My mother lived in the valley at this time and was almost a victim of his. She met him at her parents' dinner party (she was 13-15 years old) where he introduced himself as a photographer and took her picture. He gave her his number and they made plans later that week to go Halloween costume shopping. She went with him and says everything was okay until he started driving her home and started getting creepy and handsy. He parked the car a few blocks from her house and she only escaped because her father's girlfriend was walking the dog and saw her in the car.
He almost got me in 1978 or 79 when I was 5-6 years old in Willingboro NJ. I was an adorable blonde hair blue eyed baby. We lived about 3 miles from the turnpike on a main road and he tried luring me into the woods. The police came to my house and a sketch artist came out and drew him. So scary to think what almost happened to me. God bless all his victims
@@jaweel6205 half my moms life story sounds like cap but really she just grew up in LA in the 60s/70s when it was kind of a free-for-all (especially for killers because there was no forensics evidence and pedophiles because that was much more normalized at the time) and her parents were extremely abusive and neglectful so she had a lot of unsupervised time and low self esteem which led to her being in a ton of dangerous situations. I’m lucky to be alive and I’m lucky to still have my mom, but please have some respect for what others have gone through even if it sounds like “cap”.
We need to keep Dr. Grande’s sub numbers rising he seems to really give a fresh and detailed view for those of us who like crime shows not because of the gruesome details and pictures but to understand the psychological aspects behind their actions. Thank you Dr Grande
I noticed that Dr. Grande has a high level of conscientiousness - the videos are posted every day at a similar time ; (not diagnosing, only speculating)
Watched the 48 hours about this guy , again and again , i can’t understand how after his first attempted murder of his first victim who was a child The they still let him go free 😡!
He was an 0perative of the 3 letter agency, that's how he got away with it for so long. There's no way (even in the seventies) that he'll just be let go like that lol when he was literally caught in the act and there was multiple evidence he had done it many times... they think we're stupid.
My best friend was murdered 27 years ago and it could have been prevented if the apartment manager called the police when she heard a violent fight coming from the apartment of a single woman. Here we see a firefighter observe a child victim being dragged in to the woods and doesn't call the police. 😭
I really wanted to say this is such a great channel. So many true crime shows come too close to romanticizing these crimes, and more creepily, sexualize them in some cases. I appreciate how you deliver this sort of information
I just saw a documentary on Rodney Alcala, in which they interviewed the officers who responded in the attempted murder of the 8 year old. They actually did have an officer at the back door. But, when the officer who was inside found the girl, she was barely alive and needed immediate help to survive. The two officers decided that it was more important to attempt to revive the girl.
I just watched the 20/20 Dating Game Killer documentary and after his first and second verdicts/sentences were reversed....and then going for a third time where it might have happened, not to mention all of the earlier things he seemingly got away with with merely a slap on the wrist, I began wondering if maybe G-d was just testing to see the level of stupidity/gullibility of people to see if they'd let him get away with it again
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 no, the fact that he was released again and again has several reasons,it was a different time, the bureaucratic monitoring of conspicuous persons has become easier, clinical psyochology was not yet that developed and sexual crimes of violence were considered less serious than in today's criminal law. today, it is rather the case that psyichiatrists additionally indicate mental illnesses to a supposed offender just to keep him behind bars or in a clinic even longer. children with behavioral problems are on a watch list, are sedated with psychotropic drugs and are examined by different psychologists.
@@hermanli2601 I was alive back then. I understand it was a different time. However, such heinous crimes should not have been taken so lightly no matter how well behaved a person was after the fact. Collective insanity
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 clinical psychology is speculative, purely philosophizing, this pseudo-science already fails with the definition of normality, on this basis of indefinability these charlatans develop guidelines and recommendations for laws and judges. it is fatal to let a minority decide the fate of people. the trivialization in the 70s of rape and attempted murder and the naive dillettantism of the authorities has contributed much to the fact that so many murders could have happened, my statement is also not to relativize the acts or excuse but it must be considered culturally and historically in this context. Today, unfortunately, the entnicity, name or religion is much more important for the assessment and the measure of punishment, the corrupt and arbitrary power of psychiatrists who can decide whether someone is harmless or allegedly dangerous, is scary, I think. it is always a social threath when a small minority has the monopoly to accuse everyone as mentally ill or in this case, sane.
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 exactly. The family of Other victims that were killed after his release have d Justice system to blame. He tried to murder a child. And he was released for good behavior. Wow such travesty
While he's on the topic of "The Dating Game" & Psychopathy, I would LOVE if the Doctor could cover the show's creator, Chuck Barris, and his claims that he was a CIA assassin, which was the plot to the movie, "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind".
What the hell? He was arrested for abduction, assault, NUMEROUS times and always got out! What about the fireman that saw an adult man DRAGGING a child into a forest but did not think twice about it? How many missed opportunities, this guy could have been stopped dozens of times.
I mean, he appeared on TV, under his REAL name, with no change in appearance, after being on the FBI's most wanted list. Can someone explain, i'm so lost.
Happens all the time. Especially when they're "unassuming" white dudes. Look at Dahmer. He got convicted of several sexual assault/indecency, sometimes involving minors, but his sentences were pared down. Most serial killers, except for maybe Rader and super super under the radar ones, have multiple offenses and are off the hook. Again, mostly from being unassuming white dudes.
@@evelynwaugh4053 also, law enforcement agencies didn't work well with each other. They barely do, now. But a major reason Zodiac was never solved was because of lack of cooperation of police departments. Similar time period, too.
Yeah. He should have been caught with that first girl. Her family was so freaked out that they moved to Mexico. Her testimony as an adult helped put him away at last.
This is a compliment to you Dr Grande. I had to rewind the last section because you mentioned time spent in the late 70s early 80s in California and I assumed you were probably born around that time.
I'm surprised Alcala isn't more well known in pop culture than he is. He was handsome, semi-celeb, and killed tons of people. Whatever recipe killers need to become infamous seems to have missed him. I think he's just as bad as Bundy.
the fact that he was good looking is probably what made it easy to attract women and girls. For sure, he's as bad as Bundy, he's killed who knows how many.
