying predator. The Dating Game Killer, actually won the reality TV game show in the 1970s while he was in the middle of his killing spree. The Dating Game episode that featured Alcala as Bachelor Number One aired in 1978. Alcala wooed the woman ch...

Rolling Stone ‘Dating Game’ Helps Catch Serial Killer in Clip From ’20/20′ Special By chance, a detective caught episode of Rodney Alcala as contestant on game show, which ultimately led to serial killer’s arrest By The Dating Game, is the focus of Friday’s two-hour episode of ABC’s 20/20. The show airs at 9 p.m. ET. In this exclusive clip from the 20/20 special, the now-adult friend of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe — one of Alcala’s murder victims — who also helped provide a sketch of Samsoe’s killer recounts being shown The Dating Game episode, which a detective...

| 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 before he was finally sentenced to death in 2010 for her murder as well as the 1970s rapes and murders o...

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 woman's cold case and a killer's 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 introduced Rodney Alcala as Bachelor Number One, a successful photographer, he didn’t know that th...

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...