Produced by Gayane Keshishyan Mendez and Tom Seligson. When "48 Hours" first investigated the case of Rodney Alcala, he had been convicted of the murder of five California women. But it wasn't ...

“Between takes you might find him skydiving or motorbiking. Please welcome Rodney Alcala!” Skydiving and motorbiking weren’t the half of it. Unbeknownst to Lange, Bradshaw, and the game show ...

Photo of Rodney James Alcala who was handed the death penalty for the slaying of 12 year-old Robin ... [+] Samsoe in 1979. (File Photo by Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ...

Danny Zovatto stepped into the mind of the infamous Dating Game Killer, Rodney Alcala, for his new film Woman of the Hour — and it all started with his physical transformation. “Oh my God ...

Rodney Alcala was convicted of murdering seven women and children in the '60s and '70s, two survived their encounters with the serial killer Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She ...

In 1978, Rodney Alcala appeared on ‘The Dating Game’ where he competed for a date with an eligible bachelorette. It would be another year before anyone would learn that he was one of America ...

Rodney Carmichael is a storyteller, journalist and cultural critic, covering hip-hop at NPR Music. After diving headfirst into a career that took him from the God-fearing backwoods of Texas, where ...

In her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick is taking viewers back to the year 1978, for a crime thriller based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala (played by Daniel Zovatto), who made an ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Anna Kendrick’s new Netflix movie, Woman of the Hour, tells the unbelievable true story of Rodney Alcala, aka the Dating Game Killer. This real-life serial killer ...

The film’s ending does just that: it highlights the bittersweet victory of a teenage runaway who manages to escape while acknowledging the haunting reality that Rodney would go on to kill again.

“Woman of the Hour” star and director Anna Kendrick says watching the real Rodney Alcala’s appearance on a dating game show “really informed” his character in the Netflix thrille ...

She eventually picks bachelor number three, Rodney Alcala, who describes himself as a successful photographer and amateur skydiver. Turns out, Rodney is actually a prolific serial killer around ...