Rodney Alcala did not have the three dark 'traits' in young age, Animal Torture, Fire Setting, Bed Wetting. Although they are common they are not present in every one I suppose. Thank you for Your great videos and work.
Thank you for analysing another serial killer, Dr. Grande. Your attention to detail and high level of conscientiousness - as per the OCEAN 'test' - has seen you upload so many videos and do a great job assessing the individuals concerned and doing so utilising a rational, logical approach. As an INTJ, similar to your INTP, who also scores highly on conscientiousness, and openness, I appreciate your commitment to researching cases like these real crime cases and your often dry, intelligent sense of humour which is apparent throughout many of your videos..
I am amazed as Dr. Grande lists one after another the numerous violations and heinous behavior of this guy. It's just unfathomable how someone can get out of so many crimes and avoid punishment.
congrats on 300k, doctor...the way your channel has evolved (and is evolving) since i started watching, continues to fascinate...the stories make the psychology more gripping. and the jokes seem shinier because the rest of your delivery is so dry (witty, but dry is my favorite combo.)
*Second and last try:* Dr. Grande, can you make a video on "The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs" (Igor Suprunyuk & Viktor Sayenko) they are two 19‑year-old Ukrainian serial killers. I believe that someone in your line of work (also since you talk about serial killers) could make some sense of their actions, because it's just horrific and beyond understanding for me at least, and I am sure I'm not alone in that. Also there has been a case of two copycats called "The Academy Maniacs" (Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev & Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin) from Russia.
@@ShipsKat I don't use FB or Twitter. From the looks of it he does read the comments on his videos (he gives out ❤️'s to some comments). Hopefully he see's my request... 🧐
I was just looking a video of through Acala’s “photo collection” and your video popped up below it, @Dr. Todd Grande. I can never look through it all in one sitting anyway. It’s too much. 😰💔
Definitely the best psychology channel on UA-cam and the case files are always a great watch. A few years ago I was reading about Rodney and had never heard of him at that point but it seems like in the last 2-3 years interest in him has only grown. I think it was 2018 they had a documentary about him and so much other content online about him. Anyways great video Dr. Grande looking forward to the next upload.
You’re spot-on about the Seventies. I was a kid then and there was this weird insistence that “human nature is good”, coupled with general permissiveness. As a result, we children were exposed to a lot of harm.
It seems people want to make things in the moment pleasant and easy to their senses. However that exposes them to unnecessary and inordinate risk over time. Reality is bitter and sweet, I think to accept the whole gives us more autonomy.
I graduated high school in the very early 70s, and Dr. Grande's reflections on this time are giving me major nostalgia. We actually thought it was safe to hitchhike, routinely took dangerous drugs to (hopefully) experience enlightenment, joined communes, etc. Super fun times! Of course we were dead wrong about almost everything. But most paradigms that represent reality are only partially true.......
@@evelynwaugh4053 You were right about the drugs...its today's genreation that is taking the wrong chemicals. World would be a much better place were there less opiates and more psychedelics.
@@overimagination2812 I must not have been clear. Drugs aren't a shortcut to wisdom. Our intentions were good, but unrealistic. But it was, in some ways, so much better of a culture, and compared with the culture of today, especially so.
this video was great. i didn't know all of the information about his past, it adds a great deal. the fact that, despite being found keeping an 8 year old girl hostage, this was the BEGINNING of his criminal career, is truly ridiculous. though extremely gruesome, i would appreciate an analysis on the Hello Kitty murder case. it has haunted me since i found out about it. thinking about the young girl who brought the case to police still upsets me deeply. thank you again, and stay well
Wow, what a coincidence - just last night, my husband was watching a video of Sally Field on The Dating Game (when she was on the TV show “Gidget”), and I asked him if he’d ever heard about the serial killer that was on The Dating Game and got chosen by the female contestant (he hadn’t, and was surprised)! I have seen the video of his episode of The Dating Game, and I agree with your impression of his appearance. I’m glad the female contestant listened to her intuition! Thanks for the analysis, Dr. Grande.
Add to this the killer's reaction when questioned by a Wyoming police officer investigating another murder. Alcala was ill, lying in a run down prison bed. When shown the picture of the victim, he took a long while to answer questions about her - the officer described Alcala as reliving the murder while he used his finger to trace the outline of the victim in the photo and stroked the photo lovingly while his eyes were closed - as if dreaming of a lovely memory (you KNOW it wasn't love for the victim - more like love for the crime). Creepy creepy creepy. The Officer decided that the fly ridden, shabby and worn-down prison cell was right where Alcala belonged.
@Jack Murphy what is wrong with you? Where do you even come up with that? Oh was it because it wasn't specified? Ok I'll fill in the blanks. Children, ELDERLY, animals of all species unless humans and sexual consent has been verbally given, it's wrong to commit a crime against. Any type of crime.
@Jack Murphy "So being attracted to kids is wrong but being attracted to the elderly is all fine and dandy?" Yes. What kind twisted psychopathic nonce logic makes you even compare the two?
As soon as I'm once again employed with a credit card in my possession, I will subscribe to his channel. So interesting and well explained with articulation and knowledgable analysis. I studied psychology at university for two years before changing to Letters, but I will always be interested in the subject human behaviour. Thank you Dr. Grande🌹💛☘
Rodney was was a one-man crime wave. Loved your point about the Dating Game participant pool - It makes sense even though I had not looked at it that way before!
Damn the 70s were like the "golden era" of serial killers. What the hell was going on with the US that so many showed up and were active during these years?
Cocaine, Baby Boomers who had grown up with leaving their doors unlocked and Windows open and a microcosm of blissful naivety left over from the post WW2 era that the only bad things that could happen to someone is Nuclear War or Totalitarianism.
That sounds like an interesting and not too difficult subject with his experience. He would probably need permission from the criminals to publish, but that probably wouldn't be as hard to get as it sounds. Lots of letters.
@@valerierodger7700 One of my new years resolutions was to read more books written in English to improve my language skills - so this was a really nice oportunity to do so!🙂
Thanks for all the time put in to mentor students and others seeking help to trust their intution and then stand up for themselves. For some time from now I will be spending more time doing things other than taking up word space people read here. Instead I will be catching up with my grandchildren more now.
