Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game | Full Episode
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2023
- A photographer who was on "The Dating Game" became one of the nation's deadliest serial killers -- eight years after "48 Hours"' first report, new victims emerge. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.
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this dude had it going on. wins on the dating game?
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The judge who gave him one year for rape and almost killing his first victim is as guilty as he was
Absolutely and definitely!
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
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That judge should have been thrown in jail
What is with our justice system??? The amount of innocent people who have lost their lives due to judges being lenient is despicable
He should have never been let go for his first crime. These women would still be alive.
These sort of people have infiltrated various positions of power across various professions, it's not called a "ring" for nothing.
Starts with the cops.
@@Kristenm28 It starts with judges. And prior to that, local and state Legislators. Weak penalties for violent criminals and judges who legislate from the bench are to blame. Police hands are tied.
@@Kristenm28 The cops in this case did their jobs. The first judge is guilty for giving a sentence shorter than some get for nonviolent crimes.
Under A year for what he did to that little girl ? The judge and everyone involved with that should lose their jobs/licenses /degrees and be ashamed. Thank you to that PO for speaking up .
Closer to 3 years, but yeah, should have been life.
He's a physical cross between Ramirez and Manson. His eyes look like the latter; while his hair and other features look like Ramirez, both of whom were monsters that terrorized the US as long as they lived. Even from prison, Manson seemed like a threat to me. They all emote evil, especially in the eyes.
I hope they all pay. I don’t care when and how. They need to pay
@@nanzyz thanks technical Tom
I certainly agree with you lauren!!
When Robin’s mom described smelling her daughter’s shampoo, feeling the warmth on her hand and her not being able to pull her hand out her purse….i got instant chills.
I cried. SMH
It's amazing when stuff like that happens. After my dad passed, for while I would smell his cologne oil in the air or on different random guys. So weird.
@@TheRetroWoman80 🥺💕💕
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Don't be fooled, there are many more predators like this individual out there that people don't know about
Rodney Alcala had already served time for attacking a child when he was on the Dating Game. Their vetting was horrible.
No background check.
Background checks were unheard of back then. Vetting processes didn't really begin until the early 90's for the average job and such. Unless a person was going into high end security positions such as secret service, police officers, etc...
@@Deborahtunes That’s simply untrue.
@@mizzury54 ~ It is true. I use to perform background checks for a security company...
How did you perform background checks back then? @@Deborahtunes
Making that family go through 3 trials for that POS is absolutely unjust and sick. Shame on the justice system. CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS!!!
Most 'justice' systems are as sick as this ugly monster.
it's been my experience that most judges are either too green, or so out of touch with reality, a lot like the bubble of most state governments and the bubble of Washington, DC, that they fail to see the big picture. They spent their lives always at work or commuting which creates this "theoretical world" in which they govern. They fail to experience what normal people experience and lose touch with what matters, pushing their personal agendas, or too obtuse to connect all the dots.
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That's gotta be traumatizing on a psychological level beyond imagination
@CraveyMike creeper
The judge that got him out of prison the first time should be prosecuted and sent to jail.
the judge should be prosecuted?? do you realize it was in 1968? he must be long dead.
If you don't know the law don't speak about it things don't work like that
or worse....
I can't believe they let him go after the first one. We need to start holding the individuals accountable who release murderers back onto the streets.
They should be charged with manslaughter when someone they releases kills again
Definitely!
It'll never happen unfortunately
it was long ago, in the 70s, I`m sure such a thing wouldn`t happen now.
We all say that. How do we actually change legislation???
Isn't it remarkable how courts will do everything possible to help a serial killer while not giving a tiny s*** about the victims' families.
it's California, are your surprised? they aren't any better now
Stop voting Democrat !
stop talking nonsense!
I would like to thank you all for exposing the justice system failures far too often we hear about criminals who should never had been released.
