A HEARTLESS serial killer whose sick crimes are at the center of a new movie made now-disturbing comments in a jaw-dropping dating show appearance.
Murderous Rodney Alcala appeared on national television to try and win over Cheryl Bradshaw in the midst of a rampant killing spree where he raped and murdered young women and girls.
Cheryl Bradshaw picked a serial killer to be her date on a game show in 1978[/caption]
Rodney Alcala appeared on the show in the midst of a horrific killing spree where he kidnapped, raped, and strangled at least 8 women[/caption]
Alcala, seen in 2010, could have hundreds of victims, according to detectives[/caption]
Alcala’s twisted game show appearance has resurfaced as the story of his life of crime is being retold in an upcoming Netflix film, Woman of the Hour.
The serial killer competed on the Dating Game in 1978 while he was working as a typesetter for the Los Angeles Times, even though he had already served jail time for molesting two girls.
In the episode, Alcala wooed over Bradshaw with his now-eerie suggestive remarks about loving the night time and an impression of a “dirty old man.”
At one point, he was asked to explain what meal he would be if he was being served for dinner, to which he responded a “banana” that “looks good.”
“Peel me,” he exclaimed at Bradshaw.
At the end of the show, the bachelorette picked Alcala as the winner, and the host described him as a professional sky diver and photographer.
However, the two never actually went on their date because Bradshaw said she later felt “creeped out” by the contestant.
By the time Alcala appeared on the show, he had already beat, raped, and strangely five women.
He’s officially been linked to 8 murders, but investigators believe Alcala may have killed up to 130 people based on his disturbing photo collection.
For his photography work, Alcala would convince young women and children to post nude for him, and keep their pictures in a secret stash.
Hundreds of sickening pictures were uncovered by cops, and those depicted range from adult women to teenage boys.
In 2010, police released 120 pictures, and urged the public to help them identify the models as they believed some of them could be victims.
About 900 other photos weren’t released because they were too sexually explicit.
Georgia Wixted was murdered by Alcala in her Malibu apartment in 1977[/caption]
Alcala, seen in 2010, was sentenced to death for his crime[/caption]
DISTURBING HISTORY
Alcala has been called a “killing machine” who tricked women and girls into coming to his house before slowly killing them by strangling them until they lost consciousness.
He would sometimes repeat this process several times and sexually assault his victims.
It’s unknown how many people were killed by Alcala, but some detectives believe it could be hundreds.
Who was Rodney Alcala?
RODNEY Alcala is one of America’s most notorious serial killers, and detectives are still uncovering terrifying details about his crimes.
Alcala was born to a Mexican-American family in 1943 in Texas.
His family moved back to Mexico, but after his father abandoned them, his mother took them to Los Angeles.
Growing up, Alcala was well-liked by classmates, but he started to have troubles when he joined the military at 17.
Commanding officers described him as insubordinate and anti-social. He was punished several time for harassing women.
Alcala was eventually dismissed from the military for having a so-called breakdown, where he left his station to flee back to California.
His first crime took place in 1968, when he convinced Tali Shapiro, who was 8 at the time, to get in his car.
He then took her inside his home and raped her before escaping cops and fleeing to New York.
Alcala would serve time in prison for this assault and another before he was let out and embarked on a heartless killing spree.
He’s known to have killed at least 8 women, but detectives believe his victims could range in the hundreds.
The serial killer was born in 1943 to a Mexican-American family, and moved to Los Angeles when he was 11 after his dad abandoned them.
Former classmates described him as a popular student who was exceptionally smart and relatively athletic.
At 17-years-old, he joined the military to become a paratrooper, but started having trouble with his commanding officers.
He was discharged after he had a nervous breakdown and left his station in North Carolina to hitchhike across the country back to his mom in California.
Alcala’s first horrific crime came in 1968 when he kidnapped and violently raped 8-year-old girl Tali Shapiro while she was walking to school.
Tali survived the attack, but was in a coma for nearly a month, and has almost no memory of the attack.
Alcala fled to New York and started working in film while he evaded police. He killed at least one other woman before he was caught.
Two months after he was paroled for child molestation, he was re arrested for assaulting a teenage girl and sentenced to two more years in prison.
In 1977, Alcala started his known spree of murdering and raping women throughout California. He’s still being tied to homicides and missing persons cases years later.
One of his victims was Georgia Wixted, who was murdered by Alcala in her Malibu apartment in 1977.
The serial killer was finally arrested in July 1979 and sentenced to death the following year.
He died in prison in 2021 from natural causes.
Alcala, seen in 2018, died of natural causes in 2021[/caption]