With do many serial killers something in their background is known to create a risk, such as abuse and/or neglect at home/ or in some cases not setting boundaries, or in rare cases known brain damage, but I've never heard what happened in his background.
Yeah I cringe at the thought of being stuck in a room with nothing but people who had been on the dating game. Things nightmares are made of. Not to mention one of them actually being a deranged narcissistic murderer is a possibility too.
Some of these were only 6 days apart and that's the ones we know about. Also to kidnap an 8 year old and commit that heinous of a crime in his own neighborhood or that close by shows how bold he was about his crimes. I'm willing to bet he murdered so many more that will never be found out about besides the 130 they're looking at now in connection with his collection of photographs.
Dr. Grande, can you talk a bit more about "superficial charm". It seems that it is capable of fooling many people and each one of us can fall for it. How does it look like? What makes it seuprficial? Is there any research on superficial charm?
You look for things out of the ordinary. Why is this guy so friendly, why would he not be worried he may scare me by his advances, why is he so bold, too pushy, and just odd behavior. Always look for the motives of what an individual wants especially a stranger and look for inconsistencies in behavior as well their stories. Best way is to always be and act suspicious, cons do not like too many questions and get frustrated easily as well. Common sense and intuition are your best weapons. Do not allow charm to fool you and for the ladies never go somewhere in a man's vehical but meet him in public unless he gives you bad vibes then get out and away. Always test for those things if in doubt and just make good habits like these.
I think that confidence has a lot to do with it. I've known some grandiose narcissists to just walk into a space like they own it and every one in the room just let's them have high status.
'almost like the phrase 'Iwasonthedatinggame' was their last name' LOL Drag 'em, Dr. Grande! I adore Dr. Grande 💕 he always offers an interesting perspective
Decades later I was friends with his nephew unbeknownst to me. I happened to stay over their house in Monterey Park CA because I had learned about a friend's death and was inconsolable. Thank God the family gene didn't manifest in his nephew or I wouldn't be writing this! My dumb luck! I spent the night at a cerial killers house and lived to tell the tale
Dr. Grande, I would really love to see a character analysis on the brothers Connie and Nick from the film Good Time. Very curious to hear what you have to say.
Dr. Grande I like this analysis of yours on this video the most out of all your videos. After watching this video if I was parent of dependant children myself instead of only being a grandmother during a pandemic for sure regardless of background checks now I would for example not automatic trust anyone without small children of their own who became a leader of children during the pandemic because it seems to me the probability that the person has an unbalanced reason for doing so is higher. Is it intuition or how our human brains can be employing probability while taking in images of a stranger they are getting to know better which are often too fast for verbalizing while storing away into memory?
The appearance on "The Dating Game" came after that arrest. I haven't researched it in detail, but I've been told that they were also already aware of his convictions for sexual assault at the time they approved him as a contestant.
Ty Dr Grande, I agree with you he was charming and fit it on the dating game. Thats what makes me afraid. People talk about that gut feeling that he felt creepy.. but what about when he is charming? If someone is dangerous and acts charming would i still feel the creepy vibe that says run?
But what made Alcala into the monster he was? I am sorry if you said, and I did not hear properly. How people like Rodney could just move through society with so little friction and get away with so much. Particularly, getting work should have been harder. Even in my lifetime, I have seen super tight labor markets, people asking for 4 references and calling every single one of them. Being single and male above a certain age these days is like a crime to potential employers; it must have been even more so back then. There have got to be bystanders that knew him besides the Dating Game. I wonder what fellow students and coworkers at some of these schools and jobs thought?
It seems to me that the Dating Game draws the same sort of personality as the contestants on the Bachelor and Bachelorette, which I refuse to watch. Great video!!!
@Iwwy Iw time to research "some" of the lunatics these shows draw. Narcissistic for sure but many have had legal issues after the shows, and not just the bachelor or bachelorette shows, but a lot of the "so called" reality shows. I never said creepy or murderer.
These cases are from a time when dna use wasn't available. Even today as cold case files there would have to be intact, noncontaminated samples available. Unlikely given that storage proceedures were less stringent. Computer databases weren't available for screening either.
Are we circling back around to this now that the new movie (with Anna Kendrick) is streaming? A woman who met him, went to his apartment, and got away just came out also. I’d love an update.
He wouldn't have been a very successful serial killer if he couldn't perform his fake persona on que. I doubt he would've killed the dating game woman because it would've been a huge risk. He might not have known about Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin's god daughter. Wow he has cold shark eyes.
i think sometimes professionals want to believe their interventions are working with these hard cases, and then the psycopaths leveraged that in their favor.
The name of the game here was people were more trusting. People left their doors open to their houses during the day and neighbors would walk in for coffee. (This stopped in the 80s in my neighborhood). I believe that there was also a belief in the 60s and 70s that psychiatric illnesses were mutable and everyone (almost) could be rehabilitated. Now we know better, in some cases.
Wow! I love Dr. Grande's sharing of his own experience with meeting Dating Game contestants!!!! LOL They are so proud of being on that show lol. I just remember it as being filled with desperate young people answering stupid questions. Lol The 70s were crazy. Thank you, Dr. Grande!
Great content as usual! I would like to see a video on how to be attracted to a good guy. How long should you give for attraction to develop? How can a person fall in love with someone who is probably a good choice for a life partner but isn't exciting? I'd love to hear if it is possible to fall in love with someone when there is no initial attraction at all besides realizing this person seems nice, financially stable and could be a good choice for the long term.
Most of these serial killers who kill only women specifically are actually good looking and confident. They have the qualities most women like in a man that's why it's easy for them to lure women, cajole and kill them
@@yourlandladysson6395 I disagree. Rodney wasn't a looker. Most of them aren't. Ted Bundy was soap opera handsome, I could see girls being interested in him romantically. But even he needed a ruse: The fake cast on his arm. Rodney had a ruse, like Harvey Glatman decades before him: The photography. Most young girls and women would like to hear, "Excuse me, you're really photogenic. Have you done any modelling? I'd love to photograph you..." They read about top models, TV actresses starting that way. Passport to a glamorous life. I think so many young women are looking for that kind of validation about their appearance. That they're pretty enough to be approached by a professional photographer etc.
