The Dating Game Killer

By Wondery

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Category: True Crime

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Subscribers: 3192
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 4

Apps
 Aug 30, 2021
Run of the mill, dramatised true crime series. I wish it had put less emphasis on the criminal tho' - feels like it gave him exactly what he always wanted, attention/spotlight. But at least the victims got equal time.

Tom
 Aug 26, 2021
Very sensational. Told like it's a made up scary story at a camp

Mrs. C
 Apr 2, 2020
An accurate and detailed telling of an awful person. I loved the narrator.


 Mar 30, 2020
Interesting story I'd never heard of. It is unfortunate how many serial killers seemed to have crop up in the 60s/70s. This guy was sadly one of many.

Robert Clark great murder podcast I am 11
 Mar 9, 2020

Description

In 1978, Rodney Alcala won a date on the popular TV show, The Dating Game. What no one knew was that he was a prolific serial killer in the middle of a cross-country murder spree. In this six-part series, co-hosts Tracy Pattin (Hollywood & Crime) and Stephen Lang (Avatar, Don’t Breathe) take listeners on an unbelievable journey into Alcala’s twisting secret life. He hid behind normal jobs as a typesetter at a prominent newspaper and a summer camp counselor. How did this predatory monster fool employers, prison psychiatrists, and parole boards — all while committing heinous crimes from coast to coast? And how did a one-time appearance as a game show contestant help lead to his capture? From the makers of Dirty John, Dr. Death, and Young Charlie, learn the story of the most famous serial killer you’ve never heard of - The Dating Game Killer.

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Introducing The Dating Game Killer
Feb 22, 2020