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🗓️ 8 September 2022
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Makeup Podcast. |
| 0:15.6 | Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today |
| 0:20.1 | we're going to be talking about the case of Rodney Alcala, also known as the dating game killer. |
| 0:25.8 | So Rodney Alcala was a serial killer, yes I have another serial killer case for you today, |
| 0:30.7 | and like I said he was known as the dating game killer and I think that is what this case is |
| 0:35.7 | infamous for, I mean of course it is, but at the same time I also wouldn't be surprised if you've |
| 0:40.4 | never heard of him. Because even though he is a pretty big serial killer he's one of those serial |
| 0:44.8 | killers that not many people know about. Rodney mainly operated out of California and New York |
| 0:50.4 | and he was on the loose at the same time as other notorious serial killers like the Hillside |
| 0:55.5 | Stranglers and the Son of Sam and I'm sure you all have heard of the Hillside Stranglers and the |
| 1:00.5 | Son of Sam and this is why Rodney Alcala went under the radar for so long because of those serial |
| 1:07.3 | killers because everyone was talking about those serial killers, everyone was looking for them. |
| 1:11.6 | So Rodney Alcala was just able to go about doing whatever he wanted and no one even suspected that |
| 1:17.3 | there was another serial killer about and oh my god Rodney is linked to so many murders. He |
| 1:24.4 | hasn't been convicted of all of them which is probably why he's not the most well-known serial killer |
| 1:29.6 | but he was suspected of committing up to 130 murders and if he was convicted of all of those |
| 1:38.8 | murders if he was linked to that many that would mean he is the most prolific serial killer in US |
| 1:45.6 | history. Oh and on top of all of this Rodney actually went on TV as a contestant for the dating |
| 1:52.8 | game show hence the name the dating game killer and it turns out his appearance on the dating game show |
| 1:59.6 | took place right in the middle of his killing spree. I just can't believe it I honestly can't he |
| 2:05.6 | was there on TV doing the whole dating game show thing trying to be this charming charismatic funny guy |
| 2:13.2 | and the whole time he was hiding a massive secret was that he was a serial killer he was an active |
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