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  Mar 8 2010, 03:35 PM
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<no title>  Group: Bronze Posts: 17527 Joined: 13-January 04 Member No.: 6518  |
Convicted serial killer won on 'Dating Game'
By Gabriel Falcon, CNN March 8, 2010 12:41 p.m. EST CNN.com <More Here> (IMG:http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/CRIME/03/08/dating.game.killer/story.alcala.after.jpg) (CNN) -- Before he was a convicted serial killer, Rodney Alcala was a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game." "Oh yeah, I remember it quite clearly," said Jed Mills, the game-show contestant who sat next to Alcala in 1978. "He was creepy. Definitely creepy." Found guilty in February of murdering four women and a child, Alcala, 66, is acting as his own attorney in the penalty phase of the trial. He is hoping to persuade the jury in Santa Ana, California, to spare his life. The crimes Alcala committed date to the late 1970s. Nobody at the time knew the man with the wavy long hair and toothy grin was a psychopath -- an unstable, antisocial personality. That includes Mills, a veteran television and film actor, whose only encounter with Alcala was when both of them appeared on "The Dating Game." "That's when I became part of a nightmare, and I didn't realize it was a nightmare until 32 years later," Mills said. Alcala, who already had been convicted for the 1968 rape of an 8-year-old girl, was the first contestant to be introduced in the game-show episode. "Bachelor No. 1 is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the dark room at the age of 13, fully developed," host Jim Lange said. "Between takes you might find him skydiving or motor-cycling. Please welcome Rodney Alcala." After the three bachelors were announced, the young woman who would choose one of them for a date began asking questions. She posed her first one to Alcala. "What's your best time?" she said. "The best time is at night," Alcala answered with a wide smile. "Nighttime." Mills, who was bachelor No. 2, said he had an almost immediate aversion to Alcala. "Something about him, I could not be near him," Mills recalled. "I am kind of bending toward the other guy to get away from him, and I don't know if I did that consciously. But thinking back on that, I probably did." Alcala was able to charm Cheryl Bradshaw from the other side of the "Dating Game" wall. "Who will it be?" the host asked her at the end of the show. "I'll take One [bachelor No. 1]," Bradshaw said, and out strolled Alcala. If Alcala appeared likable to viewers at home, Mills said he was the complete opposite when they sat together in the show's green room, where the show's contestants waited before going on air. "He was quiet, but at the same time he would interrupt and impose when he felt like it," Mills said. "And he was very obnoxious and creepy -- he became very unlikable and rude and imposing as though he was trying to intimidate. I wound up not only not liking this guy ... not wanting to be near him ... he got creepier and more negative. He was a standout creepy guy in my life." (snip) <More Here> |
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Mar 8 2010, 03:59 PM
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If you expect a PC response, forget it!  Group: Gold Posts: 27989 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Bay Area, CA Member No.: 6453 |
Man, this is one ugly, creepy looking dude.
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Mar 8 2010, 04:01 PM
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<no title> Group: Bronze Posts: 17527 Joined: 13-January 04 Member No.: 6518 |
QUOTE (pict @ Mar 8 2010, 02:59 PM)  Man, this is one ugly, creepy looking dude. He looks like he could leave his girlfriend for her granddaughter... |
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Mar 8 2010, 04:11 PM
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If you expect a PC response, forget it! Group: Gold Posts: 27989 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Bay Area, CA Member No.: 6453 |
QUOTE (MTP Reggie @ Mar 8 2010, 01:01 PM) He looks like he could leave his girlfriend for her granddaughter... Double wedding.
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Mar 8 2010, 04:23 PM
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<no title> Group: Community-Supported Posts: 29 Joined: 23-February 10 Member No.: 18355 |
I'm not only the founder of the Phil Spector Hair Club for Anti-Social NutJobs, I'm also a member.
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Mar 8 2010, 04:29 PM
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<no title> Group: Bronze Posts: 17527 Joined: 13-January 04 Member No.: 6518 |
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Mar 8 2010, 04:32 PM
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That's what you think. Group: +Gold Community Supporter Posts: 12284 Joined: 12-August 03 Member No.: 3676 |
Alcala, who already had been convicted for the 1968 rape of an 8-year-old girl, was the first contestant to be introduced in the game-show episode.
