“Haunted by the Past: The Chilling Encounter Between a Survivor and ‘The Dating Game’ Killer That Unveiled Dark Secrets”
Rodney Alcala
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“I wanted to know if you remembered me,” she replied.
He paused and said: “It was a long time ago.”
But she told Alcala her story was unusual because she went back for her book.
She recalled: “By the time Alcala’s bathroom door opened, I recalled to him, I was still struggling with the door and turned around to see him heading in my direction, naked from the waist down.
“Miraculously, I’d somehow gotten the door open and fled. But two flights down: My Camus. I sped back up. Furiously, I pounded on the door. ‘Book, please!’
“I’m still stunned by this epic stupidity. At that age I knew pain but not evil. My despair over leaving the book behind, and the money spent on it, obliterated any fear. The man who opened the door was different, still naked, almost gentle. I thought pervert, not killer. He handed me the book. I snatched it from him and sped down the stairs as he pleaded, ‘Just let me masturbate, I won’t hurt you’. I was so sheltered, from an Orthodox Jewish household, I had no idea what he meant.
