Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game | Full Episode

A photographer who was on "The Dating Game" became one of the nation's deadliest serial killers -- eight years after "48 Hours"' first report, new victims emerge. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.

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[hannahkushan]

The judge who gave him one year for rape and almost killing his first victim is as guilty as he was

[kimbattles]

The gentleman who noticed the car, thinking this is suspicious and called the police
A HERO

[aliwooz]

What is with our justice system??? The amount of innocent people who have lost their lives due to judges being lenient is despicable

[KatSut]

Making that family go through 3 trials for that POS is absolutely unjust and sick. Shame on the justice system. CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS!!!

[laurenjames]

Under A year for what he did to that little girl ? The judge and everyone involved with that should lose their jobs/licenses /degrees and be ashamed. Thank you to that PO for speaking up .

[newjawn]

Isn't it remarkable how courts will do everything possible to help a serial killer while not giving a tiny s*** about the victims' families.

[RaleighLink]

I can't believe they let him go after the first one. We need to start holding the individuals accountable who release murderers back onto the streets.

[TallianAdventures]

The judge that gave him only 1 year for what he did to 8 year old tally should be in prison. He has every one of this monsters victims blood on his hands.

[janflower]

My God that call from that person who thought it was suspicious with that little girl getting in the car my God you did it you essentially saved her life whoever, regardless love how close it came you were thinking and actions made all the difference

[mizzury]

Rodney Alcala had already served time for attacking a child when he was on the Dating Game. Their vetting was horrible.

[ilovebrandnewcarpets]

There's no justice for this monster. He has gotten to live his entire life. Death penalty or no death penalty; the system failed the victims multiple times.

[TenFalconsMusic]

The lady he was paired with on the game show certainly dodged a bullet by not going out with him.

[jaym]

Crazy how easy it was to be a serial killer back then. No dna, cell phones, cameras, etc crazy times

[michaelleonard]

I would like to thank you all for exposing the justice system failures far too often we hear about criminals who should never had been released.

[meredithmucha]

If a cop follows a man that snatched a little girl off the street to a house, you don’t give him 10 sec to get dressed from a shower.

[guslevy]

There’s a good argument that Rodney Alcala is one of the top 5 serial killers of all time.

Guys like Ed Fein and Jeffrey Dahmer entered our consciousness because of their complete depravity- it’s literally hard to grasp the things that they did to their victims - but both killed relatively few people.

As for Alcala, it’s hard to imagine him NOT having killed at least 50-100 young women given his travels and ability to leave few tracks…

[angelsv]

The judge that got him out of prison the first time should be prosecuted and sent to jail.

[Panwere]

When I heard that the woman who "chose him" on *_The Dating Game_* refused to go on the date with him and verbalized that she felt things "off" about him, I really wonder if she had some kind of intuition or perhaps she really could see the evil in him.

[karenkennedy]

My mom told me not to talk to strangers or go with them. When I was around 6, my friend and her brother were walking alone to a store. A creepy guy on a bike approached us, and promised us money if we got on the bike with him to go a field. I told him no, my mom said not to. He kept at us the whole way, even in the store. I wish my mom would have told me to tell adults about it. I never told anyone at the store.

[lorettokennedy]

Absolutely disgusting that he got off with a year sentence for beating a defenseless young girl to near death.... the judge and justice failed on all counts