From June, 1962 through January, 1964, women in the city of Boston lived in fear of the infamous Strangler. Over those 19 months, he committed 13 known murders-crimes that included vicious sexual assaults and bizarre stagings of the victims' bodies. After the largest police investigation in Massachusetts history, handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed and went to prison. Despite DeSalvo's full confession and imprisonment, authorities would never put him on trial for the actual murders. And more t ...
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Rodney Alcala, better known as The Dating Game Killer, was a sadistic predator hiding in plain sight. In the 1970s, he posed as a photographer to lure victims, committing a series of brutal murders across the U.S. Incredibly, in 1978—while still on his killing spree—he appeared on The Dating Game… and won. But behind his charming facade lurked a monster.
Join Tom, Ben, and Dan as they dive into one of the most chilling true crime cases of all time, uncovering Alcala’s disturbing crimes, his twisted psychology, and how he was finally caught.
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