There is a video of the police officer talking about when he knocked on the door of RA’s 1968. He said RA didn’t open the door but merely moved the curtain over in the window. He also said RA was naked and said he just got out of the shower, but wasn’t wet, and that he had an enraged glare to his eyes. This caused the PO to immediately kick the door open. He chose to give the girl first aid instead of pursuing RA. So RA wasn’t exactly calm. Also, how did he get free again after being arrested at the gas station?! I mean, the whole story is incredible, I don’t know how he ever survived prison for so long. I hope hell exists.
Thanks dr. Grande, I love these well researched and well structured case analyses (with the appropriate dry humor and personal experiences put into it) Could you please do a video on the GSK/ONS/EAR in the near future? Both before and after his identification as James Joseph D'Angelo and arrest, I was always intrigued as well as terrified by the idea of such an elusive criminal, let alone him actually existing in the '70s and '80s ... Many thanks in advance! ;)
A sheriff's deputy told me that nowadays, law enforcement will never allow a suspect to break contact. He said there's a standard training video of a real incident where an officer does just that, the suspect retrieves a rifle and shoots the officer to death on camera. Question: Have you done a video on James Fallon, author of "The Psychopath Inside"? What do you think about "pro-social" psychopaths? And all the related questions I can't think of right now. It'd be an interesting video if you haven't done it.
A couple corrections. The officer in the first case only gave him a few seconds because Rodney lied and said he was just getting out of the shower, but when the officer saw that he was not wet, he pushed the door in. Rodney was still in the house but had run towards the back. Another officer WAS at the back door, so Rodney could not initially escape, however, when the officer who pushed the door in saw the girl starting to breathe again, he made an involuntary shout of surprise. The other officer thought he was calling him for help and left the back door to assist. Once the officer left the back door to assist, Rodney escaped out the back door. The first officer decided that trying to save the little girl was more important at that time than continuing to chase Rodney. She barely survived, so I believe the officers made the correct decision for her. The justice system going forward made many mistakes that are awful and caused many more deaths, which is horrific. However, in my opinion, the first officers acted properly.
What he said in so many words was exactly what I was thinking that the way they were flirty it attracted that type of person, a psychopath and I was thinking people need to be careful how they are today online because you could be attracting your own death!! And the death of loved ones in your household like sisters, daughters, friends that may sleep over ECT. I can't emphasize enough!! .... beeeee careful WAT you do out there!!! You could be being followed or watched!
My mother lived in the valley at this time and was almost a victim of his. She met him at her parents' dinner party (she was 13-15 years old) where he introduced himself as a photographer and took her picture. He gave her his number and they made plans later that week to go Halloween costume shopping. She went with him and says everything was okay until he started driving her home and started getting creepy and handsy. He parked the car a few blocks from her house and she only escaped because her father's girlfriend was walking the dog and saw her in the car.
I’m glad she’s okay. What a story.
Wow, that was close for her. Glad she escaped 😀😀😀.
Creepy story about a creepy man
He almost got me in 1978 or 79 when I was 5-6 years old in Willingboro NJ. I was an adorable blonde hair blue eyed baby. We lived about 3 miles from the turnpike on a main road and he tried luring me into the woods. The police came to my house and a sketch artist came out and drew him. So scary to think what almost happened to me. God bless all his victims
All yalls stories is CAP 🧢
@@jaweel6205 half my moms life story sounds like cap but really she just grew up in LA in the 60s/70s when it was kind of a free-for-all (especially for killers because there was no forensics evidence and pedophiles because that was much more normalized at the time) and her parents were extremely abusive and neglectful so she had a lot of unsupervised time and low self esteem which led to her being in a ton of dangerous situations. I’m lucky to be alive and I’m lucky to still have my mom, but please have some respect for what others have gone through even if it sounds like “cap”.
We need to keep Dr. Grande’s sub numbers rising he seems to really give a fresh and detailed view for those of us who like crime shows not because of the gruesome details and pictures but to understand the psychological aspects behind their actions. Thank you Dr Grande
Well said
Dr. Grande's a very nice fellow. Straightforward, articulate, bright, and funny. I've become a big fan.
Dr Grande is an amazing human being. Simple as that!
After I subscribed, my sister subscribed 👍🏼😉
The momentum will continue with increased likes and comments.
1:01 "In 1960 he joined the army, intending to be a paratrooper. He spent four years there, as a clerk."
Punchline well delivered.
I noticed that Dr. Grande has a high level of conscientiousness
- the videos are posted every day at a similar time ; (not diagnosing, only speculating)
lol. The comment section is never disappointing! 😂😂😂
Tell us more about Dr. Grande's personality profile.
True lol :)
He might allot a specific time daily for filming because he's probably working, too. It's easier to schedule PTs that way.
I'm a speculator
Watched the 48 hours about this guy , again and again , i can’t understand how after his first attempted murder of his first victim who was a child
The they still let him go free 😡!
Because the parents of the little girl refused to let her testify.
@@Kinkle_Z couldn't the cops testify as witnesses? Seems so absurd and sad.
He was an 0perative of the 3 letter agency, that's how he got away with it for so long. There's no way (even in the seventies) that he'll just be let go like that lol when he was literally caught in the act and there was multiple evidence he had done it many times... they think we're stupid.
@@ExecutionSommairehe was cia
I cant help but feel as a true crime enthusiast that law enforcement fails women over and over. Systematically.
My best friend was murdered 27 years ago and it could have been prevented if the apartment manager called the police when she heard a violent fight coming from the apartment of a single woman. Here we see a firefighter observe a child victim being dragged in to the woods and doesn't call the police. 😭
I really wanted to say this is such a great channel. So many true crime shows come too close to romanticizing these crimes, and more creepily, sexualize them in some cases. I appreciate how you deliver this sort of information
I just saw a documentary on Rodney Alcala, in which they interviewed the officers who responded in the attempted murder of the 8 year old. They actually did have an officer at the back door. But, when the officer who was inside found the girl, she was barely alive and needed immediate help to survive. The two officers decided that it was more important to attempt to revive the girl.
