As depicted in Woman of the Hour, Rodney Alcala appeared on the game show The Dating Game as one of three contestants; by the time he appeared on the show, he had murdered three women and would ...

"Woman of the Hour" star and director Anna Kendrick was struck by Rodney Alcala's "disarming, child-like" qualities in the footage from his 1978 game show appearance.

The Dating Game originally aired on December 20, 1965 on ABC. It was one of several notable game show television programs ...

Rodney Alcala, one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, was once a contestant on a dating game show in the 1970s. Here's the grim backstory behind his heinous murders.

Rodney Alcala was a charming bachelor who competed on a dating show. He turned out to be a serial killer. In 1978, Rodney Alcala appeared on ‘The Dating Game’ where he competed for a date with ...

Alcala, a convicted serial killer, appeared as a bachelor on an episode of “The Dating Game” in 1978, competing with two other men to win a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw.

The story of serial killer Rodney Alcala — the "Dating Game Killer" who appeared on and won the show — is the subject of the new movie "Woman of the Hour," starring Anna Kendrick.

Despite unknowingly having a serial killer on the show in 1978, "The Dating Game" also featured many contestants who later became famous.

Rodney Alcala had already killed women before his appearance on the show. Alcala’s appearance on The Dating Game is now seen as one of the most chilling moments in television history, as he ...

There’s a troubling pattern over the years of murderers and serial killers appearing on television, namely game shows. One example is Rodney Alcala, who was on the hit game show “The Dating ...

Alcala was killing for nearly a decade before he appeared on The Dating Game — and had reportedly already served time for child molestation — but his participation in the show is what earned ...

Tom Selleck's first television appearance was on "The Dating Game" when he was still a clean-shaven 20-year-old college student. In fact, he was a two-time contestant on the show in the 1960s ...