Dating Death: The Game Show Killer Rodney Alcala | Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

Rodney Alcala was linked to 130 deaths and became infamous for his appearance on a TV dating show in the middle of his shocking murder spree.
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[@marishkaspirit]

He looks like the love child of Ramirez and Manson

[@LobsterRoc]

Ha

[@julieannthegreedyvegan8420]

🧐🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@julieannthegreedyvegan8420]

He does😅😅

[@justmyopinion2333]

On dating gameshow he looks similar to ted bundy too

[@sandrawehrley4212]

He is before Ramirez, so I’d say Ramirez is the love child of Manson, and Alcala

[@dystopian..]

Sees some guy dragging a young girl into the woods and does nothing. WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

[@kimthreadgold2755]

He did finally die in prison. He does look like Manson as he got older.

[@kimthreadgold2755]

Thanks to all the professionals on this episode for showing so much compassion about the victims and their families

[@BeatlesFan1975]

Not everyone wants to get involved

[@dystopian..]

@@BeatlesFan1975 I’m sure you’d be ok with that if it were your daughter. STOP INHALING NOW YOU OXYGEN THIEF.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

EVERYTHING

[@semmert]

how the hell does a life sentence turn in to just 3 years?

[@playinragz8183]

Liberal California! All politicians suck but liberals are purely insane.

[@TheConspiredOne]

Time travel?

[@catlaw1997]

Stupid people sitting on the parole board. They should be held accountable.

[@RM-pg4js]

In 2023 they still protect pedophiles in california..1# shithole of the country..

[@cindyrussell1581]

Lives would have been saved if it wasn't for the justice system and everyone the set him free everytime. They all should be held accountable for those young women !

[@lettucetacoboutit7974]

Agreed. Jude he’s, police should be held accountable look at the judge in “ Girl in the closet” case……. 😮

[@alexandergarcia8381]

Oh they are on judgment day

[@angiegirl7154]

Agree 100%

[@prettylyricsmarie]

The justice system is not so just. Happens way too much.

[@emilyvee4922]

Pretty people bias

[@AttilatheThrilla]

The amount of times he got released from prison for his crimes is what’s truly sickening

[@barbaramccullough3057]

Corrupt Justice System !

[@goosewhisperer6275]

SERIOUSLY!!! 😡

[@jaderose7917]

I don’t understand why the forest ranger didn’t raise the alarm when he witnessed the poor little girl being dragged into the forest? Surely that’s something you’d follow up on.

[@playinragz8183]

Yesss! That should have been explained. HTF does that not raise alarms?

[@claudiasimpson9606]

I was thinking the same thing. How can that ranger sleep at night , I hope he lost his job for that fatal mistake.

[@peterfile2185]

Maybe his boss was Chief Wiggum

[@angiegirl7154]

Unbelievable😡agree

[@rydz656]

Time's were different back then. I remember being dragged into the forest constantly for walks, I was mad cause it was taking me away from my Nintendo.

[@cholman4248]

Is it just me or does the older pics of him look like Manson?

[@cindyrussell1581]

No

[@parkerbohnn]

A few less wrinkles.

[@nothertoyou7301]

That's what I thought, too.

[@LobsterRoc]

Yeah

[@n.amaral2847]

Oh yes!

[@combatmedic3785]

Died a long, slow painful death in prison last year.

[@Harley_Girl68]

How do you know that? I searched for what he died from everything says a undisclosed illness. So I’m interested.

[@JohnGalt1960]

Good, should have been publicly executed many years ago though.

[@kelleegeimer6517]

A wonderful day in California!

[@parkerbohnn]

No one lives forever.

[@maxnikolenko2302]

No....he died fulfilled knowing he cheated the system multiple times

[@highplains7777]

My mother and brother swear this creep almost killed them on a hike they took while my father and I were out fishing at a lake that was near his route between LA and Seattle in the late 70's. My mother would have been in her early thirties and my brother would have been 9 or 10. The guy had a large knife he was throwing at a tree on a remote trail. They passed him and received creepy stares from him. A bit of a distance after they passed him my mother decided to turn around and go back as there would be no easy escape if they continued. My mother placed my brother behind her and told him that she would take any attack and for him to run as fast as he could. As they approached him he walked toward them with his knife drawn and an evil grin across his face. As he was closing in and from seemingly out of nowhere, a group of people ran down the trail, freaking the man out and he ran off into the brush and trees. My mother told my brother to run after the party and they took off. I remember the story but it wasn't until recently that my brother and mother said it was Alcala after looking at his mugshot from 1979.