The officer guarding the back door thought his partner needed help and rushed to his aid.
@@jackeroo75 rushed back to the front door ?
I think only one officer responded to the call.
Update: July 24, 2021. Rodney Alcala, 77, died of “natural causes” in a California prison. Guess that’s one less to worry about, Dr. Grande.
(nearly unable to move and highly demented.)
@@Mr.Sp0cKHe had dementia?
Time for coffee and Dr. Grande, great start to the day.
it is how I end my day lol
Don’t paint a idyllic picture...he’s talking about young women getting killed
Great video, Dr. Grande! I’m glad the Dating Game woman went with her intuition and did not go out with Alcala.
I bet she is too. Can you imagine when all this came out on the news, what went through her head?
Jesus, how did this guy keep getting released? Awful, scary man. My heart goes out to the victims and to their families. Frightening.
I just watched the 20/20 Dating Game Killer documentary and after his first and second verdicts/sentences were reversed....and then going for a third time where it might have happened, not to mention all of the earlier things he seemingly got away with with merely a slap on the wrist, I began wondering if maybe G-d was just testing to see the level of stupidity/gullibility of people to see if they'd let him get away with it again
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 no, the fact that he was released again and again has several reasons,it was a different time, the bureaucratic monitoring of conspicuous persons has become easier, clinical psyochology was not yet that developed and sexual crimes of violence were considered less serious than in today's criminal law. today, it is rather the case that psyichiatrists additionally indicate mental illnesses to a supposed offender just to keep him behind bars or in a clinic even longer. children with behavioral problems are on a watch list, are sedated with psychotropic drugs and are examined by different psychologists.
@@hermanli2601 I was alive back then. I understand it was a different time. However, such heinous crimes should not have been taken so lightly no matter how well behaved a person was after the fact. Collective insanity
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 clinical psychology is speculative, purely philosophizing, this pseudo-science already fails with the definition of normality, on this basis of indefinability these charlatans develop guidelines and recommendations for laws and judges. it is fatal to let a minority decide the fate of people.
the trivialization in the 70s of rape and attempted murder and the naive dillettantism of the authorities has contributed much to the fact that so many murders could have happened, my statement is also not to relativize the acts or excuse but it must be considered culturally and historically in this context.
Today, unfortunately, the entnicity, name or religion is much more important for the assessment and the measure of punishment, the corrupt and arbitrary power of psychiatrists who can decide whether someone is harmless or allegedly dangerous, is scary, I think. it is always a social threath when a small minority has the monopoly to accuse everyone as mentally ill or in this case, sane.
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 exactly. The family of Other victims that were killed after his release have d Justice system to blame. He tried to murder a child. And he was released for good behavior. Wow such travesty
How do you watch a man drag a woman into the woods and not call the police??
THATS WHAT I YELLED
While he's on the topic of "The Dating Game" & Psychopathy, I would LOVE if the Doctor could cover the show's creator, Chuck Barris, and his claims that he was a CIA assassin, which was the plot to the movie, "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind".
Great idea!
What the hell? He was arrested for abduction, assault, NUMEROUS times and always got out! What about the fireman that saw an adult man DRAGGING a child into a forest but did not think twice about it? How many missed opportunities, this guy could have been stopped dozens of times.
I mean, he appeared on TV, under his REAL name, with no change in appearance, after being on the FBI's most wanted list. Can someone explain, i'm so lost.
Happens all the time. Especially when they're "unassuming" white dudes.
Look at Dahmer.
He got convicted of several sexual assault/indecency, sometimes involving minors, but his sentences were pared down.
Most serial killers, except for maybe Rader and super super under the radar ones, have multiple offenses and are off the hook. Again, mostly from being unassuming white dudes.
@@barnagotte7297 That was the era before computers and national crime data banks. Nothing was automated.
@@evelynwaugh4053 also, law enforcement agencies didn't work well with each other. They barely do, now.
But a major reason Zodiac was never solved was because of lack of cooperation of police departments.
Similar time period, too.
Yeah. He should have been caught with that first girl. Her family was so freaked out that they moved to Mexico. Her testimony as an adult helped put him away at last.
This is a compliment to you Dr Grande. I had to rewind the last section because you mentioned time spent in the late 70s early 80s in California and I assumed you were probably born around that time.
Rodney Alcala looks like if Richard Ramirez and Ted Bundy had a baby
Agreed
omg yes
I'm surprised Alcala isn't more well known in pop culture than he is. He was handsome, semi-celeb, and killed tons of people. Whatever recipe killers need to become infamous seems to have missed him. I think he's just as bad as Bundy.
the fact that he was good looking is probably what made it easy to attract women and girls. For sure, he's as bad as Bundy, he's killed who knows how many.
He is alleged to have killed as many as 130
Handsome???
Rodney Alcala did not have the three dark 'traits' in young age, Animal Torture, Fire Setting, Bed Wetting. Although they are common they are not present in every one I suppose. Thank you for Your great videos and work.
Possibly he was a cia patsy
Thank you for analysing another serial killer, Dr. Grande. Your attention to detail and high level of conscientiousness - as per the OCEAN 'test' - has seen you upload so many videos and do a great job assessing the individuals concerned and doing so utilising a rational, logical approach. As an INTJ, similar to your INTP, who also scores highly on conscientiousness, and openness, I appreciate your commitment to researching cases like these real crime cases and your often dry, intelligent sense of humour which is apparent throughout many of your videos..
I am amazed as Dr. Grande lists one after another the numerous violations and heinous behavior of this guy. It's just unfathomable how someone can get out of so many crimes and avoid punishment.
I've seen crime stories about him, but never knew he committed so many. Scary what walks on the earth.
@@dixiechic60 Yes, it is!!!
congrats on 300k, doctor...the way your channel has evolved (and is evolving) since i started watching, continues to fascinate...the stories make the psychology more gripping. and the jokes seem shinier because the rest of your delivery is so dry (witty, but dry is my favorite combo.)
Wow he's at 1.5 million now!
Who were the other contestants????
"Ted, what's your favorite pick-up line?