Humans are fallible, and so are the institutions they create. There is no such thing as an infallible justice system. Nobody truly knew what Alcala was capable of back then, but you people in these comments calling for blood are benefiting from 20/20 hindsight.
As was stated through the first half of the documentary, he was a very charming person who fooled a lot of people, like the judge, and that translated into a lighter sentence. People like Alcala took advantage of a system designed to rehabilitate most criminals and used it to re-offend multiple times. That doesn't mean the system is inherently flawed, but simply the people who were in charge were.
I'm more concerned about people who are so quick to mete out justice like this is the Wild West. A justice system that lets a guilty person go free is preferable to one that often incarcerates the innocent.
This remains one of the most chilling 48 Hours episodes imo. Mind blowing what this guy did.
I know.
48 hours stole this. Known about this Psycho years ago
When I heard that the woman who "chose him" on *_The Dating Game_* refused to go on the date with him and verbalized that she felt things "off" about him, I really wonder if she had some kind of intuition or perhaps she really could see the evil in him.
She is nothing special. We all have that gut feeling she just listened to hers.
Agreed, we all have that intuition, there are just some people who refuse to listen to it. It’s because so many want a relationship so bad they ignore all signs or red flags or that gut feeling.
Even if she did go out on a date with him, I doubt he would do anything to her because it would put a huge target on his back as their date was publicized
@@tjones673 I honestly believe with a game player like him, it would have been a challenge. Regardless, good for her for listening to her gut. It is a powerful tool when you listen.
@49ers_red_and_gold25 Cold blooded much? Everyone is special in their own way.
Plus, not all individuals have the gift of a strong intuition.
Be kind.
If a cop follows a man that snatched a little girl off the street to a house, you don’t give him 10 sec to get dressed from a shower.
EXACTLY!
True, at least give him 5 seconds.
The judge that gave him only 1 year for what he did to 8 year old tally should be in prison. He has every one of this monsters victims blood on his hands.
1 year to life. The parole board let him out.
It should have been life without parole. The one year should have not even been considered. So yes the judge should be in prison as well as the parole minions.
There's no justice for this monster. He has gotten to live his entire life. Death penalty or no death penalty; the system failed the victims multiple times.
He got to outlive almost all his victims (minus 1) and the victim's parents.
@@anh7807 Shameful!
The gentleman who noticed the car , thinking this is suspicious and called the police
A HERO
The lady he was paired with on the game show certainly dodged a bullet by not going out with him.
RIGHT!!!
But then again, I wonder...Ehhhh, I don't know if he would have hurt her, since they were both very publicly paired together, ya know what I mean? He would have definitely been questioned if something happened to Cheryl, and Alcala always tried to stay below the radar.
But then again, he was a sick psychopath so who knows...🤷♀️ Either way, she's a lucky lady!
How would he ever get on a show like that anyway?
He probably would have gone on the date taken photos etc and then stalked her at some time in the future lucky she listened to her intuition .
@@caroltenge5147He was charming and attractive and knew how to apply to the show.
Absolutely disgusting that he got off with a year sentence for beating a defenseless young girl to near death.... the judge and justice failed on all counts
I agree
So many judges have a lot of blood on their hands. I can't stand how society gives them so much power.
My God that call from that person who thought it was suspicious with that little girl getting in the car my God you did it you essentially saved her life whoever, regardless love how close it came you were thinking and actions made all the difference
Prior sex crimes are ALWAYS relevant
you know there is something really really wrong within judicial system when a monster is allowed to roam free on the streets and the judge who allowed this to happen was never held accountable
typical for California
There’s a good argument that Rodney Alcala is one of the top 5 serial killers of all time.
Guys like Ed Fein and Jeffrey Dahmer entered our consciousness because of their complete depravity- it’s literally hard to grasp the things that they did to their victims - but both killed relatively few people.