[@brunoqnzbk7891]

😮

[@Lopezprieto]

I think he killed many more, going 8 months without his main "occupation" seems unlikely. Shame on those who set him free, they don't understand criminals and should be held accountable for the later killings their guy comitted.

[@leftykeys6944]

It angers me how this butcher of women & girls kept getting released from prison repeatedly, over mere technicalities, free to kill yet again. Unless I missed something, this documentary failed to explain why he wasn't captured, detained and convicted way back in '67 after he kidnapped and nearly killed that 8-year-old girl. That should have been the end of it. They had his address, which should have identified him. Why didn't they pursue him after that? I watch these shows all the time, featuring cases in the U.S. and the UK, and see this happening again and again, and it makes me crazy. It also leaves the impression that our so-called justice system, and theirs, aren't too serious about protecting women and children from these monsters..

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Well it's easy to look at things from rearview mirror. The feeling I get is he turned in charm with his parole board hearings in LA and NY. But the justice system failed all the victims after the first one. He was not going to stop. And he was heinous in his murders.

[@joshuamartinez7409]

I kind of feel bad for him, i wish he could have gotten help, this would have all been prevented.

[@rhiahlMT]

It was a different time. The Justice system had no clue about 'serial' anything. In one state, you had to have been convicted 3 times before you ever even got a prison sentence of under 2 years. The psychiatric field thought they could be handled with just minor psychiatric therapy. By the late to early 80s the FBI was just catching up on how perverted these guys were. "Mindhunter" on Netflix is a good show on all this, although not particularly accurate. I know of a child molester we all reported in late 70s who didn't stick around in a state that changed their laws making conviction easier and with massive jail time. He'd already been in psychiatric treatment in two other states. In this person's case, he went back to a state that had convicted him, sent him through out of custody psychiatric care. He got a job with a major school district. I mean big city type of school district. California has always been one of the worst states for letting people out of jail. Other states allow people on non-violent crime out early if there is overpopulation in prisons. Not California, to this day they let serious offenders out.

[@BeatlesFan1975]

It's because of the liberals/leftists in America. They loved criminals better than victims and think: "let's give them another chance ! We can rehabilitate him !!" It turns out, You CAN'T rehabilitate a sexual offender. We Need to put republicans in charge of EVERYTHING

[@BeatlesFan1975]

​@@joshuamartinez7409yea. Lol 😅

[@flowerchild89]

He was so creepy even on that dating show. Especially one of his answers to the lady's questions. How terrifying that a murderer was on a dating show!!! 😮😮😮 He looks even more creepy when he ages!!! 🤢🤮 Whomever let him out of jail the first time is a fool! They shouldn't be able to work in the legal system. How stupid of a decision to let this monster go.

[@juliemccannon2908]

I've always wondered how these serial killers can afford to travel all over the place and hold down a job. They're all over the place.

[@abrakadabra9033]

Cuz they know how to hold a job and are really social. Another are smart and tricky. Great at psychology and confident. Crazy.

[@alanclark7807]

In his old age, Rodney looks like Charles Manson!

[@AllTheCritters]

Dr. Yardley always gets to the nitty-gritty of the matter. She is so insightful. I appreciate her input.

[@cds071]

So a forest ranger saw him dragging a 12 yr old girl into the woods but did nothing....wtf

[@ferodrigues1211]

I strongly believe the total number of his victims to be over 100+ 🙏🏼 may they rest well

[@carolynwelsch]

Mr ballens Channel mentioned 120... 😮

[@maxwell7761]

This guy deserves to have the same thing done to him that he did to his poor victims. Serial killers get too much attention and publicity. They deserve to be buried in oblivion and forgotten forever!

[@susanwilliams4953]

Release after 34 month etc declared 'reformed' the court system should be held responsible for this evil monster. May the victims rest in peace.

[@tabithakatzaroff3610]

he got to live his whole life pretty much free bro that makes me sick

[@nikkic295]

It's always in their EYES!!!

[@BeatlesFan1975]

All these overturned convictions for an absolute monster......... meanwhile, innocent people rot in jail. Our system is broken AF

[@goosewhisperer6275]

ABSOLUTELY! 😠

[@fraiser3330]

Good looking????? Totally creepy to me.

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

Back then, women hadn't yet been fed the idea that all men are potential rapists/killers. They weren't looking to judge men based on the slightest quirk to their looks or personality.

[@joecam21]

Died: July 24, 2021, Corcoran, CA

[@deniseshephard3347]

How did he die electricition

[@dystopian..]

@@deniseshephard3347 natural causes

[@OnTheWaySoon]

WAIT! Naked guy running around and he manages to get all the way across the country? This makes no sense!