Jeffrey, what's you favorite recipe?"
Ed wahts your favorite attire?
Dennis. What's your favorite sexual arousals?
Todd kohlepp what’s your favourite Amazon Product?
*Second and last try:* Dr. Grande, can you make a video on "The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs" (Igor Suprunyuk & Viktor Sayenko) they are two 19‑year-old Ukrainian serial killers. I believe that someone in your line of work (also since you talk about serial killers) could make some sense of their actions, because it's just horrific and beyond understanding for me at least, and I am sure I'm not alone in that.
Also there has been a case of two copycats called "The Academy Maniacs" (Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev & Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin) from Russia.
That's a great idea! I'll comment it as well, I would love to his analysis of that case!
My mother was born around there. I listened to the video. This one may help you discover what this happens..
ua-cam.com/video/0218GkAGbnU/v-deo.html
Does Dr. Grande have a personal email account, so that he will read this? I think this is a great idea. I hope he does it in a future video.
i really hope Grande see this!! best suggestion by far
@@ShipsKat I don't use FB or Twitter. From the looks of it he does read the comments on his videos (he gives out ❤️'s to some comments). Hopefully he see's my request... 🧐
Hi! Excellent video, and I was not on the “Dating Game.”
I was just looking a video of through Acala’s “photo collection” and your video popped up below it, @Dr. Todd Grande. I can never look through it all in one sitting anyway. It’s too much. 😰💔
Definitely the best psychology channel on UA-cam and the case files are always a great watch. A few years ago I was reading about Rodney and had never heard of him at that point but it seems like in the last 2-3 years interest in him has only grown. I think it was 2018 they had a documentary about him and so much other content online about him. Anyways great video Dr. Grande looking forward to the next upload.
You’re spot-on about the Seventies. I was a kid then and there was this weird insistence that “human nature is good”, coupled with general permissiveness. As a result, we children were exposed to a lot of harm.
It seems people want to make things in the moment pleasant and easy to their senses. However that exposes them to unnecessary and inordinate risk over time. Reality is bitter and sweet, I think to accept the whole gives us more autonomy.
I graduated high school in the very early 70s, and Dr. Grande's reflections on this time are giving me major nostalgia. We actually thought it was safe to hitchhike, routinely took dangerous drugs to (hopefully) experience enlightenment, joined communes, etc. Super fun times! Of course we were dead wrong about almost everything. But most paradigms that represent reality are only partially true.......
@@evelynwaugh4053 You were right about the drugs...its today's genreation that is taking the wrong chemicals. World would be a much better place were there less opiates and more psychedelics.
@@overimagination2812 I must not have been clear. Drugs aren't a shortcut to wisdom. Our intentions were good, but unrealistic. But it was, in some ways, so much better of a culture, and compared with the culture of today, especially so.
this video was great. i didn't know all of the information about his past, it adds a great deal.
the fact that, despite being found keeping an 8 year old girl hostage, this was the BEGINNING of his criminal career, is truly ridiculous.
though extremely gruesome, i would appreciate an analysis on the Hello Kitty murder case. it has haunted me since i found out about it. thinking about the young girl who brought the case to police still upsets me deeply.
thank you again, and stay well
Wow, what a coincidence - just last night, my husband was watching a video of Sally Field on The Dating Game (when she was on the TV show “Gidget”), and I asked him if he’d ever heard about the serial killer that was on The Dating Game and got chosen by the female contestant (he hadn’t, and was surprised)! I have seen the video of his episode of The Dating Game, and I agree with your impression of his appearance. I’m glad the female contestant listened to her intuition! Thanks for the analysis, Dr. Grande.
Dr.Grande today or tomorrow you’ll be at one million subscribers!!!! Congratulations. You have been getting close to 100;
Really interesting! I believe you nailed him, Dr. Grande!
Love your content!
Add to this the killer's reaction when questioned by a Wyoming police officer investigating another murder. Alcala was ill, lying in a run down prison bed. When shown the picture of the victim, he took a long while to answer questions about her - the officer described Alcala as reliving the murder while he used his finger to trace the outline of the victim in the photo and stroked the photo lovingly while his eyes were closed - as if dreaming of a lovely memory (you KNOW it wasn't love for the victim - more like love for the crime). Creepy creepy creepy. The Officer decided that the fly ridden, shabby and worn-down prison cell was right where Alcala belonged.
he suffered from dementia in the last few years of his miserable life,could be the disease and a symtom of it.
There is no rehabilitation for people who go after kids.
I totally agree. I fully support ending life when you do anything to a child.
@Kasia only with peds. But I otherwise disagree.
@Jack Murphy Care to expand on that?
@Jack Murphy what is wrong with you? Where do you even come up with that? Oh was it because it wasn't specified? Ok I'll fill in the blanks. Children, ELDERLY, animals of all species unless humans and sexual consent has been verbally given, it's wrong to commit a crime against. Any type of crime.
@Jack Murphy "So being attracted to kids is wrong but being attracted to the elderly is all fine and dandy?"
Yes. What kind twisted psychopathic nonce logic makes you even compare the two?
Love your views and information. Keep up the super work. Great videos.
Great video! Fun take on The Dating Game. (I loved watching that show 🤣😂🤷🏼♀️)
Morning cup of Joe and a Dr. Grande video is how I start my day!
Time for my daily portion of Dr. Grande :D
As soon as I'm once again employed with a credit card in my possession, I will subscribe to his channel. So interesting and well explained with articulation and knowledgable analysis. I studied psychology at university for two years before changing to Letters, but I will always be interested in the subject human behaviour. Thank you Dr. Grande🌹💛☘
Rodney was was a one-man crime wave. Loved your point about the Dating Game participant pool - It makes sense even though I had not looked at it that way before!
Damn the 70s were like the "golden era" of serial killers. What the hell was going on with the US that so many showed up and were active during these years?
Testosterone was higher back then
People were more trusting back then + all the baby boomers had all grown up and some of them were not raised right.
Cocaine, Baby Boomers who had grown up with leaving their doors unlocked and Windows open and a microcosm of blissful naivety left over from the post WW2 era that the only bad things that could happen to someone is Nuclear War or Totalitarianism.