WHAT? |
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Mar 8 2010, 09:02 PM
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Benicio del Bunny Group: Validating Posts: 12880 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Arizona Member No.: 5500 |
QUOTE (pict @ Mar 8 2010, 12:59 PM) Man, this is one ugly, creepy looking dude. Oh, come on. They can't all be chic and soigné, like Ted Bundy. This post has been edited by Mooga: Mar 8 2010, 09:04 PM |
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Mar 8 2010, 09:08 PM
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<no title> Group: Bronze Posts: 3001 Joined: 7-October 03 From: central Kentucky Member No.: 4625 |
And some of my friends wonder why I don't do dating websites. I would be the one that ended up with a guy like that. My luck in men has a very bad track record and that is meeting and knowing them before I start dating them. It would probably be worse if it was through a dating website.
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Mar 8 2010, 09:24 PM
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<no title> Group: Community-Supported Posts: 394 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Massillon, Ohio Member No.: 3804 |
QUOTE (Mooga @ Mar 8 2010, 07:02 PM) Oh, come on. They can't all be chic and soigné, like Ted Bundy. Ted was, like, so cool - just like Jeffrey Dahlmer. (IMG:http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/yucky.gif) I wonder how the date went with Ms. Bradshaw This post has been edited by AnnC: Mar 8 2010, 09:25 PM |
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Mar 8 2010, 09:33 PM
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<no title> Group: Bronze Posts: 18656 Joined: 18-May 04 From: Coronado CA USA Terra Firma Member No.: 7794 |
QUOTE (pict @ Mar 8 2010, 01:11 PM) Double wedding. More like mass funeral. Bleah! Just looking at the photo is creepy enough! And they've just now caught up with this whacko? Geez! How do these nuts get away with it for so long? |
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Mar 8 2010, 10:40 PM
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Rule 1:The Chief is right Rule 2:If in doubt, check Rule 1  Group: Platinum Community Supporter Posts: 16466 Joined: 28-February 03 From: Erie, Colorado Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (Gertie Keddle @ Mar 8 2010, 02:32 PM) Alcala, who already had been convicted for the 1968 rape of an 8-year-old girl, was the first contestant to be introduced in the game-show episode. WHAT? Yeah, that part caught my attention also. What the heck kind of screening did that show NOT have to allow a convicted child rapist into a dating show? Plus, 36 years after the fact the dude that sat next to him for a half hour TV show remembers that much detail about it? This whole story reads a little strange. |
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Mar 9 2010, 10:19 AM
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My darling oldest daughter...photo shoot Group: Bronze Posts: 9215 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Fort Collins, CO Member No.: 1551 |
QUOTE (AnnC @ Mar 8 2010, 07:24 PM) Ted was, like, so cool - just like Jeffrey Dahlmer. (IMG:http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/yucky.gif) I wonder how the date went with Ms. Bradshaw Looks like the article said she refused to go out with him. |
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Mar 9 2010, 12:30 PM
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<no title>  Group: Silver Posts: 8572 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 7541 |
QUOTE (susancnw @ Mar 9 2010, 07:19 AM) Looks like the article said she refused to go out with him. Yeah, I wonder why she decided that? QUOTE (MTP Reggie @ Mar 8 2010, 01:29 PM) What an animated personality she has. |
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Mar 9 2010, 10:08 PM
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<no title> Group: Bronze Posts: 2751 Joined: 7-September 03 From: Texas Member No.: 4043 |
QUOTE (USNJIMRET @ Mar 8 2010, 08:40 PM) Yeah, that part caught my attention also. What the heck kind of screening did that show NOT have to allow a convicted child rapist into a dating show? Plus, 36 years after the fact the dude that sat next to him for a half hour TV show remembers that much detail about it? This whole story reads a little strange. Seeing as how Michael Jackson was ALSO on "The Dating Game"... |
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Mar 10 2010, 08:45 AM
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Always been my home and best state out there! :) Group: +Bronze Community Supporter Posts: 989 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Arizona Member No.: 15858 |
QUOTE (MTP Reggie @ Mar 8 2010, 04:29 PM) I was hoping someone would post a link to the show. (IMG:http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Thanks. Just watching that he seemed (and acted!) very creepy to me!! (IMG:http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/sick.gif) QUOTE (USNJIMRET @ Mar 8 2010, 10:40 PM) What the heck kind of screening did that show NOT have to allow a convicted child rapist into a dating show? Plus, 36 years after the fact the dude that sat next to him for a half hour TV show remembers that much detail about it? This whole story reads a little strange. (IMG:http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/yeahthat.gif) |
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