[@AndyWitmyer]

Coincidentally, after Alcala fled to NY, he would briefly work at Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and while there, would share an office with another serial killer: Richard Cottingham. Although the two budding killers would have probably exchanged some meaningless on-the-clock pleasantries, they apparently weren't close, and basically only knew eachother from work. As such, neither man was privy to the other's mutually passionate desire to r_pe and kill innocent people for sport. While Alcala and Cottingham's time together at the office would, in the end, prove rather short and unremarkable, their independent killing careers would be anything but, with the two men collectively accounting for the deaths of at least 27 victims, if not dozens more. I guess it really is a small world after all!

[@bumboybandit]

Its interesting to hear Harry Enfield has got into true crime narrating, but I will always find him really funny

[@jimnfl7134]

IN July 2021, Ronald Alcala died in Prison at age 77.

[@Jeff98177]

I would have preferred "was beaten to death" but I'll take it.

[@jimnfl7134]

@@Jeff98177 where did you get that, he died of Natural Causes.

[@joshuamartinez7409]

@@Jeff98177 Fortunately, he wasn't. Dude was old, no point of harming him physically, was gonna die soon anyway.

[@Harley_Girl68]

She never went out with him.

[@parkerbohnn]

Because he had brown eyes. I would never date a woman with brown eyes Brown eyes = subhuman third world garbage.

[@joshuamartinez7409]

Unfortunately.

[@cayliesnidersinclair]

What ​@@joshuamartinez7409

[@undrakhalimbai6289]

Killers should never go out from prison in any reason

[@tedgallemore6538]

So they see him dragging a young woman into woods and they do nothing ... they should be arrested and do a few years .

[@mymindseyesees2002]

Mexican Ted Bundy

[@cautionTosser]

Some errors here I think. He got a medical discharge but he was already assaulting women in the army. Also - the cop wasn’t alone when he went to the house. There was another cop watching the back but he moved when the cop at the front found the girl and called out. That’s how Alcala escaped. I think. Tough to know which account is correct

[@exspiravit6920]

Yeah the army found that he was a "sexual deviant" which was quoted in another show I saw.

[@djkaneck1]

A forest ranger sees a 12yr old being dragged 10 days later she’s dead….

[@goosewhisperer6275]

😠

[@lustforkicks7392]

I remember Cheryl Bradshaw making an appearance on The Gong Show! I'm not certain what year it was exactly, but she did an act where she was counting numbers one at a time while making goofy faces. Later on, I began watching a rerun of The Dating Game where she appeared an inadvertently chose the serial killer. When Cheryl's name was announced by the host and I looked closely at her, I realized that was the woman I saw on The Gong Show! It's good to know Cheryl chose not to go out with Rodney! Her life could have been taken by that sadistic creep! ~Dutch

[@susanwilliams4953]

A park ranger see a monster dragging a little girl & doesn't help. Robin & all his victims rest in peace.

[@beehappyalways]

Someone saw him dragging a little girl into the woods and didn’t stop him?

[@HazardousChaos1]

Howard stern meets charles manson 😂😂

[@alvinblack2107]

Why did they keep showing a pic of Mansion 😂

[@viviandarkbloom100]

Manson? A Mansion is a large home.

[@ericwalters5382]

That's easy, he was living in the Big House.

[@MrMike-vw1oh]

There's no medical diagnosis, "nervous breakdown".

[@windshadow2k1]

I think people are afraid to step forward because generally the first person making a report is put under the spotlight as a person of interest. Which is a sad state of affairs.

[@gracejones2831]

How was that storage locker just siting there without being discovered til 2010? This case is so disgusting and so is the legal system. Are the people making these huge decisions pedophle's too and they just don't think these are serious crimes?

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

Jeffrey Epstein and company. We're ruled by people no different than Alcala.

[@leart78]

he looks like ted bundy brother. he died in 2018

[@kelcritcarroll]

The serial killers who want to represent themselves is an obvious tell to me.

[@kiachaotic6554]

Soooooo you see a young girl being dragged in the woods… not just anyone.. but a ranger… he does nothing…

[@goosewhisperer6275]

INCREDIBLE! 😠

[@gracejones2831]

He kept getting out!!! OMG!

[@williamfreytes317]

jus by looking at him u tell he's a weirdo.. 😳😒😊

[@katherinecollins4685]

Well presented

[@ilovedonutfam]

He look like a child of Ramirez and Manson bro😭😭😭😭

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

In other analysis of Alcala his time in the army didn't help. He returned from his experience changed.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I agree with the family that he be referred to as The Monster. He doesn't deserve to taint his crimes with his family name. That part of the show came after I made above comment.

