“Unmasking a Monster: How a Charismatic Killer Fooled a Nation on TV While His Dark Legacy of 130 Victims Lurks Behind the Screen”
Now 83, he appeared on screen next to Alcala as a contestant.
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Alcala was a serial killer and sex offender who was found guilty of eight murders across New York, California, and Wyoming between 1971 and 1979.
However, he is suspected of killing far more.
Posing as a fashion photographer, Alcala often targeted women by complimenting them and then asking to take pictures of them.
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In 1980, Alcala was sentenced to death in California for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe.
His sentence was later overturned by the California Supreme Court and he was granted a new trial. He received the same penalty in the second trial in 1986, but that too was overturned in 2003.
In subsequent years, investigators discovered forensic evidence linking Alcala to other California murders.
At a new trial in 2010, he was found guilty of killing Samsoe as well as four other women aged between 18 and 32 in the years between 1977 and 1979.
Rodney Alcala
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