As for Alcala, it’s hard to imagine him NOT having killed at least 50-100 young women given his travels and ability to leave few tracks…
For all he did to his victim's, he did not dererve a natural death, because none of them had a choice
I totally agree! I was thinking about this case and just imagine for a sweet moment that he was just kept alive so research could be done on him, that would be payback for that poor, sweet, innocent little girl!
2:30 I think the concerned citizen who followed him and phoned police should get some credit for the officer being there in the first place!
How is justice really served if a person receives a death penalty, is never executed and lives behind bars until dying of natural causes? The punishment was never given if this occurs.
I completely agree!
It’s a great argument. My Mother workes at a prison, she was in charge of all the staff at the prison. She was in a nice office, not in the actual prison. So 1 group of staff, she had was in charge of the inmate’s paperwork and dealing extended sentences and release dates, discharge the inmates. She always made the point, the death sentence is unconstitutional. Because the majority of the inmates on Death row usually die of old age before they are executed; and that person who committed that crime when they were younger is a totally different person by the time they either die of old age or are executed 30 or so years after they commit the crime. So you are killing someone at that much older age, that would never commit that crime they did at their much younger age.
@@hubes96no offence to your mum but she’s a wally. Them being different years later is irrelevant to the fact that they killed people earlier in life.
My heart goes out to all of these families and my deepest respect to the sister who never gave up❤
This is an 13 years old, originally 41:54 minutes long, re-done 48 hours episode, that has been released on the cbs yt-channel ("48 Hours Mystery: The Killing Game"). Sadly, they cut out what Robin Samsoe's mother Marianne Connelly had said in her interview with 48 hours after Rodley Alcala has been sentenced to death: that she wished to live long enough to live just one day in a world without her child's perpetrator and murderer in it and was looking forward to his death on death row.
Sadly, though, Marianne Connelly (Robin Samsoe's mother)'s wish of living just one day in a world without her child's perpetrator and killer in it never came true, she died on july 23rd 2019, aged 75, 2 years before Rodney Alcala died of natural causes in prison. All this could have been prevented, would he have only be held in prison after what he had done to his first victim, as she herself stated at 28:57
I wondered, thank you for the info. 😢
you're very welcome :) I just recently watched the old episode and wondered as well if her wish came true@@cindyrose4155
How cruel
Life can be cruel.
Crazy how easy it was to be a serial killer back then. No dna, cell phones, cameras, etc crazy times
All of these "educated professionals "think they know how to handle sociopaths.....they are DEAD wrong. You cannot ever let monsters out on the streets
It's the paper pushers that are ruining society.
It’s chilling to imagine how nice, flirtatious, and a soft spoken gentleman he was to these women. And all of a sudden a switch would flip and the monster would take over. When the woman saw it coming, it was already too late.
He's like the 21st century version of Ted Bundy.
@@el7jakeHe was a contemporary of Bundy’s in the 20th century, not the 21st. One of many prominent serial killers in the 1970s.
@@el7jake?? They were both murdering people in the 1970's.
@@el7jake🤦🏻♀️
@@el7jakethis was the 70s, so same Era. The 20th century.
how much $$$ was wasted keeping this animal alive in prison all those years...?
Animal???? Don't insult the Animal Kingdom. No offence.
That police sketch was pretty good actually
I can't believe the audacity of this guy to go on TV for women.. 🤯 It blows my mind!
And doing his own defence. Very cruel!!
I can't believe they let him play that song!
Right?! And what was his point in playing it anyway,
If anything, it made him look like he was confessing.
That judge was pathetic. Talk about losing the room.
Yes I didn't understand
ARLO GUTHERIE BLOWS DONKEYS FOR QUARTERS.
So sad. All his victims were so beautiful.
I noticed this too. He never killed average looking women . Only beautiful ones. And he was so ugly and it shined through his looks
Is beauty your measure? Stupid epiphany....
@Manaritzis88 We all know beautiful people get more opportunities than less pretty people. He took those opportunities away from them. Calm down.
@Manaritzis88 We all know beautiful people get more opportunities than less pretty people. He took those opportunities away from them. Calm down.
