In September 1978 one of the contestants on a US TV show called The Dating Game was hiding a deadly secret. Nobody knew it but the bachelor in seat number one was responsible for the deaths of four women. By the time 35-year-old Rodney Alcala was finally arrested ten months later, he had killed another two women and a 12-year-old girl. World’s Most Evil Killers s2e4: Rodney Alcala, Directv 2018
A known child molester … he was hiding a dark history … hiding in plain sight … The convicted child molester was now their prime suspect. ibid.
‘We always suspected there were more victims.’ ibid. rozzer
A sexually sadistic serial killer. The Mark of a Killer s1e5, psychologist, Sky Crime 2019
10 November 1977 Franklin Canyon Park, Los Angeles, California: They found a naked body … Her head had been crushed … There was blood all over her … Jill Barcomb ibid. rozzer & profiler
20 June 1979 Huntingdon Beach, California: police get a call about a missing girl in Huntingdon Beach. ibid.
He evades sentence for three years. ibid.
1979: A 12-year-old girl was kidnapped off the beach: Robin Christine Samsoe. Dating Death: The Rodney Alcala Murders I II III, dude, Sky Crime, 2022
We are dealing with a sadistic maniac. ibid.
What better way to sort of make people trust you was to have this camera around his neck. ibid. Joan Renner
New York: It was over that next ten year period that he did all of these killings. Maybe murdered more a hundred people. ibid. Alan Duke
He had the charm. He had the personality that people seemed to like. ibid. Alan R Warren, author The Killing game
His lust was never satisfied. And he kept looking for that next higher thrill. ibid.
… It’s The Dating Game. And it’s like no way this is happening and within 24 hours they had a search warrant they were serving on Alcala’s home … The storage locker was a goldmine. ibid.
Not everyone on the show was looking for love … Bachelor number one was a serial killer. When Rodney Alcala went on the show in 1978 he’d already gotten away with the murder of at least five women … He went on to murder three more girls: one of them was only 12 years old. True Crime Recaps: The Dating Game Serial Killer: Rodney Alcala, Youtube 20.24, 2021
He used his skills as a photographer to lure thousands of potential victims … Only about 21 women raised their hands to put their names to some faces. ibid.
On the outside Rodney Alcala seemed to have it all – good looks, charisma, intelligence. But on the inside he was in fact a psychotic killer. His tools of choice to lure unsuspecting prey: his charm and his camera. Very Bad People s2e7: Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer: Smooth Talker I, CI 2021
How was this type of character allowed to get on the television? ibid. comment
There was a rage about him. ibid. rozzer
Rodney Alcala is on the run from police. He fled Los Angeles for New York City and a new identity. He is now calling himself John Berger. ibid.
He was released in less than three years [attempted murder of a minor]. ibid. comment
Rodney Alcala is returned to prison for a parole violation and supplying marijuana to a minor. But less than three years later he is released. ibid. caption
Serial killer Rodney Alcala was a charming monster. His good looks and winning smile hid his true nature. He was a psychopath. Very Bad People s2e8: Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer: Smooth Talker II
Rodney Alcala has left a trail of dead bodies in New York and California. ibid.
In February 1980, Rodney Alcala went on trial for the murder of Robin Samsoe. ibid.
ALCASSER murders: Miriam Garcia Iborra & Antonia Gomez Rodriguez & Desiree Hernandez]: The Alcasser Murders 2019 -
Friday 13 November 1992: Three girls go missing in the Spanish town of Alcasser. The Alcasser Murders I II, Netflix 2019
No-one knew anything. No-one had seen the girls. ibid. Fernando Garcia, padre de Miriam
The driver took them to Picassent [Spain]; says they weren’t running away. ibid. newspaper headline
What’s important about this woman is that she claims that she witnessed these three girls getting into a vehicle. ibid. rozzer
Three bodies found in Tous [La Romana]. ibid. telegram
The funeral of the three Alcasser girls is broadcast live on television. ibid. caption
What have those kids done to deserve that? ibid. padre de Miriam
ALEXANDER of YUGOSLAVIA murder: viz Assassinations: ALEXANDER of YUGOSLAVIA
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‘He was a good looking dude and he was my brother. But the flip side of that was that he was also violent and it overshadowed everything else.’ Active Shooter: America. Under Fire s1e4: Washington DC, sister, 2017
The Washington Navy yard spans 65 acres, includes nearly 100 buildings, and employs approximately 16,000 people. ibid. caption
September 16th 2013 8:14 a.m.: ‘This person was moving fast throughout the building.’ ibid. witness
Despite multiple arrests and a pattern of misconduct, he [Aaron Alexis] was granted a secret-level security clearance. He maintained this clearance when he was honourably discharged from the Navy in 2011. ibid.
Aaron Alexis was at large for 69 minutes. It took more than 13 hours for authorities to sweep the surroundings and secure the scene. ibid. captions
ALFORD, HERBERT [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Alford, Herbert]: True Crime Recaps 2021 -
Herbert Alford was renting a car at the Hertz counter in the capital region international airport near Lansing, Michigan. At the same time, about 20 minutes away, a 23-year-old named Michael Adams was running through the parking lot of a Lansing shopping plaza when he was shot once in the back an killed after an argument over 50 pounds of cannabis. True Crime Recaps: How a Hertz Receipt Saved Herbert Alford From Spending 30 Years in Prison for Murder, Youtube 4.18, 2021
Between June 2015 and November 2016 his lawyer sent Hertz 5 subpoenas and court orders asking them to produce the rental receipts that would exonerate his client, but court records show that the car company didn’t respond so the trial went ahead as planned. ibid.
In December 2016 a jury found him guity of second-degree murder. ibid.
In 2018 Hertz finally found the receipt … He didn’t get out of prison till February 19th 2020. ibid.
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‘These people really believe in dark forces. They are waiting for the apocalypse and are waiting for a very tactile battle between the forces of good or evil.’ The Devil You Know s1e1: There’s a Satanist in the Suburbs, opening commentary, Channel 4 2019
In 2007, several months into working on their farm, Stacey and Josh fall behind on the mortgage payments. ibid. caption
On February 23 2009 John Wetzler is convicted on felony drug charges. ibid.
‘It smells of straight urine, and rotting matter greets you as soon as that door is opened’ … ‘This mad place where you could act out your sickest and darkest fantasies’ … ibid. visitors
In July 2009 Josh Wetzler disappears. Assuming he’s cut off contact in order to avoid law enforcement, Stacey decides not to go to the police for help finding Josh. Upon realizing that the authorities were not actively looking for Josh, Stacey reports him missing on February 15 2010, seven months after she’d last seen him. ibid. captions
‘Everybody’s having a good time drinking. A few hours later he starts bragging about how he shot a guy six times with a shotgun and how he had the body downstairs in the basement covered with cat litter and bleach to keep the smell down, and we thought he was lying.’ ibid. witness