Lead paint
No DNA to catch them, plus what others said.
So glad that I lived through the 70's & 80's - our time in Eden....
Is Dr. Grande perhaps going to publish a true crime book with portrayals of murderers? I'm just wondering. 🙂
I wish😊!
On second thought, maybe he should do an advice book on dating and danger signals:)
@@evelynwaugh4053 Hi dear Evelyn, nice to meet you.🙂 He could combine both maybe?
That sounds like an interesting and not too difficult subject with his experience.
He would probably need permission from the criminals to publish, but that probably wouldn't be as hard to get as it sounds. Lots of letters.
@@valerierodger7700 One of my new years resolutions was to read more books written in English to improve my language skills - so this was a really nice oportunity to do so!🙂
Great analysis Dr Grande.
Always looking forward to your videos
Thanks for all the time put in to mentor students and others seeking help to trust their intution and then stand up for themselves. For some time from now I will be spending more time doing things other than taking up word space people read here. Instead I will be catching up with my grandchildren more now.
Looking forward to (hopefully) hearing about people in other parts of the world. Such a good presentation style.
Really interesting videos, i’m glad that i found your channel.
Wow this guy got away with so much.
With do many serial killers something in their background is known to create a risk, such as abuse and/or neglect at home/ or in some cases not setting boundaries, or in rare cases known brain damage, but I've never heard what happened in his background.
Yeah I cringe at the thought of being stuck in a room with nothing but people who had been on the dating game. Things nightmares are made of. Not to mention one of them actually being a deranged narcissistic murderer is a possibility too.
Thank you Doc! Interesting analysis!
Some of these were only 6 days apart and that's the ones we know about. Also to kidnap an 8 year old and commit that heinous of a crime in his own neighborhood or that close by shows how bold he was about his crimes. I'm willing to bet he murdered so many more that will never be found out about besides the 130 they're looking at now in connection with his collection of photographs.
Thank God they can catch people easier now. It’s scary how much he got away with. Awesome job
Dr. Grande, can you talk a bit more about "superficial charm". It seems that it is capable of fooling many people and each one of us can fall for it. How does it look like? What makes it seuprficial? Is there any research on superficial charm?
You look for things out of the ordinary. Why is this guy so friendly, why would he not be worried he may scare me by his advances, why is he so bold, too pushy, and just odd behavior. Always look for the motives of what an individual wants especially a stranger and look for inconsistencies in behavior as well their stories. Best way is to always be and act suspicious, cons do not like too many questions and get frustrated easily as well. Common sense and intuition are your best weapons. Do not allow charm to fool you and for the ladies never go somewhere in a man's vehical but meet him in public unless he gives you bad vibes then get out and away. Always test for those things if in doubt and just make good habits like these.
I think that confidence has a lot to do with it. I've known some grandiose narcissists to just walk into a space like they own it and every one in the room just let's them have high status.
Congrats on 300 K Doc! Have left a comment at 100 k and 200 k and no doubt I will at 400k!
'almost like the phrase 'Iwasonthedatinggame' was their last name' LOL Drag 'em, Dr. Grande!
I adore Dr. Grande 💕 he always offers an interesting perspective
Decades later I was friends with his nephew unbeknownst to me. I happened to stay over their house in Monterey Park CA because I had learned about a friend's death and was inconsolable. Thank God the family gene didn't manifest in his nephew or I wouldn't be writing this!
My dumb luck! I spent the night at a cerial killers house and lived to tell the tale
Love this video! Dr. Grande have you seen copycat with Sigourney Weaver?
Dr. Grande, I would really love to see a character analysis on the brothers Connie and Nick from the film Good Time. Very curious to hear what you have to say.
Dr. Grande I like this analysis of yours on this video the most out of all your videos. After watching this video if I was parent of dependant children myself instead of only being a grandmother during a pandemic for sure regardless of background checks now I would for example not automatic trust anyone without small children of their own who became a leader of children during the pandemic because it seems to me the probability that the person has an unbalanced reason for doing so is higher. Is it intuition or how our human brains can be employing probability while taking in images of a stranger they are getting to know better which are often too fast for verbalizing while storing away into memory?
Thank you for this interesting analisis,.
I was very curious to know more about his family and psycological background
He used his real name while on the Most Wanted list... I see that the research quality of the media has not really changed.
Lmao
The appearance on "The Dating Game" came after that arrest. I haven't researched it in detail, but I've been told that they were also already aware of his convictions for sexual assault at the time they approved him as a contestant.
He died last weekend in jail . 7/24/21 .
He looks like a cross between Ted Bundy and Richard Ramirez. He really had that serial murderer look about him.
Ty Dr Grande, I agree with you he was charming and fit it on the dating game. Thats what makes me afraid. People talk about that gut feeling that he felt creepy.. but what about when he is charming? If someone is dangerous and acts charming would i still feel the creepy vibe that says run?
I was just a kid living in the Oakland metro when Alcala was active.
But what made Alcala into the monster he was? I am sorry if you said, and I did not hear properly. How people like Rodney could just move through society with so little friction and get away with so much. Particularly, getting work should have been harder. Even in my lifetime, I have seen super tight labor markets, people asking for 4 references and calling every single one of them. Being single and male above a certain age these days is like a crime to potential employers; it must have been even more so back then. There have got to be bystanders that knew him besides the Dating Game. I wonder what fellow students and coworkers at some of these schools and jobs thought?
Alcala died today. July 24, 2021 of natural causes. Aged 77. Going to meet his maker.
It seems to me that the Dating Game draws the same sort of personality as the contestants on the Bachelor and Bachelorette, which I refuse to watch. Great video!!!
@Iwwy Iw time to research "some" of the lunatics these shows draw. Narcissistic for sure but many have had legal issues after the shows, and not just the bachelor or bachelorette shows, but a lot of the "so called" reality shows. I never said creepy or murderer.
100 possible murders and convicted for so few? A little scary.
These cases are from a time when dna use wasn't available. Even today as cold case files there would have to be intact, noncontaminated samples available. Unlikely given that storage proceedures were less stringent. Computer databases weren't available for screening either.