Yeah, imagine they would have been ugly. This would have been so good. Shame on you
Hearing the mother say there wasn't any hair on her daughter to help identify her. I just cant imagine the mental gymnastics her brain went through trying to conceive how that was even possible. The lump in my throat just wont go down.
The bad thing about cross country killers is that nobody ever knows how many people they have killed. Years and even decades later, the killer's victims still get discovered. This story, like many others, are not over yet. There are still thousands of missing people out there. I hope the families find peace.
That’s so sad that she died being 6 months pregnant and her body wasn’t found until years later 😢😢😢😢😢
He was a damn monster. He killed a child. Brutally raped two children and also killed a pregnant woman. It's so sick.
Rodney Alcala is just one example of how the criminals have all the rights here in California and the victims and their families have zilch!
Why is this happening in CA? Are there certain policies or political views that cause the lawlessness to go on there? I’m curious…
That’s why they’re all moving to Texas
@@dcarts5616governor paused all death penalty so everyone previously on death row is now on hold until they die. Even when we did have death row, it would take many many years for the process.
@@anh7807at least 195 people on death row have been exonerated. Rushing to execution ensures that innocent folks die while not doing anything to prevent other folks from committing the same crimes.
Not to mention that its a barbaric practice only legal in authoritarian regimes like China, Iran, Somalia, Russia, etc. America should be better than that.
This happens in a lot of states . Many of these appeals are heard by appellate judges that aren't even in California.
the judge that gave him one year to life needs to be under the jail
I love your documentaries ❤.
48 Hours is always done professionally. Thank you.
I agree. I watch plenty of other crime shows (many by amatures) and none are as good. They really do their research, while others just copy off them.
Yes, I'm in UK and agree it's one of the best true crime programs on TV. I'm guessing all the presenters are properly trained and experienced journalists. They weigh up all the evidence so professionally and in a balanced way.
That's because they're uploads of TV broadcast shows. This one is a very old episode.
Evil is real, and it's out there 😩
Even more so now...
As the survivor said, why wasn’t she the only one!?
How could any justice system put someone who brutally raped and strangled a little girl back on the streets! Wtf?!!
@@123verona1 the million dollar question
I like how the cop at the end there calls it "luck". Nah, Homeboy. That was pure love and determination on Christine's sister's part. No luck to do with it.
Im genuinely curious about what Alcala's childhood and early teen years were like. I bet there's several warning signs, incidents and events other than were stated that warped this creep into the soulless, deviant, monstrosity that died in Corcoran prison. He even got off on re-living that Wyoming killing one last time which is beyond unfortunate. The world is a far better place without this human putrescence using up valuable air.
38:22 flies collect where there is evil. I too want to know what knocked him off his rocker. There had to be early signs.
@@stoveboltlvr3798 Flies usually collect where there is rotting or decaying matter to eat it and lay their eggs. Evil OTOH is a human concept. There's no connection.
Some people are legitimately born that way. It doesn’t have to be some “he had an awful childhood” drama. Tons of ppl endure horrific childhoods, yet grow to be wonderful people. There is no excuse for these monsters to be the way they are, it’s simply what they are. Yes, there are people who have terrible childhoods that go on to repeat the cycle. However, that is their choice not an automatic outcome.
I believe the person that you are commenting back to you was just curious about their childhood. I don't think they were specifically stating that that was the reason why he became who he was
@@iriedance70Some people are just oppositional and try to be Mr/Miss know it all's.
I'm sure that is all the other person was wondering.
All of those deaths are on the hands of that first judge.
Yes, they are!
"He was a registered sex offender and no one ever checked."
Simpler times
Who cares that the jury had prior info about his sexual assault?! He was convicted and it’s absolutely relevant. These legal loopholes are repugnant.
Yes!