[@jillanderson1316]

There is no such thing as a soul mate !!!!

[@iamalive.1255]

An argument for vigilante justice.

[@dsummerfan]

He died in prison in 2021

[@spiritindasky1311]

I remember this guy. I was in my mid teens when he lurked out there…there were two more lady killers out there. Bunny and Christopher ummmmmmsome rich azz hat. Yet, we were carefree and took care of each other.

[@user-gn8bd3iw9h]

Where did it happen. Could u explain please his appearance

[@SC-jh9qp]

Imagine, using his own name on the dating show.

[@celaeno919]

Imagine overusing this phrase "imagine__" 🙄

[@stephenbowles7153]

THANK YOU, CALIFORNIA FOR ALL YOUR LIBERALISM. NO PUNISHMENT EQUAL TO THE CRIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CALIFORNIA

[@DiamondGirl333]

Are you sure those pictures of him older is not Charles Manson? Because it looks like Charles Manson to me.

[@DiamondGirl333]

This is one of the craziest cases I've ever heard. And I've been watching true crime for decades!

[@lottesrensen965]

The look of evil

[@michaeldaniel73]

Different smile. The hair and color is similar

[@kostasvrionis781]

Ναι του μοιάζει

[@susanscott1941]

That what I thought

[@trudehunnicutt8214]

I've been to Chantry Flats several times.

[@tracygibson5971]

This man was crazy

[@patrickgaughan1199]

He died July 24th 2021

[@tedgallemore6538]

I mean he was a very intelligent person . Unfortunately he used it for evil tho . His iq was insane that's why he got away with it for so damn long .,. Very smart person and could have done great things if he wanted to .

[@brunoqnzbk7891]

Psychos are often smart, just like Ted Bundy.

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

true monster..

[@kazandraschellenger5505]

Alcala has a nervous breakdown. I call it, he became demon possessed.

[@joshuamartinez7409]

It was the demon's fault, yes indeed. Not Rodney's fault he became that way.

[@peterfile2185]

Possibly. The Roman emperor Caligula had a nervous breakdown

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

Bobby, I forbid you to talk to the woman, SHE'S THE DEVIL!

[@deigodollarz3878]

When he older he look like he belong on a $bill 💵

[@TheNoisyBoyz]

Why is the narrator yelling at me

[@catty8901]

He looks just like Ted Bundy mixed with Richard Ramirez 👀

[@hoodhorrors8410]

He looks like Manson!

[@EPSGplayer]

Why was Robyns body only partial bones after just 12 days?? Animal activity?

[@calisto9856]

The court should never have allowed that creep to cross examine the mother of one of his victims . thats sick !

[@nivea878]

Alcala good looking? 🤔 wtf

[@goosewhisperer6275]

🤮

[@monserrathernandez3089]

Why is Rodney alcala takes his anger on women

[@bobbyjustbobby1]

Another correction. Rodney Alcala was the Game Show Coward. A serial coward.

[@collwatt]

im surprised they didnt beat him when got locked up

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

The earlier incarcerations or the death penalty ones? Death Row inmates are kept isolated.

[@sicilianotoronto]

He looks like Margaret Atwood in his old age. That's a brutal punishment right there.

[@martinsorenson1055]

😛 you're cruel.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tinhinnh]

bananas in serial, sounds good right

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

Bananas are nasty. Don't understand how people like them. If you have like an optimal ripeness one then okay, but that's usually not the case.

[@user-xd8pj2mm4t]

An "ACCOMPLISHED PREDATOR!"

[@Nudiescorner]

1:02...Charles Manson ringer

[@TheDarkDutchman]

Did the game show has anything to do with the murders he committed? If not I really don't understand why the nick.

[@playinragz8183]

You can’t grasp how insane it was to have a serial killer on a game show?

[@heidimichellemoenkhaus3569]

He was on the game show using his own name WHILE they were looking for him. 😂

[@cm1642]

No Geoffrey, he was a red blooded Ameican of mexican descent.

[@Seanc74]

He is not the game show killer….

[@Seanc74]

@Arturius yeah but that doesn’t make him a game show killer unless he killed Jim or Tony while on the show.

[@Seanc74]

@Arturius now I know why he’s called Bully. Good old Eric, rip..

[@MrV1r00zz]

am i the only one that thought the "im a banana" line was really good and kinda funny xD ah im a simple girl at times

[@angelmoore2453]

Yeah, it was funny and I'm sure Cheryl found it so at first, but I'm glad she was eventually too creeped out by him to fall for his happy go lucky act.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

I, personally, thought it was kind of GROSS! Sorry, no offense! 😊

[@mikebrown9177]

🎉

[@teashiaincrediibleh.3646]

I REMEMBER THIS and i remember watching The Dating Game with my mother. 😮😮

[@SKILLED521]

He looks like a '70's waterbed salesman.

