Rodney Alcala was convicted of murdering seven women and children in the '60s and '70s, two survived their encounters with the serial killer

In 1978, Rodney Alcala appeared on ‘The Dating Game’ where he competed for a date with an eligible bachelorette. It would be another year before anyone would learn that he was one of America’s notorious serial killers,

Little did she know, the man she chose to go on a date with - Rodney Alcala - was in fact a notorious serial killer. Alcala was part-way through a crime spree when he appeared on the show, having raped and assaulted multiple people and committed several murders.