Huntington Beach ca has a memorial plaque for Robin samsoe at the pier entrance ❤
It’s atrocious how this monster was released over, and over again. Although I am relieved the other victims were able to receive justice, because of that process. I am really glad to hear he was in a horrible prison cell. Hell is the only place for him.
Society cares very little about women and children. Over and over its shown in our justice system. If you do something affect the big guys money then that's different. Until the late 80's early 90's, then we see more time given to child abusers.
Insane how CA kept letting him out early on then kept turning over his convictions.
@lisayork2624, ya, and with the way he was criss crossing the states from east to west, I would say there's a lot more victims that they've yet to discover, and all those photo's he had, not saying he killed them all, but maybe some of them. one scary dude. 😡😡
Nothing's changed in California. In fact, it's worse. Believe me, I live here. The defendant has all of the rights. And they wonder why people don't come forward when they're victimized. They know that nothing will be done and they will be victimized all over again.
This is bone chilling about the 8 yr old. I was followed by a man in a white car. He drove slowly following me down our narrow street. He swung the car door open and he had a trench coat on and was "satisfying himself." I ran as fast as I could to school, running in between houses and yards until I got to school. I was crying and I told my teacher. The police were called and they questioned me. I was also 8 years old and it was in 1968 in Wisconsin. Wonder if that creep was in Wisconsin at that time?
Different MO completely
I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Rodney Alcala thought he could get away with his crimes, but boy, sh*t went through the fan quickly before he could even have the chance to escape.
Yeah
This case always gave me chills, especially seeing him on the daytime show.
How could the state allow this monster to talk so much in court and even play sick thater?unbelievable
He should've been left to rot in jail for life for his first crime. These women would still be alive.
What really angered me was him being let out again and again and given such short sentences
I refuse to address this demon by name, he literally just went around assuming new identities and harming women 😢 this has been the most twisted case I've seen so far that didn't have to go on for such a lengthy duration he literally got a slap on the wrist for little miss Shapiro! Condolences to all those families of the known and unknown victims 🕊
For this man to still be alive is a tragedy of our failed judicial system
He's dead
DISRESPECTFUL justice.
May all the victims rest in peace.
Ask all the black men wrongfully arrested as well or why Donald Trump a convicted sexual abuser could become president.
People have no clue how bad crime used to be. That’s 4x as many murders back then vs today.
The bad consequence of that (in part anyway), is that it has seemingly made law enforcement more lazy, corrupt, ignorant, incompetent, and unbeholden to the people and communities they are supposed to serve (and Rights and Ideals they are supposed to uphold). Now they manufacture crime where none exists and victimize innocent people for career advancement and revenue generation. The point is, in the old days they were moral and the amount of crime kept them busy and experienced/ knowledable before DNA and Forensic technology existed.
To all the families and law officers who never gave up and helped catching and making sure this monster stays behind bars my deepest respect for them all.
And to think that such a soul as Rodney was allowed to be set free after numerous brutal attacks is beyond my comprehension. Such is the likes of a judicial system that is supposed to "protect and serve"! Heaven help us. And he was even allowed to die at an old age--77--while incarcerated.
Acala got into the US army. Then they realized, too late he was a paranoid psychopath and released him back to the unsuspecting civilian population. I can easily imagine what he would have pulled in other countries he was deployed to. He is a classic example of why I think psychological testing should be mandatory for entry and exit to the military and I am a combat medic veteran. We're unleashing too many trained killers unto the civilian communities.
The justice system is horrible and caters to the suspects in most cases involving children and women. It’s sickening.
But not surprising with the way women are being treated in our country these days.
Certainly does for Trump
Ask all the black men wrongfully arrested as well or why Donald Trump a convicted sexual abuser could become president.
Question: Is the job of a judge the only one where there are no consequences for dramatic mistakes? The sentence was one year for he did to a little girl.
I mean imagine what a doctor, politician, policeman and so on would get sued, fired or suffer for any wrong decisions made on the job.
Obviously, as a judge you can not make be responsible for your failures.