[@SKILLED521]

Rodney circa '73.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

I'll have to take your word on that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@christinerobinson890]

Yes, I can see why women would be attracted to him enough to get into his car (or however he lured them). His smile was disarming. He’s not particularly handsome, but the long dark hair was so trendy at the time, and he had a way of being engaging. His Latino background gave him more of a “tall, dark, and handsome” look rather than a foreign look. I think the actor who testified here was correct-Alcala was creepy, then when the camera started rolling, he turned on the charming personality. The prosecuting attorney in this video-Matt-is absolutely brilliant and managed to stay focused and finally won. I commend all of the LE and attorneys and finally the juries who worked on these horrific crimes. It is the actual justice system itself that failed us on numerous occasions. How was he out of prison after only 34 months? Several times he was caught only to be released after short periods of time to roam freely, while the person he killed will never get that opportunity. And the death verdict overturned because the defense attorney didn’t visit the crime scene? My God, how can there be so little justice? Is there some kind of check list for things an attorney must do, or are we making this list after the fact and cancelling former cases on our new rules? Speaking of how Acala sought the limelight and appeared on that (evil, imho) program, smiling in an engaging way, making sensual jokes, enjoying the laughter of the audience, drawing people into a false sense of security, etc, reminds me so much of serial-conspiracy-to-commit murder Lori Vallow-Daybell. Being on the game show Wheel of Fortune, the overdone long blond curls, the pageant queen smile (her smile is very pretty and engaging), and general overall sweetness and charm, oh and the podcasting and being the goddess wife of a prophet-yeah, this guy reminds me of Lori.

[@onefoot7]

ahhh, major gross...maybe consult a mental health person, disgusting

[@Belle-rk2hk]

Bruh this long all over the place comment

[@joshuamartinez7409]

@@Belle-rk2hk What about it, little bro?

[@mariastewart9820]

He definitely had beautiful hair but you can see the evil all over his face !

[@goosewhisperer6275]

@@Belle-rk2hk I, see nothing wrong with that comment. On the OTHER hand, I think YOURS was RUDE!

[@beatsbyjxyn]

I dont care what anyone says he aint doing this in 2024

[@BeatlesFan1975]

It don't matter what happens in childhood, these serial killers are BORN THAT WAY. It's an instinct they are born with. PERIOD

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

That's not what experts on the topic say.

[@kotorisama3080]

Wtf is wrong with the parole board?!!!! 😡 oh nvm it’s CA

[@goosewhisperer6275]

Seriously! 😠

[@James-ko3gw]

Could you imagine if he was on the Price is Right?

[@alexandergarcia8381]

Only 7 kills 😂 auahahaha

[@andrewplantgollum8689]

He is dead now.

[@bryanbrewer4272]

Moist 🤪💯👀

[@lynnamandernacht2211]

He seemed normal ...🤔 Pornography is the culprit! Porn will ruin a young boy to man's mind 😔

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

I wacth porn and doesn't ruin my relationships or make me a killer

[@hollyhayes9640]

I don't think porn is so blame. Lots of people watch it. I think he (allegedly) was just a psychopath. 🤔

[@lynnamandernacht2211]

@@jennifermoriarty2188 yes but sex is the way to a man's dick, not to his heart 💕

[@camellia8625]

I think it takes more than porn to make a killer.

[@Manus_0813]

Even your dad and husband watch p0rn, what are you talking about?

[@rr9674]

One of the few people worse than Rodney is this narrator

[@joshuamartinez7409]

Why's that?

[@user-wh2ei8qm6s]

​@@joshuamartinez7409Just wasn't as good to listen to as other narrators for documentaries. Too sharp and sounded like too much effort was being used.

[@DonKnight-qi4tu]

Sounds like Robin Leech, lifestyles of the poor and homeless.

[@lilmisspsychopathic6802]

He's so beautiful 🖤

[@JuanHernandez-ni6bj]

Sick

[@joshuamartinez7409]

@@JuanHernandez-ni6bj He/she is kind of right, well in his young days. Old? Nah, he was washed up.

[@peterfile2185]

Are you insane?!?

[@lilmisspsychopathic6802]

@@peterfile2185 I'm insane because I find someone sexualy attractive?

[@11olneyr]

🤢🤮👎

[@lovey9286]

I'm so sick of this dumb story they didn't even go out on a date STORY OVER