Could you do a video on the Stauffers and how they returned their four year old developmentally disabled son?
Are we circling back around to this now that the new movie (with Anna Kendrick) is streaming? A woman who met him, went to his apartment, and got away just came out also. I’d love an update.
As someone who occasionally scores essay sections of standardized tests, thank you for using "myriad" correctly.
"I always get the girl".
Yeah he sure meant that
I was watching this right before I heard he died. Weird.
He wouldn't have been a very successful serial killer if he couldn't perform his fake persona on que. I doubt he would've killed the dating game woman because it would've been a huge risk. He might not have known about Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin's god daughter. Wow he has cold shark eyes.
What about Lawrence Bittaker? FBI profiler John Douglas said about him he was the most disturbed killer he ever met
i think sometimes professionals want to believe their interventions are working with these hard cases, and then the psycopaths leveraged that in their favor.
The name of the game here was people were more trusting. People left their doors open to their houses during the day and neighbors would walk in for coffee. (This stopped in the 80s in my neighborhood). I believe that there was also a belief in the 60s and 70s that psychiatric illnesses were mutable and everyone (almost) could be rehabilitated. Now we know better, in some cases.
Wow! I love Dr. Grande's sharing of his own experience with meeting Dating Game contestants!!!! LOL They are so proud of being on that show lol. I just remember it as being filled with desperate young people answering stupid questions. Lol The 70s were crazy. Thank you, Dr. Grande!
Great content as usual! I would like to see a video on how to be attracted to a good guy. How long should you give for attraction to develop? How can a person fall in love with someone who is probably a good choice for a life partner but isn't exciting? I'd love to hear if it is possible to fall in love with someone when there is no initial attraction at all besides realizing this person seems nice, financially stable and could be a good choice for the long term.
Can you do a diagnosis of Samuel Little?
I get the impression Rodney believes his is ridiculously good looking. Rodney would be incorrect.
Most of these serial killers who kill only women specifically are actually good looking and confident. They have the qualities most women like in a man that's why it's easy for them to lure women, cajole and kill them
@@yourlandladysson6395 I disagree. Rodney wasn't a looker. Most of them aren't. Ted Bundy was soap opera handsome, I could see girls being interested in him romantically. But even he needed a ruse: The fake cast on his arm. Rodney had a ruse, like Harvey Glatman decades before him: The photography. Most young girls and women would like to hear, "Excuse me, you're really photogenic. Have you done any modelling? I'd love to photograph you..."
They read about top models, TV actresses starting that way. Passport to a glamorous life. I think so many young women are looking for that kind of validation about their appearance. That they're pretty enough to be approached by a professional photographer etc.
@@reesemorgan2259 say whatever you like. I've done my research on them. They have a personality trait or looks tht women are attracted to
@@reesemorgan2259 Ted Bundy was nowhere near good-looking in my opinion. He was just average.
Is there a difference between evil and psychoparhy?
this guy is brilliant
There is a video of the police officer talking about when he knocked on the door of RA’s 1968. He said RA didn’t open the door but merely moved the curtain over in the window. He also said RA was naked and said he just got out of the shower, but wasn’t wet, and that he had an enraged glare to his eyes. This caused the PO to immediately kick the door open. He chose to give the girl first aid instead of pursuing RA. So RA wasn’t exactly calm. Also, how did he get free again after being arrested at the gas station?! I mean, the whole story is incredible, I don’t know how he ever survived prison for so long. I hope hell exists.
Thanks dr. Grande, I love these well researched and well structured case analyses (with the appropriate dry humor and personal experiences put into it) Could you please do a video on the GSK/ONS/EAR in the near future? Both before and after his identification as James Joseph D'Angelo and arrest, I was always intrigued as well as terrified by the idea of such an elusive criminal, let alone him actually existing in the '70s and '80s ... Many thanks in advance! ;)
I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that the guy was arrested multiple times and gets away, wow
Great analysis!
Dr Grande why do some psychopaths become murders/criminal and some don't?
Could you do a video on Leopold and Lobe please.
I remember that episode and the thing that strikes me the most is that woman was so lucky to not go out with him
You should analyze John Bunting, The bodies in the barrels murders or Snowtown murders.
Wait, what? You were how old in the early 80s? Because I was 11 in 1980 and you look younger than I feel.
Absolutely, the same thoughts!
A sheriff's deputy told me that nowadays, law enforcement will never allow a suspect to break contact. He said there's a standard training video of a real incident where an officer does just that, the suspect retrieves a rifle and shoots the officer to death on camera.
Question: Have you done a video on James Fallon, author of "The Psychopath Inside"? What do you think about "pro-social" psychopaths? And all the related questions I can't think of right now. It'd be an interesting video if you haven't done it.
A couple corrections. The officer in the first case only gave him a few seconds because Rodney lied and said he was just getting out of the shower, but when the officer saw that he was not wet, he pushed the door in. Rodney was still in the house but had run towards the back. Another officer WAS at the back door, so Rodney could not initially escape, however, when the officer who pushed the door in saw the girl starting to breathe again, he made an involuntary shout of surprise. The other officer thought he was calling him for help and left the back door to assist. Once the officer left the back door to assist, Rodney escaped out the back door. The first officer decided that trying to save the little girl was more important at that time than continuing to chase Rodney. She barely survived, so I believe the officers made the correct decision for her. The justice system going forward made many mistakes that are awful and caused many more deaths, which is horrific. However, in my opinion, the first officers acted properly.
A 20 year old firefighter saw a man dragging a girl....into the woods and did not call the police. WTF?
Just watched Anna Kendrick’s movie about this on Netflix
What a monster! Giving cpr just to do it AGAIN! 🤮
That young girl tho...she used that reverse psychology 😊
What he said in so many words was exactly what I was thinking that the way they were flirty it attracted that type of person, a psychopath and I was thinking people need to be careful how they are today online because you could be attracting your own death!! And the death of loved ones in your household like sisters, daughters, friends that may sleep over ECT. I can't emphasize enough!! .... beeeee careful WAT you do out there!!! You could be being followed or watched!
You could talk about syd barrett, people wonder if he had any mental illness or was just affected by the drugs he was taking...