I remember watching that episode of The Dating Game on TV when I was a kid.
Oh my! 😣
It's frightening to think about how many other victims of his have still not been found. He had hundreds of photos of women and boys and I suspect he murdered all of them. One of the most frightening serial killer too because he didn't exhibit any signs growing up. And look what he was all along inside. A monster who wore the skin of a human being.
5 minutes alone with this guy please give ME
He died a few years ago.
I thought it was Jim Morrison in the thumbnail at first
Transformed into Howard Stern and then Geraldo Rivera and back to HS.
I remember when i first heard of this story. I was wondering if the woman, on The Dating Game show, was some kind of psychic? She was a very smart woman, to say NO!.
M deepest condolences to all the families and friends.
Nobody is psychic. She is/was just a very good judge of character
@@oxcart4172, I was saying psychic as a little bit of since of a joke.
I agree she did have a good since of judgment.
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The justice system failed the Women if he stayed behind bars😔
As the justice system always did back then, hell even today.
Right. He never should've been released the first time
**injustice system
At least he died behind bars and could not hurt anyone else but himself.
@@anh7807 But, he had already done his damage, CREEP!!
Our justice system is such a sad joke-especially in California
If they started going after police and judges who let go of criminals, maybe some will start doing their jobs correctly
HELL YES
My heart goes out to all the family 😢😢😢
All that I can say is god bless that police officer that saved that little 8 year old girls life. If it wasn’t for him then she would’ve died for sure.
Such wonderful, strong, brave women: Robin's Mum, Tali, Kathy, so glad we heard their stories ❤
May Robin's mother rest in peace and forever be with her daughter forever.
She passed away?
...Had it not been for that CIVILIAN/GOOD SAMARITAN that called the cops--Tally would be dead.
Our justice system is full of incompetent idiots.
Sure is!
Justice served? Nah. He lived to be 78+ just chilling on death row. 😂
The woman on the game show was lucky. Alcala told an inmate in prison that he would have strangled and revived her repeatedly, and killed her.
I love 48hrs❤
That woman’s account around the 17:00 minute mark is mortifying. Hope everyone involved has found peace.
I don’t think the Justice system takes predators like him seriously as seriously as they should. Thinking they can be rehabilitated??? Giving him less than 2 years for what he did to that little girl. These predators seem to reoffend more and they get worse and more vicious upon release!
I'm glad to finally have closure on this. I remember when you first aired this case.
The 1970th was a decade in which a lot of serial killers was roaming around America.
Ted Bundy must have been his brother. I think this guy was right up there with him. I could not believe how many second chance trials he got! He looked a lot like Charles Manson at the end.
Same thing I was thinking watching this
Yeah he looked completely different from the dating game by the end.
What’s the hell wrong with the legal system
Even though his story continued so many years in stuck in prison It's not fair.
It's not fair his story got to continue when he ended so many wonderful stories that could have been.
Under A year for what he did to that little girl ? Just WTF?
33 months is more than a year....
This thing ended up living up to 77 years old, dying of natural causes!!
Rest In Hell
Drinking game: Take a small sip every time they say Rodney Alcala. Tiny though, you'll be plastered as it is...
It's uncanny how much he looked like Charles Manson in one photo
My exact thought!
38:08
Those girls would be around my age now 70years, with families and lives of their own.
just seeing the photos of his face, it is creep me out.
Disgusting. I can't even imagine the horror these families went through.
These judges need some hard time in jail .
That fantastic samaritan saved that kid
Not the cop.
Letting the lump of total sh..t question victims families in court shows what dumbarses are leading the so called justice system.
The cop is the one who kicked in the door. In all of my watching true crime..they usually have to wait for backup and warrants before they go in. He (the cop) was only there to ask about what the "good Samaritan" saw. His (the cops) instincts told him something was wrong or he wouldn't have kicked the door in. It was a combined effort imo that saved that little girl
@@sandysmith1881 agreed 👍💯 right
I agree!